Islamophobia
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A 42-year-old Texas woman tried to drown a 3-year-old Palestinian girl while drunk and also assaulted her brother. The woman was arrested and released on bail.
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A study by the Department of Education found that Islam is the most popular religion among elementary school students in Vienna. According to the data, 35% of students in public primary schools consider themselves Muslim, 21% Catholic, 13% Orthodox, and 26% do not believe in any religion.
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In Australia, the number of Islamophobic verbal abuse, intimidation, threats, violence and physical violence has increased 39-fold since October 7. There are also threats against non-Muslim citizens who support Palestinian independence.
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A man named Walter Martin verbally assaulted a Muslim woman wearing a hijab at the Fort Lauderdale International Airport in Broward County, insulting her with various obscenities. The Florida chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations welcomed the charges against the Islamophobic militants.
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Muslims of the Italian city of Monfalcone continue to fight against the Islamophobic administration, which prevents the religious community from holding collective prayers. By the order of the far-right party mayor, the city's Muslims have been banned from praying in two Islamic centers since November.
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Daud Kim, a popular Korean pop singer and YouTuber who converted to Islam in 2019 and recently announced plans to build a mosque, is facing many obstacles in implementing his plan for a mosque in Incheon. Local residents strongly oppose the construction of the mosque.
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A New York District Court has ordered police officers to pay $17.5 million in damages after police officers forcibly removed the hijabs of Muslim women they arrested.
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A court in India's most populous state of Uttar Pradesh has effectively banned Islamic schools. This decision applies to 2.7 million students and tens of thousands of teachers studying in 25,000 madrasahs in the state. Indian Muslims are protesting against the court order.
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Following the rise of Islamophobia and anti-Tajik hatred in Russia after the "Crocus" events, Tajiks are canceling their trips to Russia en masse. Russian airlines are reducing the number of flights from Tajikistan to the Russian Federation due to a sharp decrease in passenger traffic.
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The American-Islamic Council said the FBI has been monitoring and interrogating Palestinians, Arabs and Muslims by phone or in-person at their homes since the start of Israel's offensive on Gaza on October 7. In the interviews, it was said that they were mainly asked whether they support Hamas.