Islamophobia

Winnipeg man arrested for spray painting swastikas on synagogue, mosque, school

The suspect had allegedly vandalized the Congregation Shaarey Zedek marble facade and door glass panels with graffiti that included swastikas and the word “hate.”

|ByMICHAEL STARR
Winnipeg Friends of Israel share image of antisemitic graffiti, including a swastika, spray painted on a community center. January 4, 2025
REP. RANDY Fine, former gambling executive, won a special election in a deep-red district on Florida’s northeast coast.

Rep. Randy Fine’s incendiary comments on Muslims alarm many Jews, backed by pro-Israel right

The Florida Republican ignited a new round of controversy with a series of remarks about Palestinians and “mainstream Muslims” that his critics say are not just provocative but amount to “genocidal.”

|ByANDREW LAPIN/JTA
TUCKER CARLSON speaks at a memorial service for slain conservative commentator Charlie Kirk in Glendale, Arizona, in September.

The movement that rejects DEI cannot adopt its own identity-based hostility - opinion

Antisemitism and Islamophobia violate the fundamental commitments that shaped modern conservatism.

|ByGREGORY LYAKHOV
Australian far-right Senator Pauline Hanson wore a burqa to Parliament on Monday

Australian far-right senator wears burqa to parliament, sparking outrage

Senator Pauline Hanson wore the burqa shortly after she was denied permission to introduce a bill that would outlaw burqas and other full-face coverings in public places in Australia.

|ByREUTERS

Man charged over hate crime at mosque near Toronto, police say

28-year-old Sharan Karunakaran allegedly tore up a Koran and ranted at worshippers

APRIL 9, 2023ByREUTERS
Male hands arrested with handcuffs in Criminal concept (illustrative)

Turkey summons ambassadors of nine countries over security alerts

Countries including France, Germany, Italy and the United States have warned their citizens of an increased risk of attacks in Turkey.

FEBRUARY 2, 2023ByREUTERS
A woman holds a copy of the Koran during a protest following the burning of the Koran in Stockholm, in Istanbul, Turkey January 29, 2023.

Turkey alerts citizens to risk of attack in United States, Europe on heels of Western warnings

This warning has come after protestors in Sweden burnt copies of the Koran

JANUARY 28, 2023ByREUTERS
Protesters demonstrate outside the Consulate General of Sweden after Rasmus Paludan, leader of the Danish far-right political party Hard Line, who has Swedish citizenship, burned a copy of the Koran near the Turkish embassy in Stockholm, in Istanbul, Turkey, January 22, 2023.

Israeli filmmaker sparks outrage in India for calling film 'propaganda'

Israeli filmmaker Nadav Lapid criticized Bollywood hit "The Kashmir Files as" being "a propaganda, vulgar movie, inappropriate for an artistic competitive selection."

NOVEMBER 29, 2022ByAARON REICH
Israeli director Nadav Lapid holds his Golden bear for best film for 'Synonyms', during a press conference at the Ben Gurion international airport near Tel Aviv

Neo-Nazi group held march in Maine - report

Neo-Nazi group Nationalist Social Club 131 held a march in Lewiston Maine, drawing condemnations from local leaders and the Muslim community.

OCTOBER 8, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Kennedy Park, Lewiston, Maine

Israeli think tank holds summit 'to confront obstacles facing US Jews and Muslims'

Diplomats from the Abraham Accords countries, Jewish and Muslim experts, and civil society experts took part in the summit.

SEPTEMBER 20, 2022ByOMRI NAHMIAS
Jewish star necklaces are a signifier of Jewish identity and, some fear, a potential risk during times of antisemitism.

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.

SEPTEMBER 6, 2022ByREUTERS
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.

AUGUST 9, 2022ByREUTERS
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.

MARCH 31, 2022ByTHE MEDIA LINE
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

FEBRUARY 10, 2022ByKHALED HASSAN
PRO-ISRAEL ACTIVISTS wave an Israeli flag as pro-Palestinian activists take part in a demonstration against Israel in central London last May.