Tracking Anti-Muslim Legislation: Governor DeSantis

A Tampa Bay Times investigation found DeSantis authored the bill weeks before going on TV and asking lawmakers to draft legislation to designate groups as terrorists, which he had already given them More

Policy Brief: Why Florida Should Reject the 'Domestic Terrorist' Designation Bills:

Governor and GOP lawmakers want to building a legal machine to brand organizations as domestic terrorists. Our new policy brief explains why these bills are unconstitutional — and who they really target. More

Confronting Genocide in Gaza:

In a candid conversation on Al Jazeera, Ahmed Bedier underscores Israel's race against time to inflict maximum destruction in Gaza. He calls for an immediate ceasefire and stresses the critical need for justice and accountability, urging international intervention to prevent further loss of life.

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Muslim Capitol Days

An opportunity for Muslim minorities to meet their legislators directly and discuss their concerns as well as share solutions for the future.

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. […]

China protests: Uyghur people have suffered most from draconian zero-COVID policies but are too terrorised to join in

On December 10, 2022, in Anti-Muslim Hate, Uyghur Genocide, by admin

The latest wave of protests sweeping through China were sparked by the deaths of at least ten people in a fire in a high-rise apartment block in Ürümchi, Xinjiang. Residents were apparently prevented from leaving the building due to the enforcement of ethnically targeted zero-COVID regulations. The region is home to 12 million ethnic Uyghurs, […]

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 […]

Quebec Court of Appeal to evaluate whether secularism law unfairly targets Muslim women

On November 20, 2022, in Anti-Muslim Hate, Civil Rights, by admin

As arguments wrapped at the Quebec Court of Appeal Wednesday for the legal challenge to the province’s secularism law — known as Bill 21 — the panel of judges hinted that the case hinges on whether the bill disproportionately discriminates against Muslim women who wear the hijab. “That’s a tough question, but it’s really at […]

Chinese being ‘paid to marry Muslims in plan to wipe out Uyghurs’

On November 17, 2022, in Anti-Muslim Hate, China, Human Rights, Uyghur Genocide, by admin

Human rights group finds Xinjiang officials are bribing and threatening Uyghur women into forced marriages Chinese people are being paid to marry Muslims in order to wipe out the Uyghur population, a human rights body has said. Local authorities are using financial incentives and blackmail to force Uyghurs and members of the Han majority into […]

Georgia candidate makes history as first known Muslim and Palestinian woman elected to state House

On November 15, 2022, in Electoral Politics, RUN FOR US, by admin

Ruwa Romman remembers the sadness she felt as an 8-year-old girl sitting in the back of a school bus watching classmates point to her house and erupt in vicious laughter. “There’s the bomb lab,” they jeered in yet another attempt to brand her family as terrorists. On Tuesday, the same girl – now a 29-year-old […]

The Midterm Results Show Muslim Americans Are No Longer on the Fringe of U.S. Politics

On November 15, 2022, in Civil Rights, Electoral Politics, USA, by admin

The Nov. 8 midterms almost saw Dr. Mehmet Oz become the first Muslim U.S. Senator. The Republican TV doctor-turned-politician—who wasn’t exactly popular among a wide swathe of Muslim Americans—would have been a controversial first for the community. But Oz’s loss to Democrat John Fetterman in Pennsylvania masks what was otherwise a record-breaking election for the […]

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