A video showing 15 of the 219 schoolgirls held by the jihadist group Boko Haram has added pressure on the Nigerian government to secure their [...]
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After much fanfare, What British Muslims Really Think, aired on Channel 4 last night, hosted by Trevor Phillips. It promised “an extensive and rigorous survey to get a better understanding of British Muslims’ attitudes to living in Britain and British institutions”; but did it deliver on its promise? One major problem was the arguments put
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The leader of Austria’s far-right Freedom Party, Heinz-Christian Strache, visited the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem on Tuesday, laying a wreath under the engraved [...]
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Channel 4 commissioned ICM to poll Muslims in Britain on a range of issues from women’s rights to marriage equality. But did the poll titled “What do British Muslims really think?” answer its own question? Polling British Muslims is a difficult and expensive task. It’s why YouGov avoided the Sun’s now infamous ‘1 in 5
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Read MoreGeert Wilders, the Dutch politician leading calls for an EU ban on Muslim immigration, defied prosecutors in his discrimination trial on Friday by repeating in court that he wants “fewer Moroccans” in the Netherlands. Wilders is accused of inciting hatred and discrimination against the Moroccan minority, in a trial that coincides with heated debate in
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Read MoreWith women now thought to be the targets in 80 percent of anti-Muslim hate crimes reported in the U.S., one group is helping Muslim-American women in hijab protect themselves against their attackers, with their bare hands. Mana Rabiee reports. At five-foot two, Rana Abdelhamid looks diminutive — but the Egyptian-American native of Queens, New York
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Read MoreThe killing of Asad Shah in Glasgow which has been widely reported on was shocking and has left a deep impact on communities in Glasgow. Since the case is with prosecutors, we cannot go into further details, suffice as to say that intra-Muslim sectarian hate has for far too long, been brushed off as being
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Read MoreThe Daily Star on Sunday must print a clarification that its investigation into UK mosques raising funds for terrorism was significantly misleading. A journalist for the newspaper had posed as a man wanting to transfer money abroad “with the help of a group of Bradford-based Isis sympathisers”. The original print headline published on November 22,
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The following video – posted by a Muslim female named Umm Aqsa, once again shows a male questioning why a female chooses to wear the abaya and the Niqab (face veil). The video highlights how a simple trip for shopping turns into a tirade about the identity and clothing of the Muslim female. We have
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This is the shocking video of a Muslim woman in Moelenbeek who was run over on Saturday. Moelenbeek has become a rallying point for demonstrations and counter-demonstrations and has also drawn in far right groups to the area. The victim was left unconscious as she was hit by the vehicle as she carried her shopping
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