Tags - Islamophobia
'Muslims Welcome':
Rasa - Michael Barnes, the minister of Gordon United Church in New South Wales, Australia is sending the powerful message that Muslims are welcome in his church -- and he hopes the community at large will follow suit.
News ID: 1329 Publish Date : 2014/10/07
Rasa - A 26-year-old Muslim woman suffered injuries after being racially abused, assaulted and thrown off a moving train in Australia's Melbourne last week, in an alarming Islamophobic attack.
News ID: 1315 Publish Date : 2014/10/05
Rasa - Attempts by a Tasmanian senator to ban burqa, worn by Muslim women, has been widely criticized by Australian Muslims and the state officials who considered it “unconstitutional” while Daily Telegraph claims something else.
News ID: 1269 Publish Date : 2014/09/30
Rasa - Hundreds of Muslims have gathered near the Grand Mosque in Paris to condemn the execution of the French tourist, Herve Gourdel, by Islamic State-linked jihadists and the rise of Islamophobia caused by it.
News ID: 1260 Publish Date : 2014/09/29
Rasa - A Queensland Muslim leader says his community feels under siege and some women are too afraid to leave their homes for fear of being vilified.
News ID: 1250 Publish Date : 2014/09/27
Rasa - Muslim leaders are fuming at what they claim is the unacceptable treatment of a senior cleric by officials at Sydney airport.
News ID: 1249 Publish Date : 2014/09/27
Rasa - Victoria police and Islamic leaders have urged Muslims to come forward with details of Islamophobic attacks, amid growing tension in the community and tightening security around events such as Saturday’s AFL grand final.
News ID: 1240 Publish Date : 2014/09/27
Rasa - Muslims on Twitter are pushing back against what some say (link is external) is constant pressure on the community to reject the actions of armed groups like the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL).
News ID: 1226 Publish Date : 2014/09/25
Rasa – community leaders are now deeply worried that Australia’s mission against Islamic State and recent anti-terrorism raids are fuelling attacks against Muslims in Europe.
News ID: 1225 Publish Date : 2014/09/25
Rasa - Australia's Islamic leadership called for restraint on Wednesday as it emerged that Muslims and mosques had been targeted.
News ID: 1219 Publish Date : 2014/09/24
Rasa - Amid increasing anti-Muslim sentiments coupled with anti-terror police raids, a Facebook page has been launched to track Islamophobia in Australia, encouraging the Muslim minority to report attacks on them.
News ID: 1209 Publish Date : 2014/09/22
Rasa - An Oklahoma man is receiving calls threatening to have him, his family and his friends beheaded, all because of his Muslim faith.
News ID: 1196 Publish Date : 2014/09/21
Rasa - An incendiary ad campaign that includes an image of American journalist James Foley just before his beheading in Syria is coming to 100 MTA buses and two subway stations.
News ID: 1188 Publish Date : 2014/09/20
Rasa - Dean Obeidallah says: "What makes Bennett's comments so alarming is that they weren't directed against Islamic terrorists such as ISIS, but rather against Muslim Americans, people like my family, friends and me.”
News ID: 1187 Publish Date : 2014/09/20
Rasa - Nick O'Brien says: "It’s in the interests of Islamic State for Muslims in Australia to be attacked or for their mosques to be attacked, because doing so would help divide the Australian community. But we should be very clear: the only people who win if Australia is divided are the extremists.”
News ID: 1176 Publish Date : 2014/09/18
Rasa - The violence unleashed by an outfit that calls itself Islamic State was bound to trigger Islamophobic tendencies in UK.
News ID: 1170 Publish Date : 2014/09/18
Rasa - GOP state Sen. John Bennett doubled down on his views Wednesday, calling American Muslims ‘a cancer in our nation that needs to be cut out.’
News ID: 1168 Publish Date : 2014/09/18
Rasa - GOP state Sen. John Bennett doubled down on his views Wednesday, calling American Muslims ‘a cancer in our nation that needs to be cut out.’
News ID: 1167 Publish Date : 2014/09/18
Rasa - the Albanian Muslim Community notes with concern that the United States is facing a growing hate that hits religious coexistence.
News ID: 1130 Publish Date : 2014/09/13
Rasa - Abdul Alim Musa, the Imam of Masjid al-Islam in Washington says he still receives death threats by unknown people throughout the week.
News ID: 1085 Publish Date : 2014/09/07