Muslims
Police called to Muslims praying near Stanley school
The police were called in after parents became worried at Muslims praying in a car park near a primary school in Stanley, the Northern Echo reports.
Syria: Mass Deaths and Torture in Detention
“If The Dead Could Speak” reveals some of the human stories behind the more than 28,000 photos of deaths in government custody that were smuggled out of Syria and first came to public attention in January 2014.
Guantanamo Bay: Interview with Shaker Aamer
Shaker Aamer was the last British resident of Guantanamo Bay. Speaking to the BBC’s Victoria Derbyshire programme, he describes what it was like to be held without trial for nearly 14 years.
Italian region bans burqas, niqabs citing security reasons
Italy’s northeastern region of Lombardy has amended legislation in order to outlaw the burqa and niqab from public offices and hospitals.
Woman attacks Muslims praying in California park: ‘Allah is Satan and you are all murderers’
A woman hurled Islamophpbic slurs and then hot coffee at a group of Muslims after she saw them praying in a California park.
Christian University President: ‘End Those Muslims Before They Kill Us’
Jerry Falwell, head of Liberty University, a Christian school in Virginia urging his school’s students to be armed, especially in light of this week’s massacre in San Bernardino, California.
Muslim man thrown off National Express coach after passenger said they felt “uncomfortable”
A Muslim man was thrown off a National Express coach in Bristol after a passenger said they felt “uncomfortable” because he was a Muslim, the Bristol Post reports. The man had boarded the coach at Bristol Coach Station at 10.30am on Thursday, but was told to leave by a member
Muslim student called a ‘terrorist’ by a teacher in Rotherham
A teacher at a school in Rotherham is under police investigation after it was reported that he called a 14-year-old boy a “terrorist” in a lesson three days after the Paris attacks.
France shuts down three mosques for radicalisation
The French government announced on Wednesday that three mosques that are ‘radical’ have been closed down.
Muslim student punched in face in broad daylight for ‘wearing a hijab’
A Muslim woman wearing a hijab was punched in the face in Birmingham city centre in a brutal Islamophobic attack. Miss Choudhury, 18, who did not want her first name published, said she had been left shocked after the assault which happened as she was walking along New Street. Her attacker,
