A British Army soldier in the Coldstream Guards has been found guilty of racially abusing a colleague after he expressed his happiness that Muslims had been ‘butchered’ just 10 days after the New Zealand mosque attack. Lance Sergeant Derek McHugh was working in the guard room at a barracks in Windsor when he pretended to … Read more
A Muslim spy who was executed by the Nazis at Dachau concentration camp in 1944 is the first Indian-origin woman to be honoured with a blue plaque. Noor Inayat Khan, of Indian and US descent, served in the Special Operations Executive (SOE), which was set up by Sir Winston Churchill in 1940. The English Heritage … Read more
The Christchurch mosque hero who hurled a card machine at Brenton Tarrant before chasing him down the street has faced the ‘coward’ again in court. Tarrant gunned down 51 Muslim worshipers in New Zealand’s worst mass shooting on March 15 last year. Abdul Aziz Wahabzadah, an Afghani-born Australian citizen, rushed towards Tarrant as he fired … Read more
French interior minister vows to deport family of Muslim girl, 17, who ‘beat her and shaved her head for dating a Christian’ because ‘they have no reason to be on our soil’ 17-year-old Bosnian Muslim girl was beaten and had her head shaved in France Her parents, aunt and uncle allegedly attacked her for dating … Read more
Entire leadership of Britain’s biggest Muslim charity QUITS in antisemitism row after it replaced disgraced trustee with director who branded terrorists ‘heroes’ and shared social media posts glorifying attacks on ‘Zionist enemy’ Israel Entire board of charity Islamic Relief Worldwide (IRW) are to resign today Trustee and director posts call terrorists ‘heroes’ and Israel the … Read more
Bodycam footage has captured the moment Phoenix police told a homeless black Muslim man who later died in custody that ‘Allah can’t help you now’ as an officer knelt on his neck during his arrest. An advocacy group on Thursday released what they say is previously unseen body camera footage of Muhammad Abdul Muhaymin Jr. … Read more
Faith leaders from across the world unite to condemn China’s brutal repression of its Uighur Muslim minority Former Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams is part of a worldwide group Rabbi Julia Neuberger also lent her weight to a joint statement last night The statement says China is clearly aiming to eradicate the Uihur identity By … Read more
Muslim anger as warning signs tell worshippers to ‘Celebrate Eid safely’ – but some question why similar notices were not made for VE Day Sandwich-style board displays with messages were spotted across Bradford Messages included instructions that said ‘No handshake, no hugs, hands off’ Some questioned why public warnings were not made during other celebrations … Read more
Muslim pilgrims circled Islam’s holiest site along socially distanced paths Sunday in the final ritual of the hajj, the smallest in modern history as Saudi authorities sought to prevent a coronavirus outbreak. Only up to 10,000 Muslims took part in the hajj, a far cry from the 2.5 million who took part in the five-day … Read more
Community leaders today branded the decision to lockdown the north-west of England at the start of Eid ‘an appalling abuse of power’ and accused Boris Johnson’s Government of having ‘no regard for British Muslims’. Mohammed Shafiq from the Ramadhan Foundation said the decision to ban 4.5million people mixing for at least a week will ruin … Read more