ODIHR trains civil society to respond to anti-Muslim hate crimes

Protesters gathered in London against French beach restrictions targeting clothing associated with Muslim women. Their action brought a dispute over women’s dress into transnational public solidarity....

France’s Conseil d’État suspended Villeneuve-Loubet’s beach-clothing order following challenges by the Ligue des droits de l’homme and Collectif contre l’islamophobie en France. It found...

European organizations used the European Day Against Islamophobia to demand action against anti-Muslim discrimination. The coalition included anti-racism networks and Muslim-led groups, linking...

IHRC presented its Environment of Hate work in Geneva in connection with UN human rights advocacy. Arzu Merali and Abed Choudhury discussed how political and social conditions sustain Islamophobia....

The ACLU publicly responded to a judge’s refusal to approve the proposed NYPD surveillance settlement without additional safeguards. Advocates welcomed the demand for stronger protection of...

A coalition letter urged President Barack Obama to remove the remaining legal structure of NSEERS. Although registration had ceased in 2011, advocates feared the dormant framework could be...

MP Iqra Khalid gave notice of Motion M-103, proposing condemnation of Islamophobia and systemic racism and asking for a parliamentary study. The official order paper identifies December 1 as the...

Thousands gathered in Kuala Lumpur in solidarity with Rohingya Muslims facing violence in Myanmar. Political leaders from UMNO and PAS shared the platform, including Prime Minister Najib Razak and...

IHRC’s London Islamophobia conference examined how an environment of hate operates through discourse, institutions and security practices. Speakers discussed resistance and the effects of treating...

A Department of Homeland Security final rule became effective, removing the regulations underlying NSEERS. Registration had already ceased in 2011, but its regulatory framework remained until this...