A continuous survey of causes of “Islamophobia”. Conflicts in Muslim countries and terrorism are excluded. See here for explanation of survey.
January 2011
A Stranger in My Own Land
I shan't miss the abuse my priest husband received: the daubing of "Dirty white dogs" in red paint on the church door …. For four years, we lived in inner-city Birmingham, in what has been a police no-go area for 20 years.
Somali women say Islamists becoming more draconian
Iran: Evangelical Christians are 'corrupt and deviant, like the Taliban'
Europe Goes Halal
Muslims have the right to choose halal foods, but non-Muslims do not have the right to choose not to eat the ritually slaughtered meat
This has been scientifically established
Several doctors have achieved excellent results in treating impotence by having their patients grow their beards long. Interviewer: Allah be praised!
Odense (Denmark): Iranian priest attacked for displaying cross
Saudi Arabia Now Forcing News Bloggers to Obtain Licenses, Promote Islam
Life in jail for two Pakistani Muslim blasphemers
"Offensive Jihad Is Permissible to Secure Islam's Borders, to Extend God's Religion, and..."
Iran bans "tight jeans", tattoos at some universities
No sex-education please, we are Muslims
Mecca-based Muslim outfit prohibits depiction of religious figures in movies
Iran arrests dozens of converts from Islam to Christianity
Anti-Christian crimes downplayed
We’ve heard outlandish allegations of Islamophobia sweeping America. Not getting nearly as much attention is the bloody persecution of Christians in parts of the Muslim world.
Somalia's al-Shabab bans mixed-sex handshakes
In denial about campus extremism
Muslim girls are covertly prepared for forced marriage. Yet the feminists stay silent
Helsinki Drops Muslim Women-Only Pool Sessions
Pakistani governor who opposed blasphemy law slain
'Moderate' clerics praise politician's killing
Five hundred moderate Pakistani religious scholars have warned that anyone who expresses grief over the assassination of a senior ruling party official who opposed the country's blasphemy law could suffer the same fate.
Denmark: 30% see Islam as a threat to Denmark
Hockey referee suspended for publishing Muhammad cartoon on Facebook
Iran shops banned from selling Valentine gifts
December 2010
David Cameron must face the challenge of Islamisation
Hyperbole rules in Muslim debate
According to the latest hate crime report from the Los Angeles .... 88 percent of all religiously based hate crimes in 2009 were against Jews. Hate crimes that targeted Muslims (3 percent) ranked slightly above those directed at Scientologists (1 percent). In fact, the commission found that attacks against Christians (8 percent) outnumbered attacks against Muslims.
Will Germany be a Divided Nation Again?
.... We argue that integration is not about Germany having to go through great pains to make immigrants feel at ease here with their traditions.
Malaysian Islamic Institute: "Islam rejects religious pluralism"
Saudi Arabia girls' schools investigated over 'illegal' sports day
"We don't have any regulations that say that it's OK for girls' schools to hold sports classes or training," said Ahmed Al-Zahrani, director of girls' education in Jeddah.
Former Birmingham judge who called Muslim colleague 'tent head' fined £10,000
Iraqi Christians flee to Kurdish areas or abroad – U.N.
Netherlands: Pork-free police lunch-boxes
Bashir plans Islamic law if Sudan splits, defends flogging woman
Muslim and Jewish groups object to labelling of ritually slaughtered meat
Muslims sue teacher for speaking about ham in class
Anti-immigrant tract is German Christmas best-seller
France: 39% agree Muslim prayer in the streets is like Nazi occupation
Life on Hold for Egyptian Christian Arrested for his Faith
Dutch may introduce burqa ban as early as 2011
Austrian man convicted for yodelling while Muslim neighbours prayed
A picture of Islamofascism: A Sudanese policeman whipping a defenceless woman
Modern Dutch Muslim women can't find suitable partners
The current generation of young Dutch Muslim women are often quite well-educated and open-minded compared to most of their potential spouses, many of whom do not want a 'modern' wife.
Woman arrested for wearing hijab sues Georgia city
Doctor arrested for blasphemy over discarded business card
A doctor has been arrested on suspicion of violating Pakistan's contentious blasphemy law by discarding a business card of a man who shared the name of Islam's prophet, Muhammad, police say.
Baluchistan: Islamists slaughtering teachers
Islamic extremists are systematically targeting teachers in Pakistan’s Baluchistan province. Their crime is to teach children of both sexes in violation of Sharia.
Man sentenced to be blinded with acid by Iranian court
75% of Czechs oppose building mosques
'Integration a fiasco': Gothenburg official
.... the frustration of city officials who, in the words of one official, feel that 30 years of programmes aimed at integrating Muslim immigrants 'have not worked,'" the leaked cable stated.
"Halal food movement can lead Muslims to rule world economy"
EU quietly scraps plans for compulsory labelling of meat slaughtered without stunning
Netherlands: 73% support a burqa ban
Iraqi Kurdish cleric says female circumcision recommended by Islam
Underage marriages are allowed in Islam, says Nazri
Muslim School Anger
TEACHERS have attacked plans to build five new state-funded Muslim schools, warning it will “segregate” Britain’s education system.
Malaysian sharia laws sees first women caned for sex outside of marriage
Majority of Muslims want Islam in politics, poll says
Pakistani court blocks government drive to relax blasphemy laws
Sex abuse in Muslim families goes unreported
Hardline Pakistan cleric offers reward to kill Christian woman
Iran authorities chop off man's hand
Muslim imam who lectures on non-violence in Germany is arrested for beating up his wife
The civil war among Muslims in Britain
Indonesia's Islamic laws are 'abusive', report says
Moving with the times
A Saudi man is to be lashed 70 times with the whip after he was caught using the Bluetooth feature in his mobile phone near a women’s shopping centre.
November 2010
David Cameron on radicalised Muslims: 'We let in some crazies'
.... Cameron went on to criticise Labour's dealing with groups such as Hizb-ut-Tahrir and the Muslim Council of Britain. "On the radicalisation of British Pakistanis, Cameron said the UK had 'gotten it wrong domestically'
Algerian Christians face jail for opening church
Our money must not go on religious segregation
Instead of educating children from different backgrounds together, so they can learn from one another, we are now going to spend our taxpayers' money on separating children along religious lines.
Pakistani Christian Convicted of ‘Blasphemy’ Stoned in Prison
Iran Court: ‘Pastor To Be Executed By Hanging’
Minister slams 'macho' Muslim culture
Family Minister Kristina Schröder slammed on Friday what she sees as a growing tendency to violence stemming from a “macho culture” among young Muslim men.
Muslim woman banned from roller-skating rink because she was wearing a headscarf
Complaint lodged over burqa mural
This medieval Saudi education system must be reformed
Blind couple’s anger as taxi refuses guide dog
Without free speech writers can have very little impact on culture
.... that many European Muslims misidentify it as a tool of Anglo-Saxon interests, a license to insult them, rather than the sole guarantee of their right to be heard.
UN again votes to condemn vilification of religion, but support is shrinking
Turin official appeals to school board to ban burqa-wearing mothers
Muslims vs. French School System
.... teachers in schools with a high proportion of Muslim children are being threatened on an almost daily basis by Muslims who object to courses about the Holocaust, the Crusades or evolution, and who demand halal meals and "reject French culture and its values."
Christian Copts, Egyptian Security Standoff Over Church Construction
This trend of young Muslim girls wearing the hijab is disturbing
BBC's Panorama claims Islamic schools teach antisemitism and homophobia
Overtime pay at Christmas axed: It discriminates against the other religions, say care home bosses
Afghan Christian faces trial for alleged conversion from Islam
U.N. Anti-Blasphemy Proposal Meets Firm Resistance
Swedish doctor assaulted 'for being a man'
A doctor at Örebro University Hospital in central Sweden was attacked and kicked recently by the relatives of a critical ill woman who had just given birth, because they objected to him being a male.
Hijab woman jailed for six months for false complaint about police
Enforcement of Islamic Dress Code for Women in Chechnya
The religious excuse for barbarity
If you are engaged in an act of cruelty, there is an easy, effective way to silence your critics and snatch some space to carry on. Tell us all that your religion requires you to do it, and you are "offended" by any critical response.
Muslims protest in Athens over Koran rumour
Belgium: Half of Muslims don't reject stunning before slaughter
MP demands changes after halal meat turns up in the Commons
Egypt Muslims set fire to Christian homes
Saudi Arabia Has Zero Religious Freedom
Saudi Arabia has no religious freedom in theory or practice, according to a report released today by the U.S. State Department.
Family leads outcry at blasphemy death penalty
Woman sentenced to death by stoning confesses 'sin of adultery' to Iran TV
Toy pig removed from farm set to avoid offending Muslim and Jewish parents
Illicit lovers sentenced to 100 lashes each
Poll shows majority of Oklahomans have unfavorable view of Islam
In Afghanistan, a 16-year-old girl dares to learn
Saudi Arabia's spot on the board of UN Women a sad joke
If Pakistan is serious about freedom of speech its blasphemy law must go
Boy's pork lunch sparks religious tensions in Malaysia
Pope asks Muslim world to reciprocate religious tolerance
Several Islamic states in the Middle East have laws limiting or prohibiting Christian minorities from openly practising their faith.
Take Your Integration and Shove It!
The young woman interviewed for the program was born in Denmark, but she makes it quite clear that she has never integrated into Danish society, nor does she ever intend to do so.
Palestinian held for Facebook criticism of Islam
The Higher Criticism
The Qu’ran and Hadiths have never been subjected to what we now know as ‘The Higher Criticism‘ (textual analysis designed to establish authorship and date) ….
Muslim politician claims that he was forced by Michelle Obama to shake hands
Study: Muslim women uncomfortable with U.S. doctors
Lutfur Rahman council promotes extremist preacher who supports wife-beating
The preacher, Abdur Raheem Green, has stated that “Islam is not compatible with democracy.” He also says that a husband has the right to administer “some type of physical force… a very light beating” to his wife, to prevent her from committing “evil.”
Should we be concerned about sharia?
.... although the evidence showed that her husband had assaulted and harassed her, a restraining order was unnecessary because the defendant was acting in accordance with his religious beliefs.
How the Taxpayer is Footing the Bill for Militant Islam
Egypt Gripped by Rising Muslim-Christian Tensions
Ofcom rules against Islam Channel following Quilliam report
…. breached the UK Broadcasting Code after presenters on the channel advocated marital rape, justified violence against women and described women who wore perfume as ‘prostitutes’.
