Muslim Taxi Driver Shot by Passenger Who Asked Him about the Islamic State

THE TELEGRAPH: Campaigners say attack is the latest in a spike in anti-Muslim crimes after the Paris attacks and demand it be investigated as a hate crime

A Muslim taxi driver was shot in the back by a passenger who joked about the Prophet Mohammed and talked about the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (Isil), according to the victim and his supporters.

A Muslim rights group said the attack, during the Thanksgiving holiday, was a hate crime and part of backlash after the Paris attacks.

The driver, a 38-year-old Moroccan immigrant who requested anonymity, needed hospital treatment in Pittsburgh for his wounds. » | Rob Crilly, New York | Monday, November 30, 2015

Young Woman Spat At as Charity Reports Rising Anti-Muslim Incidents after Woolwich Murder
WALES ONLINE: A charity says it is looking at claims from a woman she was spat at in the Cardiff area as young Muslims speak of their fears of a backlash after the death of soldier Lee Rigby.

Young Muslims in Wales say they fear a backlash after the barbaric killing of Drummer Lee Rigby in London.

Charity Faith Matters said it is looking at claims a young woman was spat at in an incident in the Cardiff area and said it was dealing with a significant rise in the number of anti-Muslim incidents in Britain as a result of the attack in Woolwich.

Meanwhile, hateful messages have been posted on social media websites. The Welsh Defence League’s Facebook page boasted a picture of the aftermath of the shocking murder with the message: “Still believe Islam is the religion of peace? How many more have to die to disprove the lie?”

It comes after bacon was left outside a Cardiff mosque the day after Drummer Rigby was hacked to death.

Other incidents across the UK have seen a mosque in Kent attacked, while in Essex a man walked into a temple brandishing a knife and a burning bottle was hurled at an Islamic centre in Bletchley.

Young Muslims in Wales have now told how they fear a rising tide of hostility will engulf them following 25-year-old Drumer [sic] Rigby’s murder. » | Darren Devine, James McCarthy | Sunday, May 26, 2013

Burmese Government Accused of Failing to Stop Anti-Muslim Violence
THE DAILY TELEGRAPH: The Burmese government has been accused of failing to protect its religious minorities after human rights campaigners claimed that entire districts of a Muslim-inhabited coastal town were destroyed in communal violence.

The New York-based Human Rights Watch released satellite images which it said showed that more than 800 buildings and houseboats had been razed in the town of Kyaukpyu, in western Burma's Rakhine state.

It said the victims of the violence were mainly Rohingya Muslims, thousands of whom have fled the area since tensions with Burma's majority Buddhist population flared anew. Officials say that at least 67 people have been killed and 95 wounded in the past week.

Long-running tensions between the two groups first flared back in June, when accusations that a group of Muslim men were responsible for the rape and murder of a Buddhist woman led to 80 deaths and 75,000 people fleeing their homes.

While the Rakhine Buddhists claim to have been the victim of pogroms themselves, the Rohingya Muslims claim to have borne the brunt of the violence. » | Colin Freeman | Saturday, October 27, 2012