Islamophobia
- India
Fact check: The Kashmir Files was not shortlisted for Oscar 2023
Contrary to popular beliefs and reporting on The Kashmir Files, the film has not been shortlisted for any of the 10 categories for the Oscar 2023 awards. A reminder list of films…
- Hate Crime
December diary: Anti-Muslim hate crime, Islamophobia dominates end of 2022
In November, a young Muslim engineering student was casually addressed as a terrorist by his teacher. This month witnessed a government school principal’s arrest for letting his students sing a popular poem…
- World
Pig heads displayed at court-approved Mosque site in South Korea
Daegu: Pig heads and signs with hateful words against Muslims displayed at a construction site for a court-approved mosque in the Daegu region of South Korea have attracted opposition from locals condemning…
- Middle East
Sweden: Destroyed Quran left near entrance of Stockholm mosque
A mosque in the Swedish capital, Stockholm, was subjected to an Islamophobic attack where a copy of the Quran was destroyed and hung with chains near the entrance of a mosque. The…
- Hate Crime
‘Muslims are ruthless..’: Islamophobic slurs hurled at student in Rajasthan
In an incident reported from Barmer district of Rajasthan on November 21, a Muslim student was allegedly attacked with Islamophobic slurs during a history class. The victim identified herself as Hasina Bano,…
- World
US: Stanford University launches course on Islamophobia in America
Stanford University in the United States has launched a new case on Islamophobia in America. It aims to teach how the phenomenon manifests in the country. The course titled ‘Islamophobia in America’…
- Bangalore
Shouldn’t have been a big issue: Karnataka min over MIT Islamophobic ‘joke’
A day after a Muslim student’s outburst over a casual ‘Islamophobic’ remark made by his professor at the Manipal Institute of Engineering College (MIT), Karnataka state education minister B C Nagesh remarked…
- Hate Crime
MIT suspends professor; launches investigation into ‘Islamophobic’ remark
A professor at the Manipal Institute of Technology (MIT) was suspended on Monday after he allegedly passed an Islamophobic comment on a Muslim student. The professor was suspended, following a video that…
- India
Watch: Manipal Uni Muslim student calls out prof over Islamophobia
Amid rising Islamophobia in the country, a young Muslim student from Manipal Institute of Technology, Karnataka called out his professor for allegedly calling him a ‘terrorist’ over his religious identity. In a…
- Hate Crime
Karnataka: Hindutva outfit force school to apologise for playing Azan during sports day
A local school in Karnataka’s Udupi district faced opposition from Hindutva organisations for singing Azan while conducting an inter-school taluk-level sports day on Tuesday. The school – Mother Teresa Memorial School –…
- India
AMU female students allege discrimination for wearing burqa, niqab
A recent incident of what students are referring to as “internal Islamophobia” in the Aligarh Muslim University (AMU) a number of Muslim female students have alleged discrimination by the administration based on…
- World
US Islamophobia Bill remains inactive; fails to curb anti-Muslim violence and hatred
Hyderabad: It is more than a year since the US House of Representatives passed a bill to create a special envoy to combat Islamophobia worldwide. But this piece of legislation appears to…
- Offbeat
French company to punish employees who use water after defecation
A French company has put up a notification stating that it will take strict action against employees who use water to clean themselves after defecating. In the notification, the company stated, “For…
- India
Don’t apply mehendi from Muslim youth, warns Hindu Mahasabha
Muzaffarnagar: The Hindu Mahasabha has warned of serious consequences if any non-Hindu youth is found applying ‘mehendi’ on the hands of Hindu women. Hindu women apply mehendi on their hands before the…
- Pakistan
One of the worst manifestations of Islamophobia is in Hindutva-inspired India: Pak FM
Islamabad: Pakistan’s Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari has urged the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) to approach the UN Secretary-General to appoint a special envoy, or at least a focal person, on Islamophobia,…
