An Orthodox Jew was stabbed in the stomach in broad daylight in the French city of Strasbourg on Friday, local authorities said, by an attacker [...]
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Ten Muslim women wearing burkinis to the beach have been apprehended by police in the southern French city of Cannes in the three weeks since it imposed a temporary ban on the full body swimsuit, a local official said. Arguing that the burkini defies French laws on secularism, Cannes is one of three cities in
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Today, 49 year-old Anjem Choudhary was convicted at London’s Old Bailey court of using online lectures and messages to encourage support for the banned group, Daesh or Islamic State, which controls large parts of Syria and Iraq. Prosecutors said that in postings on social media, Choudary and his close associate Mizanur Rahman, 33, had sought
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Read MoreThe French government has defended municipal bans on body-covering Muslim burkini swimwear but called on mayors to try and cool tensions between communities. Three Mediterranean towns – Cannes, Villeneuve-Loubet and Sisco on the island of Corsica – have banned the burkini, and Le Touquet on the Atlantic coast is planning to do the same. The
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New York City police are questioning a man in the killing of a Muslim cleric and his associate as they left prayers at a mosque in Queens. This surveillance video shows the moment the imam and his associate were gunned down from behind. Police are now questioning a man in the killing of the 55-year-old
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“Islamophobia is awful and you know my sister was abused at a street corner.” “I saw a young sister have something thrown at her from a passing car.” “I was spat at on the tram and no-one helped me.” These are actual comments from victims of anti-Muslim hate who have been targeted because of their
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Luke Holland has been appointed as our West Midlands Organiser This week we welcome Luke Holland to the Tell MAMA team. Luke has been appointed as our West Midlands Organiser and will be focussing on working with grass-roots engagement in the West Midlands in tackling anti-Muslim hate or Islamophobia. Luke is an energetic, outspoken individual
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Today, Tanveer Ahmed, the murderer of Asad Shah, was sentenced to a life term and told that he will serve a minimum of 27 years in jail. Tanveer Ahmed pleaded guilty to the religiously motivated murder of Asad Shah and the motivation was simply because Mr Shah had posted videos online in which he claimed
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As we have mentioned time and time again, the Rotherham grooming scandal has been seized by on by extremist and far right groups like Britain First and further whipped up to create racial and religiously based divisions, which assists no-one but extremist groups themselves. In fact, there have been a series of very disturbing incidents
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As Orwellian as its get, a Thomson Airways cabin crew member reported in a Muslim female for reading a book entitled, “Syria Speaks: Art and Culture from the Frontline.” According to the Independent newspaper, Faiza Shaheen was interviewed by South Yorkshire police under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act which left her shaken and angry
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