Islamophobia

British minor arrested after allegedly planning 'extreme right-wing' terror attacks on two mosques

Originally, the suspect was arrested for damaging a vehicle, but during a search police allegedly located plans to attack two mosques in the Sutton area, in South London.

Police liaison officers stand guard outside the East London Mosque in Tower Hamlets, London on August 9, 2024.
 Utah State Police officer stands guard behind tape during a crime scene investigation by FBI and state forensic agents at an apartment complex in Washington, Utah, U.S., September 12, 2025; Illustrative.

Muslim man stabbed multiple times in Utah hate crime, police say

Metropolitan Police officers stand on duty at Wembley Stadium in London on August 15, 2024.

UK police arrest 12 over far Right terror threat to Islamic event

An effigy of a person holding a knife in a mosque stands atop the Moygashel bonfire ahead of its lighting as part of the annual bonfire events marking the 1690 Battle of the Boyne, in Moygashel, Northern Ireland, July 9, 2026.

Politicians condemn replica of mosque set alight in anti-migrant bonfire in Northern Ireland


Liz Truss's cabinet is Britain's first without white men in top jobs

Truss appointed Kwasi Kwarteng – whose parents came from Ghana in the 1960s – as Britain's first Black finance minister while James Cleverly is the first Black foreign minister.

 Liz Truss gestures outside the Conservative Party headquarters, after being announced as Britain's next Prime Minister, in London, Britain September 5, 2022.

Afghan Muslim arrested for killings that shook New Mexico's Islamic community

All four victims were of Afghan or Pakistani descent. One was killed in November, and the other three in the last two weeks.

Participants in an interfaith memorial ceremony enter the New Mexico Islamic Center mosque to commemorate four murdered Muslim men, hours after police said they had arrested a prime suspect in the killings, in Albuquerque, New Mexico, US August 9, 2022.

Voices from the Arab press: Political double standards and the risk of bias

A weekly selection of opinions and analyses from the Arab media around the world.

 INSIDE KUWAIT’S parliament.

I voted against censuring JNF - here's why - opinion

My colleagues who met me for the first time were surprised, some shocked, to see me, a chap with an Arab Muslim name, addressing and urging them to oppose the motion to censure JNF

 PRO-ISRAEL ACTIVISTS wave an Israeli flag as pro-Palestinian activists take part in a demonstration against Israel in central London last May.

CAIR official takes sabbatical after Zionist Islamophobia speech outrage

CAIR San Francisco executive-director Zahra Billoo has gone on sabbatical after strain at work, but detractors argue she is taking a leave of absence related to her recent speech.

Zahra Billoo, Executive Director, Council on American Islamic Relations (San Francisco) addresses the audience during a panel discussion titled 'Dismantling All Forms Of Oppression' during the three-day Women's Convention at Cobo Center in Detroit, Michigan, U.S., October 28, 2017

US House approves proposed State Dept anti-Islamophobia office

"We are in the midst of a staggering rise of anti-Muslim violence and discrimination around the world," Representative Ilhan Omar said on the House floor.

 News conference addressing anti-Muslim comments made by Representative Boebert towards Representative Omar, on Capitol Hill in Washington

House committee debates antisemitism as Islamophobia monitor bill moves forward

Rep. David Cicilline, D-R.I., who is Jewish, noted the pivotal role a letter from George Washington to a community of Jews in Rhode Island played in making the United States a safe haven for Jews.

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-CA) administers the oath of office to House members and delegates of the U.S. House of Representatives at the start of the 116th Congress inside the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., January 3, 2019

Pakistan: Mob beats to death Sri Lankan manager accused of insulting Islam

Factory workers then set victim’s body aflame.

A plume of smoke is seen after the crash of a PIA aircraft in Karachi, Pakistan May 22, 2020

ADL CEO: We ‘apologize without caveat’ for opposing Islamic center near Ground Zero

ADL's CEO Jonathan Greenblatt said "we were wrong, plain and simple," in an op-ed published Saturday morning.

9/11 GROUND ZERO today includes numerous skyscrapers and the recently opened World Trade Center Transportation Hub designed by Santiago Calatrava.

Arab Israelis: Is anybody listening?

We invited Shams Marie Abomokh, a remarkable young woman from Baka al-Gharbiya, a city of 30,000 northeast of Hadera, near the Green Line.

 Shams Marie Abomokh entering Big Brother