Islamophobia

Republican Rep. Andy Ogles sparks backlash after saying Muslims 'don't belong' in US

“Muslims don't belong in American society… Pluralism is a lie,” the Tennessee representative wrote on X/Twitter last Monday.

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Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN) walks through the U.S. Capitol on February 03, 2026 in Washington, DC.
Emergency personnel respond to a reported shooting incident at Temple Israel synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan, US, March 12, 2026.

They globalized the intifada, and Michigan Jews paid the price - comment

For months, people in the US have dressed that slogan up as activism, outrage, or edgy protest. In West Bloomfield, Michigan, on Thursday, it looked like what Jews knew it meant all along: a threat.

|ByZVIKA KLEIN
A MAN identified as Emir Balat throws an alleged hand-made explosive at supporters of US President Trump during a rally to stop public Muslim prayer outside the Gracie Mansion official residence of Mayor Zohran Mamdani in New York City, US, March 7, 2026.

Two inspired by Islamic State to throw explosives at anti-Islam protest outside Mamdani's mansion

Emir Balat, 18, and Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, are accused of traveling from Pennsylvania with dangerous improvised explosive devices to Manhattan on Saturday.

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ONE NATION leader Pauline Hanson walks out during debate on a censure motion in the Senate chamber at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, March 2, 2026.

Australian far-right senator censured over 'inflammatory, divisive' comments about Muslims

"They hate Westerners, and that's what it's all about. You say there's great Muslims out there, well I'm sorry, how can you tell me there are good Muslims?" Hanson said in an interview with Sky News.

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Labour MP: Islamophobia in UK connected to Israeli operations in Gaza

Lewis said that "The link between the daily inhumanity being metted (sic) out to Palestinians and rising Islamophobia in the UK, are not unconnected."

AUGUST 14, 2024ByMICHAEL STARR
PROTESTERS IN London hold up anti-Israel posters during a demonstration last weekend. Social media account are accusing Israel of taking control of the UK and seeking to put other European countries in its power.

Kentucky man charged with federal hate crime for threats to Palestinian American

The Justice Department said the incident occurred at the end of March, without giving further details. It identified the suspect as Melvin P. Litteral III and the victim only by his initials, O.S.

JULY 23, 2024ByREUTERS
a flashing light on a police car

How to combat antisemitism and Islamophobia - opinion

There is also a deeper issue: How do Jews and Muslims relate to each other, given the current geopolitical conflagrations?

JULY 16, 2024ByZAIN ALI
A MAN carries a flag in the March of Peace four years ago, marking the 25th year since the Srebrenica massacre, on July 8.

Mark Ruffalo called out for 'Islamophobia'

Ruffalo criticized the right-wing initiative, Project 2025, which he likened to “the Sharia Law of the 'Christian' crazy people,” in a post on X last week. 

JULY 8, 2024ByHANNAH BROWN
Cast member Mark Ruffalo attends a premiere for the television series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law, in Los Angeles, California, US August 15, 2022.

France saw rise in antisemitism, Islamophobia in 2023, report says

Reports of antisemitic and anti-Muslim acts in France increased by 284% and 29% respectively, France’s human rights commission, the CNCDH, said in an annual report published on Thursday.

JUNE 27, 2024ByREUTERS
People attend a gathering, organized by CRIF Jewish organisation, in memory of Mireille Knoll, an 85-year-old Holocaust survivor stabbed and burnt in her Paris apartment in what authorities suspect could be an anti-Semitic murder, in Marseille, France March 28, 2018.

Texas woman accused of attempting to drown 3-year-old Palestinian-American

Other US incidents amid the Gaza war include the fatal October stabbing of a 6-year-old boy in Illinois whom police said was targeted because he was Palestinian-American.

JUNE 24, 2024ByREUTERS
Elizabeth Wolf, accused of the attempted drowning of a 3-year-old Palestinian-American Muslim girl, poses for an undated police booking photograph in the Dallas suburb of Euless, Texas, U.S.

Anti-Muslim incidents double in Germany but overlooked by authorities, NGO says

Most attacks on individuals consisted of verbal abuse and were aimed at women. There were also four attempted murders.

JUNE 24, 2024ByREUTERS
A person holds a placard reading "Islam is the nail to the coffin of any democracy" as people attend an Alternative for Germany (AfD) party protest, one week after a man killed a policeman with a knife in the city of Mannheim, Germany, June 7, 2024.

IDF investigates soldiers burning Quran, other books on camera in Gaza

The IDF responded on Friday, saying that it had ordered the Military Police to open an investigation into the clips.

MAY 25, 2024ByYUVAL BARNEA
A MEMBER of the Military Police checks the identity card of an enlisting soldier, at IDF recruitment headquarters in Tel Hashomer.

Canadian police arrest teen who beat Israeli student in 'brutal attack'

The 16-year-old assailant was taken into custody and released on conditions with charges pending, though the investigation is ongoing, said the police.

MAY 20, 2024ByMICHAEL STARR
Fredericton Police and Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) investigate apartment complex which was the scene of a shooting incident in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada August 10, 2018.

Swedish Police approve Quran burning event in Malmo ahead of Eurovision

Despite the approval, concerns persist regarding the divisive nature of such demonstrations and their impact on community cohesion.

MAY 2, 2024ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Pedestrians walk past the flags for the Eurovision Song Contest in Malmo, Sweden, May 1, 2024.