Summary – Bulldozer Politics: Modi’s Demolition Drive Fuels Muslims’ Fears in Kashmir

On March 19, 2023, in Anti-Muslim Hate, Hindu Nationalism, India, by admin

Paraphrase summary of the Guardian Article on Modi’s policy in Kashmir In this article, the author discusses the recent demolition drive led by India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi, targeting structures in Kashmir allegedly built illegally. The Muslim community in Srinagar has been particularly affected, with many feeling increasingly fearful and insecure as their properties are […]

How Quebec’s Culture of Islamophobia is Seeping Into Public Schools

On March 7, 2023, in Anti-Muslim Hate, Canada, Civil Rights, by admin

Muslim Students Feel Increasingly Unsafe in Primary and Secondary Schools Ayeza Hussain is a 16-year-old Pakistani student from Antoine-Brossard High School in Brossard, Que. Though she finds her student body diverse, it has not stopped her from facing Islamophobic violence in school. During a lunch period, a white Québecois student approached her and began harassing […]

FRANCE’S PROBLEM WITH FAR-RIGHT HATE AND EXTREMISM IS GROWING

On March 3, 2023, in Anti-Muslim Hate, Commentary, Europe, France, by admin

Anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim extremist groups have infiltrated their hateful ideas into France’s political mainstream. Last month, the organization I founded, the Global Project Against Hate and Extremism, released a report showing a worrying number of far-right hate and extremist groups in France. Given that far-right extremism has been in the spotlight and extremist political parties […]

China’s Head of Ethnic Affairs Is Keen to End Minority Culture

On March 2, 2023, in Anti-Muslim Hate, China, Uyghur Genocide, by admin

Written by Aaron Glasserman and Marcia Wythes. The article discusses Pan Yue, who was elected as a full member of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee and has been the head of the State Council’s National Ethnic Affairs Commission since June 2022. Pan’s election to the Central Committee suggests that the Xi administration’s hard turn […]

India blocks ‘hostile’ BBC documentary on PM Modi

On January 22, 2023, in Anti-Muslim Hate, Hindu Nationalism, India, by admin

New Delhi (AFP) – India’s government said it has blocked videos and tweets sharing links to a BBC documentary about Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s role during deadly 2002 sectarian riots, calling it “hostile propaganda and anti-India garbage”. The British broadcaster’s programme alleges that the Hindu nationalist Modi, premier of Gujarat state at the time, ordered […]

Census shows 39 per cent of Muslims live in most deprived areas in England and Wales

On December 14, 2022, in Anti-Muslim Hate, Civil Rights, Human Rights, Immigration, United Kingdom, by admin

Nearly 40 per cent of the Muslim population live in the most deprived areas of England and Wales, according to analysis of census data. It found nearly half a million more Muslims reside in the poorest fifth areas than a decade ago. The Muslim Council of Britain, who ran the analysis, urged policymakers to take […]

Opinion: Islamophobia from the likes of Boris Johnson must be punished – and this is how to do it

On December 12, 2022, in Anti-Muslim Hate, Civil Rights, United Kingdom, by admin

A House of Commons report confirms Islamophobia as the most common form of religious hate crime in the UK. Specifically, 42% of all religious hate crimes reported to the police were attacks against Muslims. But genuine efforts to punish Islamophobia and Islamophobic attacks are so weak that statistics on prosecutions and convictions are entirely absent. […]

Report: Exploring Growing Hindu Nationalism in India: A Social Media Analysis of the Nupur Sharma Controversy

On November 26, 2022, in Anti-Muslim Hate, Hindu Nationalism, India, by admin

Several anti-Muslim incidents and communal clashes in India, where 80 per cent of the population is Hindu and 14 per cent Muslim, have made the headlines in recent years and spilled over into diaspora communities in Canada, the U.K. and the U.S. T he explosive controversy surrounding Indian politician Nupur Sharma’s anti-Muslim remarks during a […]

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