Discrimination and Xenophobia
Muslims warned about bogus beggers
A London Council is warning the Muslim community not to give money to beggars following reports that they are deliberately being targeted during the holy month of Ramadan. The religious festival, with its tradition of giving alms, is believed to have become a target for unscrupulous people, some of whom have even resorted to posing…
Muslim MP calls for religious equality law
A minister has called for the Government to introduce a new religious discrimination law which would require public bodies to have a legal duty to promote equality between faiths, to reassure Britain’s Muslims that they are not second-class citizens. Sadiq Khan, a government whip, wants a forthcoming Single Equality Bill aimed at stamping out discrimination…
Homeless man Beaten Up For Drinking Beer During Ramadan
Serge, a forty-year old homeless man was nearly killed after being beaten up by a Muslim father and son in Brussels, because he had been drinking beer in public during Ramadan. Serge was beaten with an iron bar with nails while waiting for a doctor’s appointment. He opened a can of beer to pass the…
Anti-Islam Conference: Right-Wing Populists to Gather in City of Immigrants
Europe’s right-wing populists want to build a united front to battle what they call the continent’s creeping Islamization at a conference set to take place in Cologne this weekend. Powerless to stop the event, local officials are anticipating the arrival of thousands of counterprotesters. Cologne’s Heumarkt, a cobblestone square in the city’s Old Town, is…
Election campaign is hostile towards Islam, say Muslims
Austria’s Muslim Community have spoken out against the rhetoric of the current election campaigning, calling it “hostile towards the Islam”. Carla Amina Baghajati, spokeswoman of the Islamic Community of Austria, said: “Austria’s Muslims have to endure quite a lot at the moment. A lot of what is said in this campaign is hostile towards the…