First national Visit My Mosque day invites public encounters

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...

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 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...

Muslim organizers and supporters formed a human ring around Oslo’s synagogue in solidarity with Jews following antisemitic attacks in Europe. Participants opposed both antisemitism and Islamophobia....

The US Supreme Court ruled for the EEOC in the Abercrombie case involving Samantha Elauf, who had worn a headscarf to a job interview. Avoiding a religious accommodation can violate Title VII even...

The Federal Court of Appeal dismissed the government’s appeal in Zunera Ishaq’s case, leaving the lower court’s rejection of the citizenship-oath niqab policy in place. The litigation protected her...