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The European Court of Justice (ECJ) – Europe’s highest court – has ruled that private companies have the prerogative to introduce a ban on the hijab in their workplaces.

Despite France’s ban on pro-Palestinian protests in its capital this weekend, protestors who were met by riot police firing tear gas and water cannon still gathered to voice their solidarity with the people of Gaza.

British Members of Parliament declared yesterday in a vote for the first time that China is committing genocide against the Uyghur Muslims.

Dates bought from the grocery giant are subject to a food safety recall due to possible contamination with Hepatitis A

Two years after Belgium enacted discriminatory legislation that banned the slaughter of non-stunned animals, France has followed suit in an act that campaigners have deemed a “serious obstacle” to practicing faith in the notoriously secularist country.

“The legal status of Jerusalem will be affected by the decision of one country or another to open representative offices. East Jerusalem is an occupied land under the International law.”

In a report to the United Nations Human Rights Council, the Special Rapporteur on Freedom of Religion or Belief argued that the level of unfavourable views towards Muslims has risen to epidemic proportions.

A coalition of international organisations and civil society groups have submitted a formal complaint to the President of the European Commission, regarding the French government’s hostile policies towards its nation’s Muslim citizens.

Switzerland targets the Muslim community by supporting ban on niqab, despite only about 30 women wearing the niqab nationwide.

In what is being described as a rare and “historic” victory, 44-year-old Eyad al-Gharib has finally been handed a jail term.