Islamophobia

Australia court rejects right-wing leader appeal over racial discrimination towards Muslim senator

The three-judge panel of the Full Federal Court of Australia unanimously upheld a 2024 ruling that the comment, addressed to Greens Senator Mehreen Faruqi on social media, was unlawful.

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ONE NATION leader Pauline Hanson walks out during debate on a censure motion in the Senate chamber at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, March 2, 2026.
Police liaison officers stand guard outside the East London Mosque in Tower Hamlets, London on August 9, 2024.

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.

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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

The suspect told the police he "intends to kill Muslims" and that he constituted a "danger to the public if released based on his violent actions ... ideologies and pre-planned mass casualty events."

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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

British police arrested 12 people over a suspected far-right terrorism threat targeting an Islamic event attended by about 15,000 people.

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US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's Arabic tattoo sparks controversy

The term "kafir" (meaning "infidel" or "non-believer") is used in Islam to describe non-believers and has increasingly been appropriated by far-right groups. 

MARCH 30, 2025ByJUDE TARAGIN
US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's tattoo, "kafir" (meaning "infidel" or "non-believer")

Rights groups say Trump used term Palestinian as slur in reference to Schumer

Nihad Awad, national executive director of CAIR, who is of Palestinian heritage, said Trump's comments showed the "continuing dehumanization" of Palestinians.

MARCH 13, 2025ByREUTERS
Roula Allouch (L), chair of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), and Rabiah Ahmed (C) of the Muslim Public Affairs Council listen to Nihad Awad (R), executive director and founder of CAIR, speak during a news conference with American Muslim leaders to discuss "growing Islamophobia" at t

CAIR blames Israel-Hamas war for anti-Muslim incidents in US

The Council on American-Islamic Relations said it recorded the highest number of anti-Muslim and anti-Arab complaints - 8,658 - in 2024.

MARCH 11, 2025ByREUTERS
Members of the New York Police Department (NYPD) cut ‘sleeping dragon’ devices used to attach people together as they detain students and pro-Palestinian supporters outside of New York University (NYU) campus, amid the ongoing conflict in Gaza between Israel and the Palestinian terror group Hamas

Illinois jury convicts man in hate crime murder of Palestinian American boy

Joseph Czuba, 73, faces life in prison when he is sentenced in May for a murder that prosecutors said was sparked by anti-Muslim hatred.

MARCH 1, 2025ByREUTERS
Joseph M. Czuba poses for a police booking photograph after being arrested by the Will County Sheriff's Office in Illinois, U.S., in this handout picture obtained by Reuters on October 15, 2023.

Former terrorist takes legal action against 'offensive' historic pub name - report

Khalid Baqa told The Independent that if he won his claim, the money would be donated to orphans in Gaza or Syria

DECEMBER 24, 2024BySHIR PERETS
The Saracen’s Head Inn in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, was established in 1530 and is owned by Greene King

Biden unveils strategy to combat Islamophobia, anti-Arab hate in the US

The 64-page document, which maps out more than 100 executive branch actions, comes weeks before the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump.

DECEMBER 13, 2024ByREUTERS
Illustrative image of US President Joe Biden.

Canada's immigration system under scrutiny due to Islamic terror - opinion

Canada's immigration system faces criticism after arrests linked to terrorism, revealing concerns over both imported and homegrown radicalization.

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024ByCOLLIN MAY
CANADA’S ANTI-ISLAMOPHOBIA representative Amira Elghawaby speaks to members of the media on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, last year.

US lawmaker Rashida Tlaib condemns cartoon showing her with exploding pager

The cartoon, published on Thursday, showed a woman sitting next to an exploding pager. The woman's desk in the cartoon had a name card saying "Rep. Tlaib."

SEPTEMBER 21, 2024ByREUTERS
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) holds up a sign as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) holds up a sign as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addresses a joint meeting of Congress on July 24.

Sweden to prosecute two men over Quran burnings

Two men will be tried for burning the Koran in Sweden, charged with inciting hate against Muslims.

AUGUST 28, 2024ByREUTERS
Cars are seen set on fire in Rosengard district, following Quran burnings that caused riots in several Swedish towns over the Easter weekend, in Malmo, Sweden April 17, 2022.

Labour MP: Islamophobia in UK connected to Israeli operations in Gaza

Lewis said that "The link between the daily inhumanity being metted (sic) out to Palestinians and rising Islamophobia in the UK, are not unconnected."

AUGUST 14, 2024ByMICHAEL STARR
PROTESTERS IN London hold up anti-Israel posters during a demonstration last weekend. Social media account are accusing Israel of taking control of the UK and seeking to put other European countries in its power.