Topic: Islamophobia
Countries urged India to improve its human rights record at UN
United Nations member states have urged India to take a tougher stand on religious discrimination and sexual violence as they raised India’s human rights record during a Universal Periodic Review (UPR) at the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC).
Family dismisses CBI report on Fathima Latheef’s death, seeks new probe
9 November marks three years since 19-year-old Fathima Latheef, a first-year student of MA Humanities at the Indian Institute of Technology Madras, was found dead in her hostel room. Months after the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) concluded its probe into the matter, the family is not convinced by their findings.
French cartoon depicts Qatari footballers as terrorists
A cartoon by a French newspaper depicted Qatari footballers as terrorists and it has sparked outrage on social media, with users calling out its “blatant Islamophobia” and “racism.”
UK govt drops plan to combat anti-Muslim hatred with Islamophobia’s official definition
The Britain government has dropped work on an official definition of Islamophobia that was promised more than three years ago.
European Union’s anti-Islamophobia coordinator post remains vacant since 2021
History to hate Muslims and their practices is not a thing that seems hidden, the responsibility to normalize anti-Muslim hate has taken a go in recent years. In the European Union, the fire of hate against Islamophobia was raised but was diluted very soon.
Nationalisation of festivals: Dichotomy about Muslim identity recognition in public sphere
Sectarian radicalism through cultural allocation is a sign of rising or pitching demands for the exclusion of religious dissenters against traditions of tolerance. Being...
