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Vigilante groups in South Africa have been conducting anti-immigrant marches since April, largely targeting African and Asian Muslim migrants, with daily reports of harassment, intimidation and extortion against Muslim-owned businesses and communities — echoing far-right sentiments seen across Europe and North America. South Africa has been gripped by months of violent anti-m...

Anti-Muslim hate targeting newly nominated U.S. Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed increased twentyfold in the week after his shock primary victory in Michigan, according to a new study. The Centre for the Study of Organised Hate (CSOH) analysed tens of thousands of social media posts and found a dramatic surge in Islamophobic abuse directed at El-Sayed […]

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A Muslim woman from West Bengal was profiled as an illegal Bangladeshi migrant and forcibly pushed across the Indian border into Bangladesh at 1am — leaving her isolated from her husband and young sons, despite holding Indian documents proving her citizenship. Sahida Fakir, 40, who was pushed across the Assam border into Bangladesh, is a […]

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A Muslim association in Norwich is calling on the community to support its bid to transform a historic former pub into a new mosque and Islamic community centre after its plans attracted dozens of objections. The Norwich Muslim Community Association (NMCA) is seeking planning permission from Norwich City Council to convert the Grade II-listed Gatehouse […]

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A sixth teenager has been charged with the murder of 17-year-old Bilal Nisar in Luton, whose family have remembered him as an “amazing brother, son, uncle and friend” with a bright future ahead of him. The latest charges come as Bedfordshire Police continue their investigation into the killing of Bilal, who suffered multiple stab wounds […]

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