n the recent political landscape of The Netherlands, the Party for Freedom (PVV), under the leadership of Geert Wilders, has achieved a remarkable victory. This development has raised significant concerns within the Muslim community and among people with an immigration background, as the party is known for its critical stance on Islam.
The leader of the anti-Islamic Pegida group tore up, trampled on, and set fire to the Noble Quran during a demonstration outside the Dutch parliament. All of these atrocities took place with the consent of the mayor of The Hague and under the watch and protection of the police. The question is how should we […]
The government has agreed to a plan that Education Minister Dennis Wiersma wants to effectuate upon Quran schools, weekend schools and other places in which ‘informal education’ is given. The justification from the Ministry for this discriminatory plan in which Muslims are singled out is that within the informal education there have been alleged cases […]
Parliamentary elections have been called in Denmark, and this means that various political parties and some candidates will try to win the votes of some Muslims and urge them to participate in the elections. At a time when the pressure on Muslims is intensifying, the combination of fear and misunderstanding can lead some to vote […]
On the 24th of August, a commission called “The Commission for the forgotten women’s’ struggle” assigned by the Danish government, published nine points to combat what has been coined in Danish politics as “negative social control”. The proposition, that received the most attention and heated debate in Danish media and on social media, was the […]
On the 26th of May 2022, the French administrative court in the Alpine city of Grenoble said that it “seriously violated the principle of neutrality in public service” by banning the all-in-one body costume worn by many Muslim women on the beach.
Amid protests in Karnataka state of India, by Muslim girls to be allowed to attend classes wearing a hijab, a group of students marched to their college wearing saffron scarves. Videos from Kundapur in the Udupi district of Karnataka and elsewhere show boys and girls wearing the saffron scarves and spreading violence against the Muslim […]
On December 14, 2021, a Muslim high school student, Ekran Mohammed, was shoved down and had her hijab forcibly removed by a fellow student while working on a project in a classroom. This violent incident happened after the student and others had reportedly made Islamophobic remarks and created an Islamic symbol and put an X […]
The article in NRC that was published last Friday was not left unnoticed. This article described how at least 10 municipalities, including Rotterdam, Zoetermeer and Delft, conducted undercover investigations in mosques in their respective cities. These municipalities sent investigators of the consultancy and research agency “Nuance door Training en Advies” (NTA) to said mosques.
The Ministry of Justice of the Republic of Uzbekistan issued a statement on September 7, notably saying: “According to Article 31 of our Constitution, everyone shall have the right to profess or not to profess any religion… This means that each person is independent in following or not following his or her beliefs…. The notes […]
