The Washington Post: German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who last year opened the door to nearly 1 million mostly Muslim migrants, staked out a tough new stance on conservative Islam on Tuesday, including her first direct call for a widespread ban on “full veil” religious coverings. But Muslims often say that these restrictions — all carried out
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty December 5, 2016 Prosecutors have begun their closing arguments at the genocide trial of former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic in The Hague. Prosecutor Alan Tieger told judges at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) on December 5 that Mladic helped orchestrate the 1995 massacre of some
Press TV December 4, 2016 Malaysia’s premier has called on the global community to help stop the “genocide” of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar, slamming the country’s de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, for her inaction on the bloodletting against the minority community. Jahangir Mohammad, director of the Center for Muslims Affairs, believes the terrible
Press TV December 2, 2016 Slovakia has adopted a law, which effectively prevents Islam from becoming an official state religion in the country amid surging anti-Muslim sentiments across Europe. The legislation, which had been proposed by far-right Slovak National Party (SNS), held that a religion needs to have at least 50,000 members, up from 20,000,
Press TV November 29, 2016 American Muslim leaders have strongly condemned a stabbing attack at Ohio State University on Monday, which left 11 injured and led to the death of the assailant. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has said Muslim community is saddened and heartbroken by the attack. A third-year student at OSU, Artan,
Press TV November 24, 2016 Human Rights Watch (HRW) has called on US President-elect Donald Trump to repudiate controversial proposals he made during the election campaign, saying that, if implemented, they would harm millions of people in America and beyond. In a letter on Wednesday to Trump, Human Rights Watch Executive Director Kenneth Roth cited
Victoria Macchi VOA News November 22, 2016 Hundreds of civil rights advocacy groups have asked President Barack Obama to dismantle a program once used to register foreigners from a list of predominantly Muslim countries, in a bid to stave off efforts by Donald Trump’s incoming administration to revive the system. In a letter addressed to
Huffington Post: Let’s correct this once and for all: Anti-Muslim hate is just as morally wrong and repugnant as anti-Semitism, racism, homophobia or sexism. Consequently, media coverage should treat anti-Muslim bigotry the same. And judging by what Breitbart has served up in terms of Muslim hatred during Bannon’s tenure alone should disqualify him from any position
Press TV November 17, 2016 An American civil rights advocacy organization says it has witnessed a surge in hate crimes and acts of violence across the US following the election of Donald Trump as president. The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has documented 437 cases of intimidation and abuse towards minorities since Trump’s election a
June Soh VOA News October 25, 2016 WASHINGTON — “The Art of the Qur’an”, the first major exhibition of its type in the United States that opened Oct. 22 in Washington, features more than 60 of the most important manuscripts of and about the Quran, created over more than 1,000 years across the Islamic world –