Care worker sacked over ‘no decent honest Muslims’ Facebook post wins unfair dismissal case

Care worker sacked over Facebook post saying there were ‘no decent honest Muslims’ wins unfair dismissal case but gets no payout Linda Henderson was sacked after Ashgill Care Home bosses discovered posts  Other posts on Facebook account said there were ‘no decent honest Muslims’  She won case for unfair dismissal after employers refused to consider … Read more

Anti-masker goes on racist rant against Muslims at a Walgreens and is then arrested for spitting

Maskless social worker racially abuses and SPITS on Muslim couple in Walgreens and then calls 911 – but cops arrest her The March 31 incident began after Luba Bozanich was asked to put on a mask She proceeded to make Islamophobic, racist, and homophobic comments She also made fun of the way Nahla Ebaid dressed … Read more

Muslims will need a Covid-19 vaccine to perform the Hajj pilgrimage, Saudi Arabia declares

Muslims will need to be vaccinated against Covid-19 to perform the Hajj pilgrimage, Saudi Arabia declares The Saudi Health Ministry said a vaccine would be ‘the main condition for participation’ in the pilgrimage The government statement, released on Tuesday, did not specify whether worshippers from outside the kingdom would be able to attend Last year, … Read more

Apple iPhone supplier is accused of using Uighur Muslims as forced labour in Chinese factories

Apple iPhone supplier is accused of using Uighur Muslims as forced labour in Chinese factories US-based group claims Lens Technology received thousands of Uighur labourers Watchdogs have linked so-called ‘labour transfers’ to human rights abuses  Apple denied the allegations, saying Lens was not using transferred Uighurs  By Tim Stickings For Mailonline Published: 16:09 GMT, 29 … Read more

‘The evidence is overwhelming’: Chief Rabbi tears into China over persecution of Uighur Muslims 

‘The evidence is overwhelming’: Chief Rabbi tears into China over persecution of Uighur Muslims Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis said he saw parallels between the treatment of the Uighurs and the oppression of Jews through the centuries He said the evidence painted ‘a devastating picture’ of Uighur persecution  More than one million of the Chinese Muslims … Read more

Austrian court overturns ban religious headscarves in schools as rule discriminated against Muslims

Austrian court overturns ban on religious headscarves in schools: Judges declare the rules discriminated against Muslims The law prevented girls younger than ten wearing a religious headscarf in school Court said the law could only be understood as targeting Islamic head coverings Austria’s new coalition government had planned to extend ban for girls under 14 … Read more

Christian preacher loses appeal against conviction for ranting ‘all Muslims are going to hell’

Christian street preacher, 65, who was once awarded £2,500 for ‘wrongful arrest’ when his Bible was confiscated loses appeal against conviction for ranting ‘all Muslims are going to hell’ Oluwole Ilesanmi was given a Met Police handout for ‘wrongful arrest’ in 2019 He was re-arrested for shouting ‘All Muslims will go to hell’ later that year … Read more

Dyson engineer wins unfair dismissal claim after manager told her ‘I don’t like Muslims’ 

Iranian engineer who worked for Sir James Dyson wins religious discrimination and unfair dismissal claim against the company after Sikh manager told her ‘I don’t like Muslims’ Employment tribunal heard senior manager Kamaljit Chana also told Zeinab Alipourbabaie ‘Muslims are violent’ and ‘Pakistani men are grooming our girls’ Ms Alipourbabaie, 39, resigned in 2018 after … Read more

Devout Shiite Muslims mark day of Ashura in Iraqi holy city of Najaf

Devout Shiite pilgrims were left covered in blood as they struck themselves with swords and chains during the mourning procession to mark the day of Ashura in the holy city of Najaf.  Ashura, on the 10th day of the mourning month of Muharram, commemorates the killing of the Prophet Mohammed’s grandson Hussein at the Battle … Read more

Muslims sacrifice animals to celebrate Eid al-Adha during scaled back festivities

Muslims around the world continue to celebrate Eid al-Adha as they slaughter livestock amid scaled back festivities because of the coronavirus pandemic.  Today marks the second of the four-day Feast of the Sacrifice, which coincides with the last days of the Hajj in Saudi Arabia. Eid al-Adha commemorates Muslims’ belief that prophet Abraham was willing to … Read more