Police in Northern Ireland have identified and arrested an Islamophobic militant who attacked a mosque in County Down. He threw a Molotov cocktail at the mosque building, which is mainly attended by Bangladeshis, but miraculously it did not catch fire.
Nigeria, the United Arab Emirates, Malaysia and Indonesia are advising their citizens in Britain to take precautions, warning against travel to crowded areas amid nationwide unrest and attacks against "Muslims or people of colour".
Six members of the far-right group, which carried out riots against immigrants and Muslims, were arrested in the British city of Plymouth. According to the police statement, during the clashes, the police officers who were separating the radicals from the participants in the parallel anti-racism demonstration were injured.
In Britain, "extreme right-wing thugs" organized pogroms against Muslims and black people across the country - black passers-by were beaten, mosques were attacked. It was caused by a non-Muslim black teenager born in Britain who attacked children with a knife. The country's prime minister promised to bring the thugs to justice.
Three children were killed and several others injured when an unknown person attacked children at a dance class in Southampton, England, on Monday. The attacker is said to have been carried out by the 17-year-old son of a family who fled the Ugandan genocide and took refuge in Britain. After the incident, riots broke out in the city, hundreds of far-right extremists attacked the Islamic Society mosque.
Today, at the time when Islamophobes in the society started anti-hijab movements, the "finding" of a man hiding in the clothes of an innocent Uzbek girl is a particularly important case. Whether the scenario of banning the hijab because of the hijab of one cursed* man is played out, or whether the man will be removed from this cursed job and the women will be allowed to wear women's clothes.
Amnesty International has accused France of violating international human rights law by banning women from wearing hijabs at the Summer Olympics in Paris. In September last year, France's sports minister told French athletes that religious symbols, including headscarves, would be banned during events.
The number of crimes against Muslims and Islam is increasing in Sweden. Such incidents are widespread across the country, ranging from attacks on mosques and abuse of hijab-wearing women to anti-Islamic language at work or in the community. "Unfortunately, we are used to such things," says Mirza Babović (66), a member of the Bosnian Islamic Association. He recalled instances where anti-Islamic symbols were painted on the old prayer hall, pig remains were dumped on the construction site, and windows were broken.
More than 700 people have been evacuated from the mosque and three surrounding areas due to threats of a terrorist attack from one of Britain's largest mosques in east London. The threat has not been confirmed, but a possible hate crime is under investigation. As a result of quick measures, it was reported that the evening call to prayer was not performed for the first time in the 37-year history of the mosque.