NORTH AMERICA
Tony Blair committed UK to Iraq war year before invasion
The controversy over Tony Blair’s decision to back George Bush over the Iraq war has been rekindled after a memo emerged showing the Prime Minister pledged to support an invasion a year ahead of the conflict.
Islamophobic flier targeting Muslim family in Illnois, America
Streamwood police are investigating an offensive, anti-Muslim flier a resident reported finding Oct. 9 on a vehicle outside the family home.
Woman Comes to Protest Against Islam, Leaves with a Hug and a Quran
A nationwide anti-Islam protest called the ‘Global Rally for Humanity’ was organised by a group known as the Oath Keepers. The campaign targeted 20 Mosques in the USA including the Noor Islamic Cultural Center, Ohio.
Muslim sisters land $97K for police tearing off Hijabs
Two young Muslim sisters whose religious headpieces were torn off in a scuffle with NYPD cops have landed a $97,500 settlement from the city.
Muslim convert attacked while wearing Niqab in Toronto
Her roots in Canada stretch back through her francophone mother to the 1600s. Last week, wearing her Islamic face veil – the niqab, which has become a central issue in the federal election – she says she was trying to enter Shoppers Drug Mart at Toronto’s Fairview Mall when a
Armed Islamophobes planning 20 rallies at mosques and community centers across the US
Anti-Muslim conservative groups have planned at least 20 rallies this month at mosques and other sites across the Unites States in coming days.
40% of North Carolina’s conservatives think Islam should be illegal
Presidential hopeful Ben Carson incited controversy last month when stating he “would not advocate” a Muslim becoming president, according to The Guardian.
Pregnant Muslimah wearing a hijab was assaulted in Anjou
The Journal de Montréal reports that Oumessad Khoufache, who is four months pregnant, was going to pick up her daughter from school on Tuesday when two teenagers on bikes approached her.
Muslims celebrating Eid at Ohio mosque threatened by Islamophobe with an axe
Between prayers on the morning of Eid-al-Adha yesterday, worshipers at the Islamic Center of Cleveland welcomed a stranger into their mosque.
US soldiers allowed the rape of minor boys at their bases in Afghanistan
In his last phone call home, Lance Cpl. Gregory Buckley Jr. told his father what was troubling him: From his bunk in southern Afghanistan, he could hear Afghan police officers sexually abusing boys they had brought to the base.