Australia
Muslim Community Leaders Fear Hate Attacks after Student at Islamic School Tests Positive
The GuardianMuslim community leaders say they fear a “fresh wave of hatred” after an infectious student at an Islamic school has sparked fears of an outbreak in Melbourne’s north-west.
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Bosnia and Herzegovina
Bosnia Commemorates 1st President Izetbegovic’s 17th Death Anniversary
Muslim NewsBosnia and Herzegovina this week commemorates the 17th death anniversary of Alija Izetbegovic, independent Bosnia’s first president and one of the most important Muslim thinkers of the last century.
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China
China Slams Canada after Report Calls Uighur Policy ‘Genocide’
Al-JazeeraCanadian parliamentary committee says China’s policies in Xinjiang amount to ‘genocide’ against Muslim Uighur minority.
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France
France Teacher Attack: Macron Hails Murdered ‘Quiet Hero’
BBCMr Paty was targeted close to his school near Paris for showing cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad in class.
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Two French Women Charged over Racist Stabbing of Veiled Muslims
Al-JazeeraTwo women accused of stabbing two other women wearing Muslim headscarves near the Eiffel Tower in Paris and trying to rip off their veils have been charged with assault and racist slurs, legal sources told AFP news agency on Thursday.
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Instead of Fighting Systemic Racism, France Wants to ‘Reform Islam’
Washington PostWhen a terrorist in the Paris suburb of Conflans-Sainte-Honorine beheaded Samuel Paty, a middle school teacher who’d shown his students caricatures of the prophet Muhammad, he was transformed from an educator into a national symbol.
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The gov’t has acted vigorously and quickly after Samuel Paty was attacked, but Muslims worry they will be collectively punished. 
After Teacher’s Killing, French Muslims Fear Rising Islamophobia
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Germany
Germany: Painting of Muslim Mystic Sold at Auction
Anadolu AgencyAn important seventeenth-century painting of a prominent Muslim mystic was sold at auction in Germany to a Dutch-based scholar, the Turkish scholar told Anadolu Agency Wednesday.
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Indonesia
Indonesian President Warns not to Rush Vaccines amid Halal Concern
ReutersThe president of the world’s largest Muslim-majority nation, Joko Widodo, called on Monday for Indonesia not to rush the rollout of vaccines, citing concerns over public awareness about whether they were halal.
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International
TikTok Expands Hate Speech Ban
The GuardianTikTok has banned a swathe of hate speech from its platform, just days after the company announced a crackdown on the conspiracist QAnon movement.
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Khabib: An Unabashedly Muslim Champion in An Islamophobic World
TRT WorldKhabib Nurmagomedov is one of the great champions whose glory all Muslims enjoy sharing.
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Kuwait
Kuwait Retail Co-ops Remove French Products over Prophet Cartoon
ReutersKuwait’s retail co-ops have pulled French products in boycott over the use of cartoons of the Prophet Mohammad in a French school class on freedom of expression whose teacher was then beheaded by a Chechen teenager.
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Middle East
Why the Muslim Middle East Supports China’s Xinjiang Crackdown
National InterestMuch as peace in Palestine has become less important to the Arab Gulf states’ foreign relations, so too does the Middle East’s silence on Xinjiang suggest that today’s regional governments are willing to compromise on peripheral interests if it means ensuring core ones.
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Morocco
Morocco: Hashtag Calling for Boycott of French Products Trends on Twitter
Middle East MonitorThe hashtag #BoycottFrenchProducts trended on Twitter accounts in Morocco on Friday, following the publication of offensive caricatures of the Prophet Muhammad on the walls of buildings in France.
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Pakistan
Pakistani Shias Live in Terror as Sectarian Violence Increases
The GuardianOver the past month, Pakistan has seen an unprecedented rise in attacks and arrests of its Shia population, who make up between 15% and 20% of the Sunni-majority country, the largest Shia community outside Iran.
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Pakistan Alleges Macron ‘Encourages Islamophobia’, Summons Envoy
Al-JazeeraIslamabad summons French ambassador in Pakistan to issue rebuke on French president’s recent comments regarding Islam.
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Poland
Deporting Muslim Immigrants won’t Make Poland Safer
Foreign PolicyThe right-wing government in Warsaw has weaponized a 2016 anti-terrorism law to ruthlessly pursue suspected foreign terrorists while ignoring homegrown threats.
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Turkey
Erdogan Says Macron ‘Needs Treatment’ over Attitude to Muslims
Al-JazeeraTurkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has launched a fresh attack on Emmanuel Macron, saying the French president needed treatment and “mental checks” over his attitude towards Muslims and Islam, leading Paris to recall its ambassador in Ankara.
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UK
Mesut Ozil: Is China a Factor in Midfielder's Exile from Arsenal Squad?
The GuardianGunners manager Mikel Arteta took responsibility, saying he had “failed” with Germany playmaker Ozil, and that his exclusion was purely “a football decision”. However, some Arsenal fans have pointed to his comments in December 2019 about the mistreatment of Uighur Muslims in China and suggested a link to his current exile.
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US
Ilhan Omar, Rashida Tlaib Denounce Facebook as Complicit in Anti-Muslim Violence
Religion New ServiceTheir condemnation comes after a new report found that Facebook has played a role in anti-Muslim violence in Germany, Sweden, New Zealand and the United States.
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Rohingya American Voters ‘Grateful,’ ‘Excited’ to Cast Ballots for the First Time in Chicago
Religion New ServiceIt wasn’t just the first time they voted as United States citizens. It was the first time they’d ever voted, period.
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U.S. Says No Justification for 'Concentration Camps' in China
ReutersThe deputy White House national security adviser on Friday denounced China’s treatment of Uighur Muslims, saying there was no justification for the country maintaining “concentration camps” within its borders.
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Americans Are Losing Sight of What Fascism Means
The AtlanticMany Americans who brand Trump and his allies as fascists are paying too little attention to abuses in Hong Kong and cultural genocide in Xinjiang.
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