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08 Feb 2021 | Policy/Law

For Sri Lanka’s Muslims, discrimination even in death

It’s been over a year since the first strain of COVID-19 was discovered in Wuhan, China. Since then, the novel coronavirus has wreaked havoc across the world with over two million individuals losing their lives,... read the complete article

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22 Dec 2020 | Organizations

Islamophobia in 2020: COVID-19 and conspiracy theories

2020 will be remembered as the year a novel coronavirus circulated all corners of the earth resulting in death, widespread panic, and the near shutdown of the international community. The global pandemic waged havoc across... read the complete article

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19 Nov 2020 | Law Enforcement

Xinjiang and Kristallnacht in Austria: Freedom of Religion Under Threat

On November 9 of this year, the Austrian government commemorated Kristallnacht of 1938—known as the “Night of the Broken Glass”—a series of coordinated attacks against Jews throughout Nazi Germany and Austria that took place on... read the complete article

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26 Oct 2020 | Individuals

Macron’s policies will further stigmatize French Muslims

Under the banner of protecting the state from “Islamic terrorism,” French authorities launched a crackdown on the country’s nearly six million Muslims. On Monday, October 19th, the government carried out raids targeting Muslim civil society,... read the complete article

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15 Sep 2020 | Individuals

Institutionalizing the Surveillance of Muslim Activism in Austria

Austria is cementing its authoritarian policy of demonizing Muslims at an alarming rate. The ruling centrist-right, Christian-democratic Austrian Peoples Party (ÖVP) attempted to close mosques in 2018 and implemented a school headscarf ban in 2019,... read the complete article

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31 Aug 2020 | Individuals

Facebook’s failure to tackle hate speech online has real world consequences

An August 14th article in the Wall Street Journal revealed that top Facebook policy executives in India failed to remove hate speech promoted by Hindu nationalists despite the content being “flagged internally for promoting violence.”... read the complete article

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30 Jun 2020 | Policy/Law

In the U.K., COVID-19 Puts a Spotlight on Systemic Racism

The COVID-19 pandemic has been regarded as a “great equalizer;” however, the effects of the novel coronavirus clearly reveal the deep-seated inequalities that exist in society today. In the United Kingdom, this is visible in... read the complete article

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21 Apr 2020

For Sri Lanka’s Muslims, the Easter bombing anniversary marks a year of scapegoating and persecution

Originally published by The New Arab on April 17, 2020. On 21 April, 2019, as Sri Lanka’s 1.5 million Christians celebrated Easter Sunday, bombs ripped through churches and hotels in Colombo, Negombo, and Batticaloa, killing at least 350 and injuring... read the complete article

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20 Apr 2020 | Individuals

COVID-19’s Impact on Persecuted Muslims Worldwide

The current coronavirus pandemic has forced our entire human race to adjust to a “new normal” of quarantine lifestyles around the globe. At the same time, we must not forget that there are also millions... read the complete article

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15 Apr 2020

Islamophobia Has No Place in the Fight Against COVID-19

Originally published by Truthout.org on April 14, 2020. From politics to social media, Muslims or anything associated with Islam (whether correctly or not) are dehumanized as objects against which to measure the intensity or severity... read the complete article

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For Sri Lanka’s Muslims, discrimination even in death

Islamophobia in 2020: COVID-19 and conspiracy theories

Xinjiang and Kristallnacht in Austria: Freedom of Religion Under Threat

Macron’s policies will further stigmatize French Muslims

Institutionalizing the Surveillance of Muslim Activism in Austria

Facebook’s failure to tackle hate speech online has real world consequences

In the U.K., COVID-19 Puts a Spotlight on Systemic Racism

For Sri Lanka’s Muslims, the Easter bombing anniversary marks a year of scapegoating and persecution

COVID-19’s Impact on Persecuted Muslims Worldwide

Islamophobia Has No Place in the Fight Against COVID-19