Tag: violence
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UN committee slams UK over racism, incitement affecting minorities
UN committee condemned the repeated racist acts in UK targeting ethnic minorities, migrants, refugees, and asylum seekers, highlighting the UK as a growing hotspot for racial tension. The United Nations committee responsible for combating racism has criticized the United Kingdom over continuing hate crimes, hate speech and xenophobic incidents, following riots fueled by hate and […]
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UK: Muslim NHS staff sent home for their safety amidst racist far-right abuse
Muslim staff in the NHS reported feeling unsafe and facing abuse since the start of far-right riots in the UK, which has had a knock on effect on patient care. Muslim workers in the National Health Service (NHS) have reported a surge in abuse and racism since the start of the far-right riots in the […]
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Man killed execution style in hail of gunfire outside Philadelphia mosque; no arrests
Raheem Jefferson was on his way to a prayer service when he was killed outside Philadelphia’s Al-Aqsa Islamic Society mosque by a shooter who approached him from behind, police say. A 43-year-old man has been killed outside a Philadelphia mosque in an execution-style shooting that’s been condemned by Pennsylvania’s governor. Officers found the man, later […]
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‘Love will prevail’: how a far-right rally in Liverpool was defused
As riots from far-right groups continue to spread across the UK, a photo of an imam in Liverpool hugging a protestor has gone viral. Adam Kelwick, 41, an imam at Abdullah Quilliam Mosque, Liverpool’s oldest mosque, was met with a group of 50 far-right sympathising demonstrators. It was to be one of the first major demonstrations […]
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IRIC Statement on the Humanitarian Crisis in Gaza
These days, the world is witnessing the most severe and inhumane attacks carried out by the Israeli military against the oppressed people of Palestine. These attacks have had devastating consequences in the region and the whole world, resulting in the tragic loss of lives of children, women and men of all ages, mass displacement of innocent people.
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Islamophobia as a form of emotional violence
Emotional violence is a form of abuse to control, isolate or frighten individuals. A common misbelief is that physical violence causes more serious and long-term harm than emotional violence. In fact, the imprints of emotional abuse are similarly real and long-lasting. The fourth Islamophobia in Australia report which analyzed 930 incidents reported to the Islamophobia […]
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Statement by IRIC in Condemnation of the Martyrdom of High School Girls in Afghanistan
Statement by IRIC in Condemnation of the Martyrdom of High School Girls in Afghanistan انا لله و انا الیه راجعون “We belong to Allah, and to Him shall we return” [The Holy Quran] The horrific and gruesome news about the martyrdom of more than 50 girl students at Sayed ul-Shohada High School in Kabul was […]
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UN: Anti-Muslim hatred at ‘epidemic’ proportions
In response to security threats due to horrific acts purportedly carried out in the name of Islam, some states have responded by adopting measures that disproportionately target Muslims, the leading UN expert on freedom of religion said Thursday. Ahmed Shaheed, the UN Special Rapporteur on freedom of religion or belief, in a report to the […]
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Macron accuses English-language media of ‘legitimising’ violence in France
Facing protests in the Muslim world over his response to terror attacks in France, President Emmanuel Macron phoned a New York Times media columnist to rail against “bias” in the English-language media and accuse some newspapers of “legitimising this violence”. In the New York Times interview, Macron claimed media outside France did not understand the concept […]
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French Muslims, stigmatized by attacks, feel under pressure
The pressure rises with each gruesome attack. After three in five weeks, France’s Muslims are feeling squeezed. A spotlight of suspicion was trained on them again even before the latest acts of extremist violence, including two beheadings. President Emmanuel Macron has forged ahead with his effort to rid Islam in France of extremists, part of […]