‘This is America’ air traveler says guilty of yanking Muslim’s scarf

A North Carolina man admitted on Friday that he ripped off a Muslim woman’s head scarf during a flight to New Mexico last December after saying, “Take it off! This is America!” Gill Payne, 37, pleaded guilty in the U.S. District Court in New Mexico to one count of using force to intentionally obstruct the

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Top Hezbollah commander killed in Damascus blast

Hezbollah’s top military commander Mustafa Badreddine has been killed in a blast at a base near Damascus airport, the Lebanese Shi’ite group said on Friday, one of the biggest blows to its leadership the Iranian-backed organisation has ever sustained. Hezbollah did not immediately say on Friday who it blamed for the attack, but its deputy […]

How a MailOnline article distorted a video from 2014 to highlight ‘racist’ Muslim women

A recent story published by MailOnline and The Sun reposted an argument between TfL passengers from December 14, 2014. The respective headlines gave weight to the ‘You white sl*g!’ and ‘Don’t call me a white b***h!’ comments. We are then informed that ‘Two white women and two women wearing hijabs fired insults at each other

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The Wider Image: On patrol with the Sinjar Resistance Units

Pictures from resistance units in Sinjar Province – stand off against IS forces.  

‘I Have Changed’ Robinson Sees Hijabs Abound After Sadiq Khan’s Win

Not to be outdone in the ‘there are Moozlims‘ everywhere paranoia of far right extremists, Tommy ‘I have Changed’ Robinson, decided to put his toe in the sewer of anti-Muslim bigotry through his Twitter account. His involvement can only be described as an epic fail in the world of the Twitterati. Failing to realise that

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Historic mosque reopens in Banja Luka in Bosnia

Thousands of Muslims gather in the Bosnian city of Banja Luka to celebrate the reopening of an historic mosque destroyed during the country’s war. The spire of the Fehadija mosque soars above the Bosnian city of Banya Luka, as the Muslim call to prayer echoes through the air. This city is now mainly Orthodox Christian, […]

Al Qaeda chief tells jihadist fighters in Syria – Unite or die

Ayman al-Zawahri Issues a Stark Warning Showing Real Tensions on the Ground Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahri urged rival jihadist fighters in Syria to unite or risk death but again decried fellow Sunni Muslim militants Islamic State as “extremists” in an audio recording posted online on Sunday. As successor to Osama bin Laden, Zawahri has […]

Linking Sadiq to Extremism is the ‘Rough and Tumble’ of Politics Says Michael Fallon

Efforts by the Conservative party to link the new Mayor of London to Muslim extremism during campaigning for the capital’s election were just part of the “rough and tumble” of politics, a senior MP said on Saturday. As politicians from all sides lined up to condemn his party’s tactics in the mayoral race won by

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Labour Did the Right Thing on AntiSemitism, Now the Conservatives Must on Islamophobia

Enquiry into the Direction of the Campaign Needs to be Undertaken by the Conservatives It took Jeremy Corbyn some time to ensure that he set out an Inquiry into Antisemitism which will be headed up by Shami Chakraborty. The Inquiry is needed given the charges of antisemitism that should be looked into and given the

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Never Again Should Such a Torrid Campaign Be Run for the Mayor of London

The Conservative Mayoral campaign that has been run fixating on extremists and past associations with extremists may well have put off voters from listening to the public policies of Zac Goldsmith. Zac Goldsmith himself is a man who cares about issues affecting communities and is someone with a genuine desire to make a positive change

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