Newlyweds identified as pair who targeted Indonesian cathedral on Palm Sunday

March 29, 2021 Article

Indonesian authorities identified a newly married couple with suspected militant links as the attackers who used a pressure cooker to blow themselves up outside a Roman Catholic cathedral during Palm Sunday Mass. The attack wounded 20 people, including four church guards, and broke windows at the church and nearby buildings in Makassar, the capital of […]

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Petition in support of Batley Grammar School teacher reaches 50,000 signatures

March 28, 2021 Article

A petition in support of a suspended teacher who showed students a caricature of the Prophet Mohammed has passed more than 50,000 signatures. The Batley Grammar School teacher had apologised after showing the cartoon, widely reported as taken from the French satirical newspaper Charlie Hebdo, during a religious studies lesson earlier this week. He was […]

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20 injured in suicide attack targeting Palm Sunday Mass in Indonesia

March 28, 2021 Article

A suicide bomber blew himself up outside a packed Roman Catholic cathedral on Indonesia’s Sulawesi island during a Palm Sunday Mass, wounding at least 20 people, police said. A video obtained by the Associated Press showed a burning motorbike at the gates of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Cathedral in Makassar, the capital of South […]

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Racist spat at Muslim woman and shouted “you f****** Arabs” in park

March 26, 2021 Article

A racist man spat at a Muslim woman and shouted, “you f****** Arabs” in a...

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Teacher suspended after students shown ‘offensive’ image of Prophet Mohammed

March 25, 2021 Article

A West Yorkshire teacher has been suspended after reportedly showing an “offensive” caricature of the Prophet Mohammed during a religious studies lesson, sparking a protest outside the school. Protesters had gathered outside Batley Grammar School, near Bradford, on Thursday, following claims a member of staff had shown students a cartoon deemed offensive to the Islamic […]

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Two men charged after windows broken at Derby mosque

March 24, 2021 Article

Two men have been charged in connection with criminal damage at a mosque in Derby....

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Turkey pulls out of European treaty protecting women

March 20, 2021 Article

Turkey has withdrawn from a European treaty protecting women from violence that it was the first to sign 10 years ago and that bears the name of its largest city. President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s decree annulling Turkey’s ratification of the Istanbul Convention is a blow to women’s rights advocates, who say the agreement is crucial […]

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Police investigating racist and misogynistic harassment of Muslim woman on dating app

March 15, 2021 Article

A Muslim woman had to involve the police due to the ongoing anti-Muslim and Islamophobic...

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New Zealand marks two years since Christchurch mosque killings

March 14, 2021 Article

New Zealand on Saturday marked the second anniversary of one of its most traumatic days, when 51 worshippers were killed at two Christchurch mosques by a white supremacist gunman. Several hundred people gathered at the Christchurch Arena for the remembrance service, which was also live-streamed. A similar service planned for last year was cancelled at […]

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Sri Lanka announces plan to ban burka and close Islamic schools

March 13, 2021 Article

Sri Lanka announced plans to ban the wearing of burkas and said it would close more than 1,000 Islamic schools known as madrassas, citing national security. The country’s minister of public security Sarath Weerasekara said he signed a paper on Friday seeking the approval of the Cabinet of Ministers to ban burkas — outer garments […]

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