Mennel Ibtissem, a 22-year-old student from Besancon, France, wowed judges, the audience and viewers on The Voice France, but withdrew from the show when she was accused of Islamic extremism.
British values are being undermined, warns chief Ofsted inspector, Amanda Spielman.
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Before Trump said he wanted to create a Muslim registry, there were a number of Islamophobic policies in place.
Political dignitaries attend the funeral for three of the six victims of the Quebec City mosque shooting in Montreal in February 2017.
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In this episode of The Anthill podcast, we bring you stories on helicopter parenting, early puberty, and what it's like to grow up as a Muslim in Britain.
A man breaks down next to the caskets of three of the six victims of the Quebec City mosque shooting during funeral services in February 2017 in Montreal.
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As Canadians, we shouldn’t blame U.S. President Donald Trump for the rise of hatred here. He may have emboldened the so-called alt-right in Canada, but it was flourishing long before his election.
Islamophobia in Québec has roots that lie within our missionary past and the Christian nature of our society. We need to reinterpret out past in order to move forward and past 20th century racism.
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The current aggressive version of Islamophobia in Québec is unique to the province. We need a critical re-interpretation of our own history to build a Québec freed from our old racist patterns.
With its “Pro hijab” Nike has mainstreamed what is generally considered as an oppressive and marginalised garment.
Warda Naili poses for a photograph at a park in Montreal in October. Naili, a convert to Islam, said she decided to cover her face out of a desire to practise her faith more authentically and to protect her modesty. Bill 62 forces women to remove their niqabs while using public services.
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Bill 62 is likely to trigger even tenser controversies on Quebecois identity before next year’s provincial election. A historical perspective helps us understand the connection to Quebec sovereignty.
A lurch to the right in central Europe runs into a familiar obstacle: the tricky maths of coalition.
Police investigate the scene where a car crashed into a roadblock during a suspected terrorist attack in Edmonton on Sept. 30.
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The recent Edmonton attack raises questions about a new type of terrorism and the different methods required to stop it. Labelling such attacks as the work of a “lone wolf” obscures a larger problem.
Men with beards have been called terrorists.
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Sikhs, Hindus and men with beards have reported anti-Muslim hate crime.
A client whose hair she had been cutting for 20 years came in as usual, and then, without any prompting or preamble, launched into a tirade against Muslims.
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The process of decolonising research methodology is an ethical, ontological and political exercise rather than simply one of approach and ways of producing knowledge.
Associate Professor in Islamic Studies, Director of The Centre for Islamic Studies and Civilisation and Executive Member of Public and Contextual Theology, Charles Sturt University