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With incidents of xenophobia towards Arab communities in Spain on the rise, the establishment of Baynana is a welcome counterweight to anti-immigrant sentiment, and the promotion of Arab-led news.
Comment: This Ramadan, let's address issues close to home, such as supporting victims of racist policies and policing, writes Malia Bouattia.
Famed UK 'Dambusters' squadron deployed to Syria, Iraq
RAF 617 Squadron is en route to conduct missions over Syria and Iraq, which will target Islamic State group militants.
The Generals' Letter: playing with fire
Comment: The dangerous far-right Islamophobic rhetoric of the so-called Generals' Letter is unfortunately nothing new, writes Malia Bouattia.
In France, Ramadan marks temporary rest bite for Muslims
As a draconic Muslim-targeted legislation is passed in France on the eve of Ramadan, Florence Massena finds out the sentiments of French Muslims ...
'Death to Islam' graffiti sprayed on mosque in US
A rights group is appealing for a law change after a mosque was vandalised.
Boris Johnson's ICC opposition puts Israel above the law
Comment: Without the EU or any kind of substantial opposition, Tory pro-Israel policy has been allowed to run wild, and it's the Palestinians ...
Chauvin's conviction is not a moment of 'racial progress'
Comment: Chauvin's conviction would look more like 'progress' if we could be sure it wasn't a one-off, brought about by circumstance, writes ...
UK 'anti-Muslim' activist's 'lies' forced Syrian schoolboy ‘to flee’
Videos made by the British anti-Muslim activist Tommy Robinson containing 'libelous' accusations against a Syrian refugee boy forced him and his ...
Ramadan book club: 15 must-read Muslim stories
Struggling to pick your next book over Ramadan? The New Arab has compiled a guide of must-read Muslim stories from across the literary spectrum.
Pakistan parliament postpones debate on expelling French ambassador
Pakistan's parliament has postponed a debate on whether the country should expel the French ambassador, which will now take place on Friday.
Pakistan's parliament to debate whether to expel French ambassador
Pakistan's parliament will debate Tuesday whether the country should expel the French ambassador in response to increasing Islamophobia.
France to hold 'national consultation' to define secularism
The "general states of secularism" will be launched in France on Tuesday as a way to define secularism.
A path towards ally-ship: Reframing 'The Muslim Problem'
The New Arab Meets: Tawseef Khan, author of The Muslim Problem. In it, he elegantly deconstructs myths surrounding Islam, whilst confronting the ...
French mosque subsidy dropped in 'foreign meddling' row
The pullback came after Interior Minister Gerald Darmanin accused the eastern French city of supporting "foreign meddling" on French soil with ...
Derek Chauvin is on trial - not George Floyd
Comment: Once again, a campaign to pin blame on the victim, and more specifically, the Black victim, was the essential first step towards vindicating Chauvin, writes Khaled Beydoun.
'I am Mohammed Saleem' campaigns against Islamophobia in UK
The 'I am Mohammed Saleem' campaign, launched by British Muslim activist Maz Saleem, invites people to share their own lived experiences of ...
France 'to ban Algerian flags' at weddings
France is seeking to ban foreign flags at weddings under a new amendment of the controversial 'anti-separatism' bill, which critics say unfairly ...
US President Joe Biden sends Ramadan greetings to Muslims
The US president sent his 'warmest greetings' to Muslims in around the world ahead of the first Ramadan fast.
Mosque in France defaced with Islamophobic graffiti
Vandals defaced the walls of a mosque in western France with Islamophobic graffiti two days ahead of the start of the holy month of Ramadan, ...
New start for Paris mosque closed after teacher's murder
Some 200 worshippers returned for Friday prayers at the 1,300-person capacity mosque in Pantin.
Muslim rights group sues Facebook over hate speech
Muslim Advocates claimed Facebook has breached a local consumer-protection law by failing to remove content that breached its own moderation ...
Uighur women violated and repressed by Xinjiang's draconian policies
Uighur women and girls are not only enduring unspeakable cruelties in internment camps, subject to draconian sterilisation procedures, rape and ...
To honour Mohammed Saleem, UK must officially define Islamophobia
Comment: For Maz Saleem, whose father was killed by a white supremacist, adopting an official, legal definition of Islamophobia would ...
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