News Agencies – January 26, 2012 Human Rights Watch says police in France are singling out ethnic Arab and African youths for unwarranted and sometimes humiliating identity checks. The rights group says this apparent ethnic profiling is further exacerbating an already tense relationship between authorities and minority youths. In a new report, the rights group…
News Agencies – December 27, 2011 Thirty war graves of Muslim soldiers who fought in World War I have been attacked and defaced in the southern city of Carcassonne. Racist insults and swastikas were painted on the graves, which are identified by the Islamic symbols of the star and crescent. Slogans including “France for the…
21 May 2011 Protests against a new mosque in Göteborg attracted approximately 150 nationalist and far right wing protesters, and maybe 300 people supporting the mosque. Amongst the initiators of the demonstration against the mosque was Björn Cederström of the newly started Defense Corps for Sweden’s Self-defense. In his speech at the rally he said…
News Agencies – May 19, 2011 The El-Hijna mosque in Champagnole (Jura) was covered with racially-aggressive graffiti. Slogans included “Death to the Arabs”, “France to the French” and Nazi symbols.
Ilir Disha, James C. Cavendish and Ryan D. King Social Problems Vol. 58, No. 1 (February 2011), pp. 21-46 (article consists of 26 pages) Abstract: This research investigates variation in hate crime offending against Arabs and Muslims across U.S. counties in the months before and after September 11, 2001. Four questions are of particular interest….
