The Organization "Racism Islamofobia Watch" has released its annual report on Islamophobia in Europe for 2015. 　　According to the report, the year 2015 has been characterized by an uncontrolled explosion of violence against French Muslims from the aftermath of January attacks in the premises of Charlie Hebdo and in the... More

　　An SPLC survey of some 2,000 US schools found that two thirds of teachers described vulnerable students - including blacks, Muslims, Latinos and other minorities - as affected by rhetoric in the 2016 White House race. 　　New York, United States - Something ugly is happening inside America's classrooms. 　　Headscarf-wearing Muslim... More

　　For decades, Rohingya Muslims have been fleeing Myanmar, a Buddhist majority country where they are forced to live in apartheid-like conditions and denied access to jobs, education and healthcare. 　　But in recent years the exodus of refugees has surged. Since 2012, more than 100,000 people have braved perilous boat journeys... More

　　For the Taipei Grand Mosque like for many others across the world, the day of Friday is not a normal day. Unlike on other weekdays, the Mosque, which has the capacity of around 1000 people, is generally overcrowded on a Friday. So much so that one can see numerous people... More

　　During the same week as headscarves and Muslim fashion made a stunning debut on the catwalks of New York Fashion Week, women in Spain choosing to don headscarves saw a small victory of their own. 　　Takwa Rejeb, 22, a vibrant tourism student, made headlines across the country when she denounced... More

　　Islam is a minority faith in Buddhist Thailand, yet mosques continue to be built outside of the predominantly Muslim areas on the Malaysian border, with Bangkok and the southern tourist resort of Phuket enjoying a sizeable Muslim community. 　　One such religious building is presently being erected in the heart of... More

　　In 2009, two mosques were vandalised in the country. The number rose sharply to 99 in 2015. 　　On a cold September evening in the German town of Dresden a bomb exploded outside a mosque. No one was hurt, but the sense of fear that had gripped Muslims in the city... More

　　At least 350 Palestinian children are languishing in Israeli jails, a local Palestinian NGO said Saturday. 　　"Israeli authorities are holding 350 Palestinian children aged between 12 and 18,” the Palestinian Prisoners Society said in a statement on the occasion of the UN Universal Children’s Day. 　　It said twelve females were... More

　　More than 1,000 houses have been destroyed in northwestern Myanmar’s Rakhine state, Human Rights Watch said on Monday, in a report based on the analysis of satellite images. 　　Members of the country's Rohingya Muslim minority are being persecuted after troops began cracking down on dissident activity along the Bangladeshi border... More

　　When Faizul fled the shouldering remains of his village in Myanmar's Northern Rakhine state, he barely noticed the shards of wood that punctured every extremity of his body. He just wanted to escape the bullets raining down from a helicopter above. But by the time he reached Bangladesh, a shrapnel... More

　　An international rights group claimed Tuesday that new satellite imagery and interviews with refugees show the military was responsible for the mass destruction of Rohingya villages in a conflict-torn area near Myanmar’s border with Bangladesh. 　　Myanmar's government has claimed that villagers burned down their own homes to evoke international sympathy,... More

　　Japan lies to the East of the Asian Continent. It is an archipelago of islands in the Pacific Ocean, surrounded by Russia and North Korea and South Korea in the West. 　　According to the latest statistics, its population is 127.3 million. 　　Approximately 80% of Japanese people adopt Buddhism and Shintoism,... More

　　Liberia was formed through the efforts of emancipation associations and societies, especially the American Colonization Society (ACS). This society was established in the United States in the early nineteenth century when the idea of finding a homeland for the freed slaves in their country of origin, i.e. in Africa, evolved.... More