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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Cars torched in race hate attack

March 13, 2021 Article

Cars have been set alight and covered in racist graffiti at a business in Midlothian....

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Wannabe rapper who plotted terror attack ‘a very dangerous individual’

March 12, 2021 Article

A man who planned to wreak terror during the pandemic was no clownish buffoon but a “very dangerous individual”, according to a senior counter-terrorism police officer. Commander Richard Smith rejected Sahayb Abu’s wannabe rapper persona, as the 27-year-old was found guilty of preparing a terror act. During the trial, jobless convicted burglar Sahayb Abu described […]

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Racist jailed for various offences, including abusing Muslim woman as she queued for the bank

March 11, 2021 Article

A racist who reduced a Muslim woman to tears after telling her to ‘go bomb’...

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Vaccine disinformation ‘forensically targeted ‘ at specific groups – minister

March 11, 2021 Article

Vaccine disinformation is being “forensically targeted” at specific groups, MPs have heard. Vaccines Minister Nadhim Zahawi said that information is “very, very cleverly, hyper super-forensically targeted at different communities”. Mr Zahawi told the House of Commons Women and Equalities Committee that disinformation about vaccines and fertility were “proving to be sadly quite potent”. The Medicines […]

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Jewish community ‘struggling for kosher meat due to NI Protocol’

March 8, 2021 Article

The Jewish community is struggling to get kosher meat in time for the Passover festival due to the Northern Ireland Protocol, the DUP has said. The post-Brexit trade arrangements have also disrupted supplies of specialist cricket soil known as loam from Great Britain. Extra paperwork has caused a series of bureaucratic obstacles since the end […]

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Swiss narrowly back proposal to ban face coverings in public

March 8, 2021 Article

Swiss voters have narrowly approved a proposal to ban face coverings, both niqabs and burkas worn by a few Muslim women in the country and the ski masks and bandannas used by protesters. The measure will outlaw covering one’s face in public places such as restaurants, sports stadiums, public transport or simply walking in the […]

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Muslim man told to ‘eat a bacon sandwich’ and abused after mistakenly messaging wrong number

March 8, 2021 Article

The Metropolitan Police are investigating several vile anti-Muslim and Islamophobic text messages, which were sent...

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Pope calls on Christians to forgive and rebuild amid ruins of churches in Iraq

March 7, 2021 Article

Pope Francis has called on Iraq’s Christians to forgive the injustices committed against them by Islamic extremists. The call came as he visited the wrecked shells of churches and met ecstatic crowds in the community’s historic heartland, which was nearly erased by the so-called Islamic State group’s horrific reign. At each stop in northern Iraq […]

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