A video of a Muslim teacher, Latifa Abuchakra, speaking at the NEU-NUT Section Annual conference 2018 has gone viral. Latifa takes a compelling stand against OFSTED- UK’s largest teaching union, the chief of which faced immense backlash after she questioned and allegedly pressured schools to ban the Muslim hijab. “Shame[Read More…]
Tag: Islamophobia
A sense of insecurity among Muslims, says outgoing VP Hamid Ansari
Retiring vice-president Hamid Ansari said on Wednesday that there is a feeling of unease and a sense of insecurity among the Muslims in the country, asserting the “ambience of acceptance” is now under threat. Ansari, whose second five-year term as the Vice-President ends on Thursday, stated that he had flagged[Read More…]
Facebook post highlighting widening religious gap goes viral
A Facebook post portraying the latent Islamophobia and certain harmful social misconceptions of religion have been making rounds on social media. The post was made by a gentleman who claims to be a resident of Qatar, a former resident of Delhi. In the post, he narrates an incident which occurred[Read More…]
BJP’s campaign for cow protection have emboldened vigilante groups: Amnesty International
In a press release on Wednesday, Amnesty International India stated that the Indian officials and authorities must take steps and ensure that there is no impunity for those responsible for public lynchings and other hate crimes against Muslims in the country. Amid a rising tide of Islamophobia in the country,[Read More…]
Terrorism and sports can’t go along: Vijay Goel to Pakistan
Sports Minister Vijay Goel responding to India’s denial of visas to the Pakistani players, said that until Pakistan stops supporting cross border terrorism there cannot be any bilateral sporting ties between the two countries. “Terrorism and sports can’t go along and Pakistan should understand that. The relation between India and[Read More…]
Indo-American girl creates 712-page Google spreadsheet on Muslims condemning terrorism
If Islam doesn’t propagate hatred, why don’t Muslim condemn terrorism?, It’s a question faced by majority of the Muslims in the light of terror attack in the name of Jihad. Similar question was asked to 19-year-old Heera Hashmi also. She, somehow, perfectly replied to the question by creating a 712-page[Read More…]
Hawaii federal judge blocks Trump’s new travel ban
A federal judge in Hawaii has placed a nationwide hold on the key aspects of US President Donald Trump’s revised travel ban after hearing arguments that the executive order discriminates on the basis of nationality. The executive order was put on hold just hours before the new restrictions were to[Read More…]
Five Republican-nominated judges support travel ban
US mosques get threatening letters
Islamophobia? US man abuses Muslim driver, calls him ‘terrorist’
A man was caught on camera hurling abuses on a Muslim Uber driver telling him he will ‘get deported’. He was also heard telling him that he will “get deported” now as Donald Trump is going to be the President. The man was recorded on video lashing out at the[Read More…]
A French artist’s guide to tackle Islamophobic harassment
Islamophobia is a sad reality that the world of today faces. Sometimes being present blatantly in the form of attacks on Muslims and sometimes disguised as a ‘government policy’ to control the way they dress, speak or eat. Not only in western nations, but in even our own India where[Read More…]
Watch: French restaurant refuses to serve Muslim women, throws them out
In another example of Islamophobia, a high-end French restaurant threw out two hijab-clad Muslim woman as their owner refused to serve them arguing that “all Muslims are terrorists”. A video of the incident that took place at a restaurant in the Paris suburb of Tremblay-en-France has gone viral and it[Read More…]
289 tweets per hour and 6,943 tweets a day—Islamophobia’s on the rise
Every day in the month of July, close to 7,000 Islamophobic tweets in English were generated globally, according to a study conducted by the Centre for the Analysis of Social Media in Demos, a think-tank. This is compared to the 2,500 generated in April. A surge against Muslims particularly occurred[Read More…]