Al-Arabiya Dutch far-right populist lawmaker Geert Wilders is be tried for inciting racial hatred after pledging in March to ensure there were “fewer Moroccans” in the Netherlands, prosecutors said Thursday. “The public prosecutor in The Hague is to prosecute Geert Wilders on charges of insulting a group of […]
BBC A New Zealander and two Burmese men have gone on trial in Myanmar on charges of insulting Buddhism. The trio, who run a bar in Yangon, are accused over a flyer promoting a drinks event depicting Buddha with headphones. The image triggered an angry response online shortly […]
Newsweek Tommy Robinson, the co-founder and former leader of the far-right English Defence League (EDL) has indicated that he will support Ukip in the next general election, saying that the anti-EU party “understands the threat Islam poses 100%”. Explaining where his political loyalties lie, Robinson, 32, whose real […]
RT A Russian lawmaker proposes a ban on expressions such as ‘Islamic terrorist’ and ‘Islamist militant’ in the mass media, claiming they give people the wrong impression about Islam and put ordinary believers at risk. Shamsail Saraliyev (United Russia) stepped up with this initiative at this week’s session […]
Islamophobia Watch An academic conference tackling the alarming rise in Islamophobia in the UK has had to be relocated after the London University College hosting the event gave in to far right Islamophobes threatening to demonstrate outside the venue. Birkbeck College has withdrawn the go-ahead it originally gave for the […]
The Muslim Debate Initiative 