Sawt Alhikma Center of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation commended the efforts exerted by a number of leaders of Muslim communities in countries of the Western world, to confront the rumors that have spread recently about Covid-19 vaccines, which claimed that the vaccines do not suit Muslims or are forbidden under Islamic law.
Actor Riz Ahmed has been under the Western Media spotlight recently, after being nominated for Academy Award’s Best Actor, to become the first Muslim to be nominated in this category, which many see as a change in Hollywood’s negative stereotypical view of Muslims.
Several mosques in France criticized the new regulations set by the French Ministry of Agriculture and Food to ban the slaughter of poultry in line with Islamic principles, as it "sends a negative message to the Muslim community in the country ahead of Ramadan."
A recently launched campaign entitled, "Look for similarities, not differences," which is funded by the European Commission, aims to reduce Islamophobia in Europe by presenting entertaining illustrations that show what Muslims and non-Muslims have in common.
Defense One, a website on national security issues, published a research article warning of ISIS and Al Qaeda's incursion into Africa during 2021, mentioning factors that could push the organizations to impose their control over larger areas within the continent.
On the International Day of Happiness, which falls on March 20 of each year, Sawt Alhikma Center shares its hopes and dreams for peace and security to prevail, and for roads to happiness for everyone to be based on coexistence, tolerance and acceptance rather than extremism.
After a widespread criticism by the media, A UK school retracted the threat of legal action against a Muslim student over “too long skirt” and apologized to her family as she was prevented from attending school for months, which was considered as persecution.
A Hindu temple in Ghaziabad, India, witnessed a shocking incident after a disciple of the head priest’s assaulted a Muslim boy for drinking water from the temple’s tap, prompting police to arrest the aggressor and the person who recorded the video of the assault.
The UN showed an implicit response to OIC and Sawt Alhikma Center’s call to declare March 15 as International Day to Combat Islamophobia, after SG António Guterres joined an OIC event at the UN headquarters in NY on Wednesday, to commemorate the first anniversary of this day.
Foreign Policy Magazine noted that the ironic timing of the new Burqa ban in Switzerland proves that it was not due to security concerns, but to normalize anti-Muslim discrimination. The number of Muslims wearing Burqas is no more than 37 in Switzerland.
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