A resident living near the Quebec City Mosque where six people were shot to death say he is “shocked” at the news of the deadly attack. Continue reading
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Far right candidate turns his back as London elects first Muslim mayor
Sadiq Khan begins first full day as mayor of London after a landslide victory. Far right candidate, Paul Golding, turned his back on Khan as he gave his victory speech after becoming the first Muslim to head a major Western capital.
First anti-Islam PEGIDA march in UK
The German anti-immigration and anti-Islam group, PEGIDA, holds its first official march in the United Kingdom, as several thousand of its supporters also turn out in Germany’s Dresden. Gavino Garay reports.
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Flag dispute triggers clash at South Carolina capitol
A Ku Klux Klan chapter and an African-American group held overlapping demonstrations outside the South Carolina State House, where state officials removed the Confederate battle flag last week.
Reclaim Australia supporters and anti-racism protesters hold Melbourne rallies
Hundreds of police separate Reclaim Austraila supporters and anti-racism protesters during rallies in the city of Melbourne.
CAIR condemns Texas attack, but says group behind Mohammad cartoon contest aims for “cheap publicity”
Spokesman for Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) says group that exhibited caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad have “made a career of promoting inflammatory hate rhetoric and hoping to provoke some response from Muslims.”
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