Human Rights Watch opposes summary punishments of Muslims

The International Court of Justice rejected Myanmar’s preliminary objections in the case brought by The Gambia under the Genocide Convention. The decision allowed the interstate accountability process...

The National Council of Canadian Muslims published its one-year accountability report on commitments following Canada’s National Summit on Islamophobia. It assessed government follow-through across...

CAIR announced a joint Sunni-Shia response after the arrest of a suspect in killings of Muslim men in Albuquerque and reports of an anti-Shia motive. Leaders condemned sectarian hostility and called...

The UN human-rights office published its assessment of Xinjiang, documenting serious violations affecting Uyghurs and other predominantly Muslim groups. It concluded that the extent of arbitrary and...

The European Network on Religion and Belief organized a discussion of the European Islamophobia Report 2021 with researchers and contributors. The event examined anti-Muslim racism and connected...

India’s Supreme Court delivered a split verdict on challenges to Karnataka’s restrictions on hijabs in educational institutions. Justice Hemant Gupta would dismiss the appeals, while Justice Sudhanshu...

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced Amira Elghawaby as Canada’s first Special Representative on Combatting Islamophobia. The appointment followed community demands and the recruitment process...

The European Commission appointed Marion Lalisse as Coordinator on Combating Anti-Muslim Hatred. The position supported coordination with member states and civil society and work on discrimination...

Amnesty International criticized the Shawcross review of Prevent, describing it as prejudiced and lacking legitimacy. It argued that the review failed to confront the programme’s human-rights harms...

At a UN event marking the first International Day to Combat Islamophobia, Secretary-General António Guterres addressed structural discrimination, profiling and social exclusion. He emphasized Muslim...