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An imam appointed as an adviser on defining “Islamophobia” in one of the last acts of Theresa May’s administration has accused Boris Johnson of having “legitimised the hatred that exists towards Muslim women”.

A documentary by independent filmmaker Michael Hansen about mass migration and Islam in Europe, entitled Killing Europe, has been removed by Amazon from its Prime Video service. Amazon cited “quality assurance” concerns — despite the fact that the documentary had been hosted on the platform since 2017 without issue.

A protest march by the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) in the nation’s capital of Abuja turned fatal Monday, as at least eight people including a police officer were killed in clashes between Shiite protesters and security forces.

Boris Johnson is going to be the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. I’m more optimistic than many people seem to be, but I’m also prepared to be disappointed.

According to a new report, members of the Nigerian mafia are at risk of radicalisation as the influence of groups like Boko Haram spreads among members.

A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman accused Vice President Mike Pence and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Friday of “colluding with heretics” by granting a platform to victims of religious persecution in China.

Theresa May’s expected successor Boris Johnson is under fire from the Muslim Council of Britain for past comments suggesting “something about Islam” was responsible for the Islamic world ending up “centuries behind” the West.

Kuala Lumpur — A hijab-wearing, diminutive Malaysian wrestler known as “Phoenix” cuts an unusual figure in the ring, a female Muslim fighter taking on hulking opponents in a male-dominated world.

“Islam inherently inhibits the path to progress and freedom”. Not my words: Boris Johnson’s, from an article he wrote in 2007.

A mob of alleged Hindu extremists beat a group of Muslim students playing cricket and forced them to chant Hindu slogans in northern India, the Hindustan Times reported this week.

The Malaysian government warned the country’s breweries on Sunday not to sell or produce alcohol-free beer on the grounds that it “confuses Muslims” about whether they can drink it.

A man living in Sweden was found guilty of physically abusing his wife and children but blamed his actions on being hungry due to Ramadan fasting.

The British Social Attitudes survey has revealed that those professing a Christian faith have fallen to a record low, while more than half of Britons profess no faith and the number of those professing adherence to Islam is on the

Openly gay Tunisian lawyer and prominent LGBT rights advocate Mounir Baatour wants to become the next president of Muslim-majority Tunisia, where homosexuality is currently punishable by up to three years in prison, several news outlets reported over the weekend.

TEL AVIV – The second son of Hamas founder Sheikh Hassan Yousef has fled the group and exposed it as a “racist terror organization,” following in the footsteps of his brother, the “Green Prince,” who escaped the clutches of the Islamist movement more than a decade ago.

The chairman of Bradford City Women’s football club tendered his “immediate resignation” after someone complained about Facebook posts in which he suggested the Islamic burka should be banned.

Tunis (AFP) – Tunisia’s premier on Friday banned the niqab Muslim face covering for women in government offices, citing security concerns after attacks in the North African country.

Human rights activists are slamming rapper Nicki Minaj for promoting LBGTQ rights one month and then headlining a concert held in the anti-gay Kingdom of Saudi Arabia the next.

The World Uyghur Congress, an organization advocating for the human rights of China’s Uighur ethnic minority, lamented that the situation for their people has “deteriorated incredibly” in a statement observing the ten-year anniversary of the massacre of Uighur protesters in Urumqi, Xinjiang, in 2009.

The UK Guardian reported on Tuesday that border police in the Chinese province of Xinjiang, home of the oppressed Uighur Muslims, are installing secret surveillance apps on the smartphones of travelers who enter the region and raiding those phones for personal information.

The United States Army War College canceled an event featuring a speaker that has criticized Islam.

Twenty-six “Muslim scholars” based in Britain have called for “fascist” Israel to be returned to the Arabs, and expressed their hope that “Jerusalem will be the capital of the Islamic Caliphate when it returns, Allah willing.”

The Dalai Lama insisted Wednesday that “Europe is for Europeans,” warning that if too many migrants are allowed to stay the continent could become “Muslim” or “African.”

Authorities in Germany say they have arrested a Bosnian man sought by Belgium in connection with the 2015 Islamic extremist attacks in Paris.

A mob in India beat a Muslim man to death with sticks this month after forcing him to perform Hindu chants in an incident described on social media as a sectarian “lynching,” video footage cited by several news outlets this week purportedly shows.

China’s state-run newspaper Global Times accused Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday of being an “extreme hardliner” who has “jinxed the very notion of 21st-century peace” by repeatedly condemning China, Iran, and other rogue states for incessant human rights violations against their people.

Three people had acid thrown on them in two separate incidents over just a few hours in London, including a market stall vendor targeted by people “wearing burqas”.

The deputy grand imam of Cairo’s Al-Azhar University has issued a fatwa (religious decree) banning early marriages, saying that “the minimum age of maturity” for Islamic girls to marry is 18 years old.

Britain’s former equality tsar Trevor Phillips OBE has warned the sweeping new definition of “Islamophobia” is a “bullies’ charter” for Muslims inclined to censor criticism of Islam and Islamic practices. 

Mad though it may seem for an organisation called the British Broadcasting Corporation, the BBC viscerally loathes Britain.

AMMAN, Jordan (AP) — On a high school trip to Jordan’s ancient city of Petra, a group of teenagers sneak out at night to drink beer, smoke weed and gossip around a bonfire. A girl asks her frisky boyfriend to take things slow.

A recently passed Washington law will force colleges to reschedule exams for Muslim students who are celebrating religious holidays.

A nonpartisan tribunal published a report Tuesday accusing China of “crimes against humanity,” cutting organs out of Falun Gong practitioners alive to transplant into paying clients, and potentially preparing an “organ bank” using the millions of mostly Uighur Muslims believed trapped in concentration camps in western China.

Nike has announced that it is updating its sports hijab head covering with a new design. The sportswear giant became one of the first sportswear companies to add hijabs in 2017 calling the line the “Nike Pro Hijab.”

Eritrea’s Roman Catholic Church lambasted what it described as the lawless government for recently seizing and shutting down all its health facilities, several news outlets reported this week.

The Islamic cleric invited to appear on the BBC-hosted Tory leadership debate to grill Boris Johnson over past face veil remarks is an anti-Semitic Jeremy Corbyn supporter, reports suggest.