Provides an overview and bibliographic information of statistics on Islamophobia in the United States. Compiled by Abdul Malik Mujahid. Since the events of September 11, 2001, Muslims and brown-skinned people in this country have been under siege. While tens of thousands have been detained without any probable cause, summarily detained, or have fled in fear,…
The document relates the view expressed by european Imams and Ministers who met in Vienna in 2006, and that was expressed at a OSCE conference in Cordoba in 2007. The position of these public actors underlines that Islam in Europe is theologically compatible with the principles of democracy, pluralism and human rights. It then focusses…
Over the last three years, the number of Scots who hold discriminatory attitudes towards Muslims has increased. A report titled _Attitudes to Discrimination in Scotland’ surveyed around 1,600 people between August 2006 and January 2006. The rise in discriminatory attitudes is cited from an increased feeling of threat following the London subway attacks. According to…
The Minister of Justice, Mariano Fern_ndez Bermejo, hopes the current anti-Islamic trend will not end in the type of persecution experienced by the Jewish community. We can not fall under the temptation of blaming a religious community for the crimes committed in their name. Bermejo’s statements were made during the Intolerance and Discrimination Conference organized…
A report released today by a prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group indicates a 25 percent increase in the total number of complaints of anti-Muslim bias from 2005 to 2006, with citizenship delays being the major issue. The Council on American-Islamic Relations’ (CAIR) report — the only annual study of its kind —…
