5 Facts You Need to Know about the Quebec Mosque Shooter
Alexandre Bissonnette has been accused of killing six people and wounding eight others in a “barbaric” massacre Sunday night at a Quebec City mosque, TVA News reports. The 27-year-old entered the Centre Culturel Islamique de Quebec and opened fire with a rifle, shooting members of the mosque as they prayed, police and witnesses say. He is in police custody and was being questioned Monday morning. He has been charged with six counts of first-degree murder and five counts of attempted murder, the Toronto Star reports. Friends and those who knew him online said he had extreme political beliefs, but was…
Theresa May asked to resign after disgracing Britain
Theresa May is facing calls for her resignation as Prime Minister. As leaders of the EU and the world joined in condemnation of President Trump’s dangerous policies, the UK Prime Minister was quite literally holding his hand. In doing so, she disgraced Britain in front of the entire world, and she has no place in Number 10 Downing Street. Theresa May, Trump, and the transatlantic love affair Theresa May arrived in the US last week, the first foreign leader to meet the new US President. But only because other world leaders are keeping their distance. May gave a speech to the…
UK petition against Trump gaining 1000+ signatures per minute
A petition calling to "Prevent Donald Trump from making a State Visit to the United Kingdom," has been gaining signatures at an alarming rate. At the time of writing it has reached more than 700,000 signatures and is getting more than 1,100 more per minute—apparently breaking records on the parliament website. The petition, created by Graham Guest, reads as follows: "Donald Trump should be allowed to enter the UK in his capacity as head of the US Government, but he should not be invited to make an official State Visit because it would cause embarrassment to Her Majesty the Queen. "Donald…
US Mosque goes up in flames after Trump’s ban
A Texas mosque was set on fire just hours after Trump signed an executive order restricting migration from Muslim-majority countries. The Islamic Center of Victoria was set on fire around 2 a.m. on Saturday, according to local reports. Victoria Fire Marshal Tom Legler told the Victoria Advocate he had no theories about the cause of the fire, but he is seeking assistance from state and federal fire investigators. “It’s a house of worship,” Shahid Hashmi, the president of the center, told the Victoria Advocate, as he watched the center burning. Hashmi also said he will not speculate about the cause of the fire, but…
Council admits racial discrimination against Indian and Middle Eastern children
A local education authority has admitted racially discriminating against two young boys and breaching their human rights when a school called the police after one of them told his teacher he had been given a toy gun as a present. The brothers, aged seven and five and of mixed Indian and Middle Eastern heritage, were questioned by uniformed officers in March 2016 after the school raised concerns they might be at risk of radicalisation. The boy’s teacher has insisted she never doubted the weapon was a toy. The school’s governors found teachers were unsure if they had a duty to…
Islam in Colombia, South America
Blaring salsa music from a neighbouring bar does not perturb Sheik Munir Valencia as he bows in prayer at a family-home-turned-mosque in the poor, violence-racked Colombian city of Buenaventura. His prayers finished, Valencia sheds his brown tunic, sits down at a plastic table and describes his role as the spiritual leader of an Islamic community like few others. The small community of Afro-Colombian Muslims in Colombia’s main Pacific port city have over the years embraced the teachings of the Nation of Islam, mainstream Sunni Islam, and the Shia denomination. First attracted to the faith by the promises of black power,…
Makkah Court drops Crane Case
Makkah Criminal Court on Thursday said it was dropping the case of the crane that collapsed in Makkah in September 2015 due to lack of jurisdiction over the case. The accident resulted in 110 deaths and 209 injuries. The court issued its ruling in the presence of the defendants on trial and the prosecutor; it came after several sessions of deliberations. The prosecutor interrogated the defendants before the judge decided to drop the case due to an issue of jurisdiction. The court informed the defense team of the 13 people on trial, consisting of Ahmed Al-Qurashi, Attorney Hassan Jomaan Al-Zahrani…
American Muslim leaders held emergency protest hours before Trump’s Muslim ban enforced
Hours before President Trump enforces a Muslim ban and hours after he ordered federal agents to start building the wall along the Mexican border, Muslim leaders held an emergency rally to protest the executive orders. In Washington Square Park, hundreds of people held signs, with “No human is illegal” and “Every Muslim I’ve ever known is a better American than Donald Trump”. At least five helicopters swirled overhead, and hundreds of cell phones, lit up, created a white wall opposite the iconic arch in the park. "No bans, no walls, this is our New York!" they shouted. The march was organised…
Trump’s ban on Muslims from seven countries entering U.S.
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“Please keep your American flags off my hijab”
What an activist fashion blog (Joojoo Azad) by a Muslim-Iranian writer & photographer has to say about the now symbolic "US Flag Hijab" Preface: To be honest with you, I was having trouble putting this piece into words just because I haven't been able to sit with my thoughts since the inauguration. Everything seems to have hit me at once and I'm still working through processing the madness. So please bear with me through this mess of jumbled thoughts. From all the photos these past few days filling our social media feeds of white people with red hats and white women with pink…
