The Muslim candidate, Zeiner Shaheen, was forced to withdraw from a municipal council elections in Bavaria, Germany. The Christian Social Union refused to be represented by a Muslim candidate, which undermined the efforts of coexistence in Germany.
An opinion poll revealed that the 20,000 Muslims in Luxembourg have succeeded in integrating into society, despite the prevalence of Islamophobia. They didn’t respond to provocation and showed the true face of Islam through coexistence and neighborliness.
Le député néerlandais d’extrême droite Geert Wilders a relancé un concours de caricatures du prophète (PSL), plus d’un an après avoir annulé sa première tentative suite à des critiques à son encontre pour avoir incité et cultivé la haine entre les religions.
The German government recognized that 187 Islamophobia crimes were recorded in Germany during the end of 2019. 8 people were injured, and 8 people were arrested for the 25 crimes targeting mosques. The final number will increase after adding more unrecorded crimes
The reaction of both victims and witnesses to hate crimes and Islamophobia determines how widely these attacks spread. This prompted the Australian The Conversation website to publish advice on how to deal with such crimes, which may eventually deter the aggressors.
Nadine Courtney recently published a book named All-American Muslim Girl about her experiences with Islamophobia, racial discrimination, and identity problems in American society. She recounts the difficulties faced by Muslim women in the United States.
The British pastor, Richard Cameron, was suspended from his post after describing terrorism as “a problem Islam needs to deal with” on his social media account. The church considered that the pastor used social media to incite Islamophobia and spread hatred.
Dar Alifta’s Islamophobia Observatory announced that 9 countries witnessed attacks on Muslims and their mosques in October 2019 because of the continued rise of Islamophobia. France topped the list with 8 attacks that involved persecution and psychological abuse.
Paris witnessed a mass demonstration in which 13,000 people called for condemnation of Islamophobia and hate speech. The demonstrators waved French flags and banners reading "coexistence is crucial" days after the attack on a mosque in Bayonne.
In response to the exclusion of a veiled mother from a school trip, a French children’s magazine dedicated a highly lauded issue to introducing Islamophobia and teaching children coexistence with Muslims in an age-appropriate educational format.
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