Women protest as France’s public face-covering ban takes effect

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,...

A court in Meaux fined Hind Ahmas and Najate Naït Ali for wearing the niqab in public. Police had stopped them during a demonstration against the ban in May. Amnesty International condemned the...

ODIHR, UNESCO and the Council of Europe published guidelines for educators on countering intolerance and discrimination against Muslims. The resource addressed policymakers, teacher trainers, school...

Faith Matters launched Tell MAMA, a project enabling people to report anti-Muslim abuse and attacks, including incidents targeting those perceived to be Muslim. Eric Pickles launched the initiative...

Amnesty International published research on discrimination against Muslims in Belgium, France, the Netherlands, Spain and Switzerland. It examined dress restrictions and obstacles to establishing...

Muslim individuals, businesses and organizations in New Jersey sued New York City over the NYPD’s surveillance program. The plaintiffs alleged that their religious identity, rather than evidence of...