Liverpool: Dr Leon Moosavi, a lecturer in Sociology at the University of Liverpool, took on MPs’ lack of seriousness regarding Islamophia, in an article published on the University of Liverpool website. In the article, he demonstrates his point by referring to the recent Early Day Motion attempt in the Parliament. MP Keith Vaz tabled an…
Washington: A former FBI agent and current anti-Islam activist, believes that John Brennan, President Obama’s pick to head the CIA, is secretly a Muslim and therefore “unfit for duty” in the government. John Guandolo, the vice president of the Virginia-based Strategic Engagement Group (SEG), appeared on the Boca Raton-based radio show of Tom Trento, the…
London: Dal Babu, one of the most senior police officers in the UK police force, has resigned after 30 years in the service in protest against the prevailing bias against the recruitment of officers from ethnic minorities. His resignation came after refusal of his request to be promoted to chief officer rank. The high-ranking officer…
New Zealand: New Zealand’s First MP, Richard Prosser has spoken out in defence of his rant which has been slammed as racist by Muslim leaders and politicians. In a column for Investigate Magazine, the MP suggested young Muslims should not be allowed to travel on Western airlines because “most terrorists are Muslims”. “If you are…
Malmo: (Sweden): Religious heads in southern Sweden have advised their followers to ignore an upcoming exhibition of work by controversial Swedish artist Lars Vilks, warning that people should not be provoked by his artwork. According to Vilks, the goal of the exhibition is to play down criticism of Islam. The Swedish artist has faced numerous…
Toronto: A Muslim woman who is the complainant in a sexual assault trial in Toronto has lost her bid before Canada’s top court to have an unimpeded right to wear her niqab while testifying. In a split Supreme Court of Canada decision on December 27, the seven judges largely upheld a lower court’s ruling that…
Paris: Two Muslim organizations have launched legal proceedings against French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo, accusing it of inciting racial hatred after it published provocative cartoons of Prophet Muhammad. The allegations concern cartoons that caricatured the Prophet, published at a time, on September 19, when violent anti-Western protests were flaring across the Muslim world in response…
London: The population of Muslims in the United Kingdom has shot up to 2.7 million in the 2011 Census from 1.5 million in 2001. Since the data of the UK Census 2011 was revealed last month, a debate has ensued with regard to increasing presence of British Muslim community. The data has revealed that the…
Michigan: McDonald’s has paid $700,000 to members of a U.S. Muslim community in Michigan after one of its franchise restaurants falsely advertised its food as prepared in accordance with Islamic law (halal). A Muslim Detroit resident, Ahmed claimed he bought a chicken sandwich in September 2011, but found it was not halal. The restaurant is…
London: Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), umbrella organization of British Muslims that represents 500 mosques across the UK, has strongly criticized the new government initiative to pass a law which would allow gay marriages to take place in religious establishments. According to the law however it is illegal for the Church of England and the…
