Muslim writers challenge presumed collective guilt

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...

Dozens of organizations and individuals filed supporting briefs in the Hassan surveillance appeal. Participants included civil rights groups, faith organizations and descendants of Japanese...

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...

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...

Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court issued an order holding that a blanket prohibition on teachers’ religious dress based merely on an abstract danger to school peace was disproportionate. A...

The Muslim Council of Britain’s first national Visit My Mosque day invited members of the public into participating mosques. The initiative created opportunities to meet Muslims, ask questions and...