UN: Institutional Islamophobia has reached epidemic proportions
Institutional suspicion and fear of Muslims and those perceived to be Muslim has escalated to epidemic proportions, the United Nations Human Rights Council heard on Thursday.
Addressing...
Swiss back vote to ban niqab
Voters in Switzerland have narrowly backed a proposal to ban full facial coverings in public places despite the presence of hardly any niqabis in the...
European Commission urged to investigate France over treatment of Muslims
A global coalition of 25 civil society organisations and NGOs from 11 countries have submitted a letter to the President of the European Commission urging...
Catholic Church says same-sex unions are not valid
The Catholic Church has reiterated that priests are not allowed to bless same-sex unions because they are not valid.
In response to questions from a number of...
Austrian authorities accused of violating Muslim children’s rights during police raids
Austrian lawyers and NGOs have accused the Minister of the Interior of failing to protect children from criminalisation and trauma following police raids on Muslims...
French Senate votes to ban hijab for under 18s
French parliamentarians have voted to ban the wearing of the hijab in public for those under 18, to ban burkinis in public pools, and...
Jailed Russian opposition leader ‘denied access to Quran’
Imprisoned Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny is threatening to sue Russian authorities after he was allegedly denied access to the Holy Quran.
Navalny, who is...
French court convicts 11 people of harassing teenage Islamophobe
A French court has convicted 11 people of harassing and threatening an Islamophobe over her anti-Islam online videos.
Al Jazeera reports that the court on...
Employers can ban Muslim women from wearing hijab, EU’s top court rules
The EU's top court has ruled that employers can ban workers from wearing the hijab as long as they apply the same standard to...
Danish cartoonist who drew blasphemous image of Prophet dies
Danish cartoonist Kurt Westergaard, who infamously drew an image of the Prophet Muhammad (pbuh) wearing a bomb as a turban, has died aged 86.
Westergaard...
