The Córdoba conference places anti-Muslim discrimination on the OSCE agenda

The Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006 received royal assent, creating a statutory framework for offences of stirring up religious hatred. The legislation addressed hatred against persons and...

The House of Lords allowed Denbigh High School’s appeal in Shabina Begum’s challenge over wearing a jilbab. The school already permitted a headscarf with its approved uniform; the dispute concerned...

Dennis O’Connor released the factual findings of the inquiry into Maher Arar. The investigation found no evidence that Arar had committed an offence or posed a security threat and examined the...

The European Monitoring Centre on Racism and Xenophobia released its report on Muslims in the European Union alongside research on perceptions of discrimination and Islamophobia. The publications...

Prime Minister Stephen Harper issued an apology to Maher Arar, Monia Mazigh and their family for the role Canadian officials may have played in their ordeal and announced completion of mediation....

In Boumediene v. Bush, the US Supreme Court held that Guantánamo detainees had a constitutional right to habeas corpus and that the existing substitute review process was inadequate. Detainees and...

Human Rights Watch released research on headscarf bans affecting teachers and civil servants in German states. Drawing on women’s experiences, it argued that restrictions excluded Muslim women from...

Egyptian demonstrators gathered outside the German embassy in Cairo after Marwa El-Sherbini was killed in a Dresden courtroom. Reuters photographs document women carrying signs questioning her killing...

After the 29 November referendum, Human Rights Watch called the ban on constructing new minarets discriminatory and contrary to religious freedom. It challenged the portrayal of Islam as a dangerous...

Park51 issued a statement welcoming President Barack Obama’s defense of religious liberty and inviting New Yorkers to learn about the proposed community center. Against a campaign portraying a...