Islamophobia

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Sri Lanka’s Fugitive Monk Surrenders

A radical Buddhist monk wanted in connection with a string of hate attacks in Sri Lanka surrendered Wednesday after...

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Myanmar Anti-Islam Monk Says Barred From Facebook

A Myanmar monk once dubbed the "Buddhist Bin Laden" for his extremist diatribes says he has been banned from using...

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Sri Lanka Makes First Arrest Over Hate Crimes Against Muslims

Police in Sri Lanka have arrested a key figure from an extremist Buddhist organisation blamed for a series of hate...

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Yangon Authorities Sue Muslims For Praying In the Street

Yangon authorities on Friday sued three Muslim men for holding Ramadan prayers in the street, after the local school...

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Sri Lanka Police ‘failing To Stop Anti-Muslim Attacks’

Rights groups accused Sri Lankan police Wednesday of failing to stop a wave of hate crimes against Muslim businesses...

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Portrait of Myanmar’s ‘Buddhist Bin Laden’ Chills Cannes

Barbet Schroeder spent months with Ugandan dictator Idi Amin at the height of his power, when corpses would wash up...

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Saudi Looks To Assert Regional Role With Trump Summit

Saudi Arabia is looking to assert its regional leadership against Iran by hosting a summit between visiting US...

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Turkey Upset Over Europe Parliamentary Assembly’s Monitoring

Turkey is displeased by moves by the Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe’s decision to re-open monitoring...

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Meet Germany’s Forgotten ‘guest Workers’, From Africa

Long overshadowed by the more numerous and vocal Turkish "guest worker" community, Mozambicans who arrived in Germany...

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Ablakwa Urges Action Against Politicians Who Incite Violence

North Tongu Member of Parliament (MP), Samuel Okudzeto Ablakwa, has expressed worry over the rising incidents of hate...

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‘ Fear, Optimism Among US Muslims

In a sprawling banquet hall, Ahmed Rehab walked to a lectern facing a glittering group of diners and launched into a...

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Hate Speech Myanmar Monk Banned From Sermons By Buddhist Council

A Myanmar monk infamous for his bilious anti-Muslim tirades has been banned from giving sermons for a year by the...

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‘Algeria’s Orwell’ Urges Writers To Fight Fundamentalism

Algerian writer Boualem Sansal, whose novel "2084" depicted a dystopian state governed by religious law, says writers...

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‘Islamophobia’ Fuelling Terrorism

"Islamophobia" in parts of the world is fuelling terrorism, the head of the United Nations said on a visit to Saudi...

International

Trump’s Muslim Ban Is A Dangerous Distraction

On January 27, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to make good on his promised Muslim Ban. One of the...

International

Pope Francis Warns Against Populism, Citing Hitler

Pope Francis on Saturday warned against populism, saying it could lead to the election of "saviours" like Adolf Hitler....

International

First US Somali Lawmaker Gets ‘Islamophobic Threats’ In Taxi

The first Somali-American lawmaker in the US has said she was subjected to "hateful" anti-Muslim threats from a taxi...

International

List of Post-Election Hate Crimes Gets Longer

US election aftermath: List of post-election hate crimes gets longer Bigotry and hate crimes have turned into reality...

International

Hate Crimes Against Muslims In US Surge 67 Percent

Hate crimes against Muslims in the United States shot up 67 percent in 2015 to their highest levels since the aftermath...