Cross-community allies file briefs supporting Muslim surveillance plaintiffs

The NYPD closed its Demographics Unit, subsequently known as the Zone Assessment Unit, which had mapped Muslim communities. Civil liberties advocates welcomed the closure while warning that it did not...

An OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights meeting in Vienna brought together governments, civil society and specialists to address hate crimes against Muslims. Participants...

Following violence in Aluthgama and surrounding areas, Human Rights Watch urged Sri Lankan authorities to investigate attacks and hold those responsible accountable. Its intervention challenged...

A federal court ruled that the existing process for challenging inclusion on the No Fly List violated due process. Thirteen American plaintiffs represented by the ACLU had been unable to obtain...

The European Court of Human Rights upheld France’s public face-covering ban in S.A.S. v. France, accepting the state’s living-together argument. Amnesty International criticized the judgment for...

The Active Change Foundation launched Not In My Name, enabling young Muslims to reject extremist violence. The campaign contested militants’ claims to represent Muslims. It also prompted debate over...

A collective opinion article associated with Hanane Karimi challenged demands that Muslims disavow extremist violence. It argued that these expectations imposed collective guilt through religious...

The Islamic Human Rights Commission held an Islamophobia conference in London addressing education, media, political activism and the criminalization of dissent. Participants considered institutions...

During the Sydney siege, the illridewithyou hashtag spread offers to accompany Muslims on public transport if they feared harassment. Tessa Kum helped popularize the initiative after another woman...

Thousands of counter-demonstrators gathered in Dresden as PEGIDA held a large anti-Islam march. They challenged the movement’s exclusionary message through public mobilization. The opposing...