Islamophobia
- Hate Crime
December diary: Anti-Muslim hate crime, Islamophobia dominates end of 2022
In November, a young Muslim engineering student was casually addressed as a terrorist by his teacher. This month witnessed a government school principal’s arrest for letting his students sing a popular poem…
- World
Pig heads displayed at court-approved Mosque site in South Korea
Daegu: Pig heads and signs with hateful words against Muslims displayed at a construction site for a court-approved mosque in the Daegu region of South Korea have attracted opposition from locals condemning…
- Middle East
Sweden: Destroyed Quran left near entrance of Stockholm mosque
A mosque in the Swedish capital, Stockholm, was subjected to an Islamophobic attack where a copy of the Quran was destroyed and hung with chains near the entrance of a mosque. The…
- Hate Crime
‘Muslims are ruthless..’: Islamophobic slurs hurled at student in Rajasthan
In an incident reported from Barmer district of Rajasthan on November 21, a Muslim student was allegedly attacked with Islamophobic slurs during a history class. The victim identified herself as Hasina Bano,…
- World
US: Stanford University launches course on Islamophobia in America
Stanford University in the United States has launched a new case on Islamophobia in America. It aims to teach how the phenomenon manifests in the country. The course titled ‘Islamophobia in America’…
- Bangalore
Shouldn’t have been a big issue: Karnataka min over MIT Islamophobic ‘joke’
A day after a Muslim student’s outburst over a casual ‘Islamophobic’ remark made by his professor at the Manipal Institute of Engineering College (MIT), Karnataka state education minister B C Nagesh remarked…
- Hate Crime
MIT suspends professor; launches investigation into ‘Islamophobic’ remark
A professor at the Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT) was suspended on Monday after he allegedly passed an Islamophobic comment on a Muslim student. The professor was suspended, following a video that…
- India
Watch: Manipal Uni Muslim student calls out prof over Islamophobia
Amid rising Islamophobia in the country, a young Muslim student from Manipal Institute of Technology, Karnataka called out his professor for allegedly calling him a ‘terrorist’ over his religious identity. In a…
- Hate Crime
Karnataka: Hindutva outfit force school to apologise for playing Azan during sports day
A local school in Karnataka’s Udupi district faced opposition from Hindutva organisations for singing Azan while conducting an inter-school taluk-level sports day on Tuesday. The school – Mother Teresa Memorial School –…
- India
AMU female students allege discrimination for wearing burqa, niqab
A recent incident of what students are referring to as “internal Islamophobia” in the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) a number of Muslim female students have alleged discrimination by the administration based on…
- World
US Islamophobia Bill remains inactive; fails to curb anti-Muslim violence and hatred
Hyderabad: It is more than a year since the US House of Representatives passed a bill to create a special envoy to combat Islamophobia worldwide. But this piece of legislation appears to…
- Offbeat
French company to punish employees who use water after defecation
A French company has put up a notification stating that it will take strict action against employees who use water to clean themselves after defecating. In the notification, the company stated, “For…
- India
Don’t apply mehendi from Muslim youth, warns Hindu Mahasabha
Muzaffarnagar: The Hindu Mahasabha has warned of serious consequences if any non-Hindu youth is found applying ‘mehendi’ on the hands of Hindu women. Hindu women apply mehendi on their hands before the…
- Pakistan
One of the worst manifestations of Islamophobia is in Hindutva-inspired India: Pak FM
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has urged the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to approach the UN Secretary-General to appoint a special envoy, or at least a focal person, on Islamophobia,…
- India
Karnataka: Muslim man thrashed for befriending Hindu girl, 9 held
Dakshina Kannada: Karnataka Police have arrested nine students in connection with thrashing of a Muslim student for developing a friendship with a Hindu girl in Sullia Police station limits in Dakshina Kannada…
