Press TV August 18, 2016 A Muslim family has sued a school in the US state of New York for allegedly forcing their son to sign a false confession claiming he was a terrorist. According to the $25 million lawsuit, Nashwan Uppal, a 12-year-old with severe learning disabilities, was harassed and bullied with Islamaphobic taunts. Attorney
Press TV August 17, 2016 Islamophobia has been deeply infused into the American population’s psyche, says a political commentator. Kevin Barrett, a founding member of the Muslim-Jewish-Christian Alliance, made the remarks in a Wednesday interview with Press TV, while commenting on the recent murder of a Lebanese-American man, apparently mistaken for a Muslim by his
Press TV August 12, 2016 British women wearing Hijab are facing work discrimination as employers prefer hiring non-veil-wearing employees, a new inquiry finds. UK lawmakers have warned that Muslim women who wear headscarves are routinely being passed over for jobs and that this has now become an “acceptable” form of discrimination, The Telegraph reported on
Press TV August 9, 2016 A US Army veteran has left a hateful voicemail for a mosque in Watauga, Texas, threatening to cut off the heads of “all” Muslim worshipers who go there. “This message is for all Muslims there in that center; I live in Watauga, I’m a US Army veteran,” the caller fumes before launching an
Press TV August 8, 2016 Many American Muslims express frustration with the anti-Muslim rhetoric in the 2016 election cycle which has put them and their faith at the center of the US political debate, according to a report. Even though they make up about 1 percent of the US population, Muslims have been the focus
Press TV July 24, 2016 US Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump says the recently-announced revisions to his proposed ban on Muslims entering America are an ‘expansion’ of the initial idea and do not mean it is scrapped. Trump announced the controversial ban during the primary contests in December, after a terrorist attack in San Bernardino,
Press TV July 21, 2016 Muslim leaders in the United States have begun to register a million voters to help combat Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s rhetoric against Muslims. According to the leaders, Muslim voters could influence results in so-called swing states, such as Virginia and Florida, which are very important in the November presidential
Al Jazeera: The Gulf Arab countries have announced that the Eid al-Fitr festival, which marks the end of holy month of Ramadan, will be celebrated on July 6. The official news agencies of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Kuwait quoted religious authorities as saying on Monday that the annual feast will begin
Xinhua: Of late, bazaars and shopping malls in all Afghan cities including the capital city of Kabul are all hustle bustle as faithful Muslim families are busy shopping to celebrate Eid-ul-Fitar, the second annual religious festival to mark the end of Ramadan, the Muslims fasting month.
Press TV June 28, 2016 British Muslims are facing an “explosion” in faith-based hate crimes, which will get much worse following the UK’s exit from the European Union (EU), a survey warns. Tell MAMA, an anti-Muslim hate monitoring group based in London, said in its annual report on Monday that Islamphobic incidents in the UK increased