RT Israel’s national airline El Al has been petitioned to “stop the bullying, intimidation and discrimination against women” on its flights by ultra-Orthodox Jews who refuse to be seated next to women on religious grounds. A petition on Change.org has been issued following the last week’s scandal when a transatlantic […]
BBC Hate crime against Muslims in London has risen by 65% over the last 12 months, Metropolitan Police figures show. Islamophobic hate crime offences have increased from 344 to 570 in the last year, with many attacks targeting women wearing traditional Islamic clothing. Asian Network’s Shabnam Mahmood has […]
The UK courts have dropped all the terror charges against our brother Moazzam Begg. He was ‘conspicuously’ arrested in January this year, only a few months after coming back from Syria where he was investigating the history of intelligence relationship between the UK government and Syria, in renditioning […]
Al Jazeera As a Palestinian citizen of Israel, 21-year-old Shadan Jabareen says she has experienced institutionalised discrimination since she was a child. In 1994, her parents wanted to get away from the constant noise and the overcrowded Umm al-Fahm and move to a Jewish-Israeli community. “My dad heard […]
SB Nation During the Chiefs’ destruction of the Patriots, Husain Abdullah picked off Tom Brady and scored, the second touchdown of his career. After scoring, he was penalized for unsportsmanlike conduct, specifically excessive celebration. This is the unsportsmanlike conduct/excessive celebration he was penalized for: Abdullah, if you’re unfamiliar, is […]
The Muslim Debate Initiative 