AP: China appears to be laying the groundwork for the mass collection of DNA samples from residents of a restive, largely Muslim region that’s been under a security crackdown, rights observers and independent experts said Tuesday. Click here to read more (external link). Related US judge orders Trump administration to turn over documents on Muslim travel
Al Jazeera: The number of anti-Islam bias incidents in the United States saw a dramatic rise last year, according to a Muslim advocacy group. A report published by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) on Tuesday found 2,213 such incidents in 2016, a 57 percent increase from 2015. Incidents increased 5 percent from 2014 to 2015.
Press TV May 1, 2017 Sweden’s largest mosque has been deliberately set ablaze in an arson attack, marking yet another hate crime against the Muslim community in the Scandinavian country. Police spokesman, Lars Bystrom, said on Monday that Imam Ali Islamic Center in the northern Stockholm suburb of Jakobsberg was badly damaged in the arson attack
Press TV March 22, 2017 The majority of Muslim Americans experienced religious discrimination during 2016, and many said they feared for their own or their family’s safety from hate groups following the election US President Donald Trump, a new poll has revealed. One-fifth of American Muslims say they had made plans to leave the US
Press TV March 13, 2017 A US Congressman has come under fire for praising a far-right Dutch politician, who is known for promoting anti-Islamic sentiment. Republican Representative Steve King applauded Dutch politician Geert Wilders in a tweet on Sunday, hailing his stance against immigration. “Wilders understands that culture and demographics are our destiny,” the Iowa
Common Dreams: I had recently been asked to give a talk about “being an American Muslim in the United States.” Although wary of the uses and abuses of the term, I obliged. Islam is a religion propelled by values, not race nor, theoretically, by blind tribal allegiances, I explained. The ‘American Muslim’ identity which has been
Press TV March 1, 2017 Islam will replace Christianity as the most popular religion in the world after 2050, says a study conducted by Pew Research Center. The Washington-based nonpartisan think tank said in its analysis published on Wednesday that Islam had become the fastest growing religion in the world and the number of its
Press TV February 28, 2017 Interview Muslim activists have launched an online fundraising effort to repair two vandalized Jewish cemeteries in US states of Missouri and Philadelphia. Organizers of the fundraiser have succeeded in collecting over $130,000 in less than a week. It is interesting that “the mainstream media [in the West] is so quiet about this” fundraising
Press TV February 19, 2017 Hard-line Dutch politician, Geert Wilders, has launched a campaign for upcoming parliamentary elections in the Netherlands by scorning the Moroccan community in the country. Moroccan-Dutch people make up two percent of the Netherlands’ population. Wilders has been tried in the past for offensive remarks against them and has been also taken
Press TV February 16, 2017 The number of organized anti-Muslim hate groups in the United States has nearly tripled since 2015, according to a new report. A journalist and political commentator believes the rise has been “fueled” directly by US President Donald Trump’s rhetoric against Muslims. “We can see this level of Muslim hate in