Muslim organizers form a Ring of Peace around an Oslo synagogue

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...

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...

The Third Circuit reversed the dismissal of Hassan v. City of New York and returned the case to the district court. It recognized that being singled out for surveillance because of Muslim identity...

Fortify Rights publicized a Yale legal clinic analysis and called for an international investigation into possible genocide against Rohingya Muslims. The intervention linked discriminatory policies...

Human Rights Watch warned that France’s expanded emergency powers threatened rights after the Paris attacks. It questioned broad searches and restrictions imposed with weakened safeguards. The...