Illridewithyou offers solidarity against an anti-Muslim backlash

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...

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...

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...

The Federal Court allowed Zunera Ishaq’s challenge to a policy requiring removal of her niqab during the citizenship oath. The mandatory policy conflicted with citizenship regulations protecting...

Thousands attended a vigil following the killings of Deah Barakat, Yusor Abu-Salha and Razan Abu-Salha. Speakers mourned the victims and urged participants to confront hatred and make change. The...