During a visit to the European Parliament last Thursday, the Tibetan Buddhist spiritual leader pointed out that since all religions preach peace, calling someone a “Muslim terrorist” or a “Buddhist terrorist” is simply an oxymoron. More

In a time of rising Islamophobia and anti-Muslim bias, the Tennessee State Board of Education is poised to approve new social studies standards for middle schoolers that would reduce instruction on Islam. More

Mohamed Abbas says he’s been targeted in the workplace many times for his religion. “Terrorist” and “raghead.” Those are the words that Mohamed Abbas ― a 32-year-old man with health issues, a U.S. Army veteran who fought in the Iraq War, and a Muslim ― says he found written on his work locker on Sept. 1. More

Bomb attacks hit a mosque and an international convention centre in the eastern German city of Dresden, police said Tuesday, adding that they suspected a xenophobic and nationalist motive. More

Head of Islamic Culture and Relations Organization (ICRO) has said interactions with over 30 churches is a quite achievement for the interfaith dialogue. More

Within days of the attacks, many had found a convenient scapegoat. Muslims, Arabs and anyone who remotely resembled the terrorists seen on TV, whether in feature, dress or accent, became targets of retaliation. That stereotyping exists to this day. More

Multiple studies over recent years have shown that anti-Muslim and anti-Arab sentiment are rising in the United States. A 2015 HuffPost/YouGov poll found that 55 percent of Americans had either a somewhat or very unfavorable view of Islam. More

Hate crimes against Muslim Americans have risen to their highest level since the period following the Sept. 11 attacks, a new report tracking extremism and hate in the United States has found. More

Thousands of South Africans marched in the capital Pretoria Friday calling for an end to racism that continues to spark controversy in the country following decades of apartheid. More

Israeli army guns down Palestinian teen in West Bank More

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, the former Lakers star, denounced the rise in Islamophobia that has gripped the United States. More

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick came under fire in recent weeks for refusing to stand during the national anthem at games in protest of discrimination against people of color in the U.S. More