Women protest at the German embassy after Marwa El-Sherbini’s killing

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....

The OSCE Chairmanship opened a two-day conference in Córdoba devoted to intolerance and discrimination against Muslims. Government representatives, experts and civil-society participants addressed...

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...

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...

A federal district court granted a preliminary injunction blocking Oklahoma’s proposed constitutional amendment excluding Sharia and international law from state courts. Muneer Awad argued that...

Yassir Fazaga, Ali Uddin Malik and Yasser AbdelRahim filed a proposed class action challenging FBI surveillance involving an informant in Southern California Muslim communities. They alleged that...

The UN Human Rights Council adopted Resolution 16/18 without a vote. It addressed discrimination, stigmatization, incitement to violence and violence against people based on religion or belief,...