A far-right party which is organizing pickets outside German mosques should be banned, a leading Muslim group said Tuesday. Aiman Mazyek, secretary of the Council Council of Muslims, one of four main Islamic groups in Germany, added it was intolerable that the National Democratic Party (NPD) was able to obtain state payouts. He spoke in…
Austrian police say a former Nazi concentration camp has been vandalized with anti-Muslim graffiti. Police in Upper Austria province say the graffiti extends about 20 meters (66 feet) along the outer wall of the former Mauthausen concentration camp, which is now a memorial site. Police said Friday the crime occurred overnight, either late Wednesday or…
Judicial officials say Paris prosecutors have opened an investigation into allegations of violence against three youths of North African origin by suspected members of a hard-line pro-Israel group. The violence allegedly took place Thursday outside a Paris high school in the 16th district where suspected members of the Jewish Defense League were handing out leaflets….
According to a monitor published by Leiden University, violence against Muslims in the Netherlands rose considerably in 2007. The number of violent incidents rose from 62 in 2006 to 82 in 2007; however, the total number of incidents of racism declined. The report also concluded that anti-Muslim comments by the PVV party, led by Geert…
Winter 2008 Prejudice against Jews and Muslims is increasing in Europe amid heightened worries about globalization and immigration, according to a new international poll. Nearly half of Spanish respondents reported unfavorable attitudes toward Jews, followed by 36% of Poles, 34% of Russians, 25% of Germans and 20% of French people interviewed, according to a spring…
