#Religious Discrimination

Articles (17)

• 🇺🇸 Judge orders Texas voucher program deadline extended amid controversy over exclusion of Islamic schools — 17/03/2026 [USA]

  U.S. District Judge Alfred Bennett ruled Tuesday that Texas must extend its deadline for private schools to apply for the state’s voucher program after a lawsuit alleged Islamic schools have been excl...

  Related: #Education Policy
• 🇺🇸 Rise in anti-Muslim rhetoric by GOP sparks uproar on Capitol Hill — 17/03/2026 [USA]

  House lawmakers returned to Washington this week after a long break to face a war of theologies in the Middle East — and another brewing in the Capitol. President Trump’s war against Iran’s Islamic re...

  Related: #Political Rhetoric
• 🇺🇸 House Democrat moves to sanction Ogles over anti-Muslim posts — 13/03/2026 [USA]

  Rep. Shri Thanedar (D-Mich.) on Thursday filed a resolution to censure Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) over several of his anti-Muslim posts on the social platform X, including one referring to New York May...

  Related: #Political Accountability
• 🇺🇸 Rep. Ogles sparks outrage after saying "Muslims don't belong in American society" — 11/03/2026 [USA]

  Tennessee Republican Rep. Andy Ogles sparked backlash after saying "Muslims don't belong in American society" on social media. CBS News' Caitlin Huey-Burns has the latest.

  Related: #Political Controversy
• 🇺🇸 GOP Lawmakers Are Cranking Up the Anti-Muslim Bigotry — 11/03/2026 [USA]

  Republicans seem to think explicit Islamophobia is going to help them win in November

  Related: #Political Bigotry
• 🇬🇧 Mike Johnson refuses to condemn anti-Muslim comments by Republican lawmakers — 10/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Andy Ogles said Muslims do not belong in the US and Randy Fine made an unfavorable comparison of Muslims to dogs</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/feb/17/sign-up-for-the-...

  Related: #Political Controversy
• 🇺🇸 US civil rights group documents ‘broad attack on Muslim life’ in 2025 — 10/03/2026 [USA]

  CAIR releases annual report, warning discrimination is likely to continue as Iran war sparks a new wave of hate speech.

  Related: #Civil Rights, #Social Justice
• 🇺🇸 Man removed from flight after call to prayer was mistaken for ‘bomb threat’ — 10/03/2026 [USA]

  A passenger onboard Southwest Airlines was removed after their call to prayer was mistaken for a ‘bomb threat'.

  Related: #Aviation Security
• 🇬🇧 New definition of anti-Muslim hate announced by government — 09/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  The government has announced a new definition of anti-Muslim hate that includes violence, harassment and prejudicial stereotyping - as it insisted the move will not curtail free speech.

  Related: #Government Policy
• 🇬🇧 Tennessee Republican draws criticism from Democrats for Islamophobic rant — 09/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Andy Ogles posted ‘Muslims don’t belong in American society,’ among other statements, prompting Cair to call him an ‘anti-Muslim extremist’</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/news/2...

  Related: #Political Controversy
• 🇺🇸 Jeffries slams GOP lawmaker for blanket attack on Muslims: ‘Malignant clown’ — 09/03/2026 [USA]

  House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Monday went after Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) for his blanket attack on Muslims.  Ogles posted a message on social media Monday morning declaring that M...

  Related: #Political Conflict
• 🇬🇧 Anti-Muslim hatred definition will in 'no way' restrict free speech, says Reed — 09/03/2026 [United Kingdom]

  Concerns have been raised that an "anti-Muslim hostility" definition could create a "chilling effect".

  Related: #Free Speech
• 🇺🇸 UK media biased against Muslims, says group that analysed 40,000 articles — 09/03/2026 [USA]

  Centre for Media Monitoring reports right-wing outlets Spectator and GB News often malign Muslims and their faith.

  Related: #Media Bias
• 🇺🇸 U.S. Homeland Security investigates whether Bovino made disparaging comments about Jewish faith — 05/03/2026 [USA]

  U.S. Customs and Border Protection has opened an internal investigation into whether Gregory Bovino, the one-time architect of President Donald Trump's large-scale immigration crackdown, made disparag...

  Related: #Hate Speech Investigation
• 🇬🇧 Federal police ‘received reports of a crime’ in relation to Pauline Hanson’s comments about Muslims — 20/02/2026 [United Kingdom]

  <p>Bilal El-Hayek, mayor of Canterbury Bankstown, says One Nation leader’s comments ‘will incite someone’</p><ul><li><p>Get our <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/email-newsletters?CMP=cvau_sfl">bre...

  Related: #Hate Speech, #Political Controversy
• 🇺🇸 Randy Fine's most recent anti-Muslim posts prompt outraged Democrats to call for his resignation — 17/02/2026 [USA]

  Democrats are calling for GOP Rep. Randy Fine of Florida to resign because of his comment about choosing dogs over Muslim people.

  Related: #Political Controversy, #Political Accountability
• 🇺🇸 Big 12 issues $50,000 fine to Oklahoma State for anti-Mormon chants during game against BYU — 08/02/2026 [USA]

  The Big 12 Conference says it has fined Oklahoma State $50,000 following an investigation into inappropriate chants referencing The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, widely known as the Mor...

  Related: #Sports Ethics, #Collegiate Athletics