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Moscow: Muslims outraged at xenophobic graffiti Via RT : Moscow�s mufti Albir Krganov has appealed to the capital�s Bureau for Human Rights over nationalistic slogans and graffiti which he says insult the feelings of believers and non-Russian nationals. Krganov � vice chairman of the Central Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Russia � said the body had received a large number of complaints from believers over xenophobic graffiti.In particular, they reported such slogans as �Russia is for Russians� covering the walls along the railroad to Moscow�s Domodedovo airport. It is worrying that in Russia � a multinational and multi-confessional country � some people allow themselves to express nationalistic statements, the mufti noted to Russian News Service.   ( source )

Poland: Thugs attack Turkish kebab shop   Via The Austrian Times : Black and Asian England football fans at next month's Euro 2012 are at risk from racist thugs in host country Poland after a series of attacks on ethnic fast food eateries, police fear. In one attack - filmed on CCTV - the white thugs are seen beating the Turkish-born owners of a kebab shop in Opole with sticks and a chair in a frenzied attack. ( source )

Switzerland: Priest who runs anti-Islam website faces probe Via the Local : A Reformist priest from a tiny Bernese village is under investigation by church leaders after it emerged that she helped run a fanatical anti-Islamic website. The Council of Reformist Churches for Bern, Solothurn and Jura has criticised the priest, and declared her activities on website �Politically Incorrect� to be �incompatible� with her position as a priest due to the �Islam-baiting� that takes place on it, newspaper Tages Anzeiger reported. ( source )

France: 3 mosques vandalized, Muslim group urges politicians to speak out Via AP : A leading French Muslim group says three mosques have been vandalized over the past week and is urging authorities to punish the perpetrators. The French Council of the Muslim Faith, or CFCM, said racist insults and Nazi slogans were scrawled on a mosque in the southeastern town of Tarascon and another in the eastern city of Strasbourg on Tuesday and Wednesday. It said the mosque in the southern town of Draguignan was vandalized May 17.  ( source )

Greece: Police clash with anti-immigrant mob Via the Telegraph : The protesters, which reportedly included members of the far-right group Golden Dawn, gathered outside an abandoned factory where homeless migrants have taken refuge. They threw stones at riot police and set fires to garbage bins in Greece's western port of Patras. A 30-year-old Patras resident was fatally stabbed outside his home on Saturday following a dispute with three men, believed to be Afghan nationals. ( source )

France: Mosque desecrated with Nazi graffiti Via France3 : The El Mouhsinine mosque in Tarascon (southern France) was tagged with Nazi graffiti Monday night.

France: Veil ban 'increased hostility towards Muslim women' Via Asian Image : New research shows that that there is a link between the banning of the veil in France and increased levels of hostility towards veiled Muslim women. The Research from the Department of Criminology at the University of Leicester suggests that the veil ban stigmatises veiled Muslim women as �criminals� and fosters Muslim �otherness�. Even if not explicitly inciting hate-motivated violence, the law in its application contributes to a climate of intolerance of Islam in the West.   ( source )

Switzerland: Anti-Islam group must be protected Via the Local : The Federal Court says an anti-Islam group has the right to give out leaflets from an information booth if it wants � and the local authorities must protect them. Fribourg Council banned the group � The Movement Against the Islamization of Switzerland � from setting up an information booth Place Georges-Python during the anti-minaret campaign in 2009. It said it refused to give permission because of a fear that violence and unrest would break out as a result, provoking a legal challenge. ( source )

Turks in Germany, �We won�t allow a cover up� Via H�rriyet Daily News (h/t Turkish Digest ): The discovery of a neo-Nazi cell that was apparently able to go on a nationwide spree of racially motivated murders of 9 immigrants over several years, under the noses of the German intelligence services, has sent shock waves across the country. �German ministers said they were shocked. We told them we are surprised that they are surprised,� said Hilmi Kaya Turan, deputy head of the Turkish Community in Germany, or ATT, one of the hundreds of nongovernmental organizations representing the 3 million-strong Turkish-German community. �The fact that they are surprised actually frightens us,� he told a visiting Turkish parliamentary group, invited by the German government. ( source )

UK: Muslim leaders warn of far right exploitation of Rochdale child sex case Via the Guardian : Muslim groups say they have seen an upsurge in hate mail and abusive phone calls since the trial ended this week and community leaders are bracing themselves for more Islamophobic attacks on individual Muslims and mosques across the UK. "We are already receiving hate mail and hate phone calls even though we issued a very strong statement condemning those involved," said a spokesman for the Muslim Council of Britain. "If it can happen to MCB, you can just imagine what ordinary Muslims are facing as they go about their day-to-day business." ( source )

Malmo: Man charged with shooting immigrants Via the BBC : A Swedish man accused of shooting immigrants in the city of Malmo has been charged with three accounts of murder and 12 accounts of attempted murder. Peter Mangs, 40, was arrested following a tip-off from a member of the public and months of investigation. Chief prosecutor Solveig Wollstad says the motive for the attacks is not clear but most of the victims had a foreign background. The suspect denies any wrongdoing.  ( source )

France: Two elderly Muslims attacked on their way to morning prayers Via France Soir : Two elderly Muslims were beaten up on their way to the mosque in the northern town of Amiens. The attack occurred early Saturday morning, when the two victims, ages 70 and 71, were on their way to morning prayers.  They were accosted by two men with short haircuts who said they were part of the extreme right.  The men were admitted to the hospital with injuries to their legs and ribs.

UK: 'Wrong perception of Islam big challenge for Muslims� Via the Daily Times : The core challenge that Muslim community is facing at the United Kingdom was the wrong perception of the Islam prevalent among British and other communities,� said United Kingdom Islamic Mission (UKIM) chief Dr Zahid Pervez. Dr Pervez, who was recently on a visit to Pakistan, said this while exclusively talking to Daily Times, at a local hotel. He said, �To combat the issue, we availed all chances to interact other communities on various dialogue forums so as to convince them that the Islam is a religion of peace and harmony, and we got very positive impacts of measures in that direction. He said that Muslim community was playing a vital role in the UK. They were contributing in business, services sector and even armed and law enforcement agencies.   ( source )

Norway: Anti-racists criticise musician Via the Foreigner : Norwegian NGOs are censuring singer-songwriter Hans Rotmo for being immigrant and Muslim-hostile following release of his new composition. Mr Rotmo�s song, �Vi fra andre�, is allegedly a pastiche on a poem by Norwegian writer Henrik Wergeland (1808-1845) from 1841 called �Vi ere en Nation, vi med�, which advocates 17th May � Norway�s National Day � should also be for children. However, the connections with Wergeland�s work become more clouded in the singer-songwriter�s version. Norwegian Centre Against Racism director Kari Helene Partapuoli thinks the text is mostly in �extremely bad taste� and �malicious at times.� �The entire text is based on quite a few simplistic prejudices against immigrants and Muslims in Norway,� she tells Adresseavisen, �it is a cheerful mixture of misguided xenophobia and incorrect assumptions about the Muslim revolution.� ( source )

Germany:Police arrest 30 Salafists after clashes Police spokeswoman Anja Meis said a group of Salafists protesting against a far-right march threw stones and attacked officers separating the two rallies in the western German city of Solingen Tuesday. Three policemen and a passer-by were injured. ( source )

Greece : Rise of far right worries mainstream Via AP : Firmly on the fringe of the right since it first appeared 20 years ago, Golden Dawn garnered a meager 0.23 percent in the 2009 elections. Now, it looks set to easily win more than the 3 percent threshold needed to enter Parliament, with recent opinion polls showing support at about 5 percent. The party has a barely veiled sinister side, and has been blamed for vicious attacks on immigrants. Members skirt questions about violence, saying they have no knowledge of such incidents. "We don't do anything, we protect the Greeks," said Epaminondas Anyfantis, a mild-mannered, 59-year-old candidate who looks the antithesis of many of the young, muscled and shaven-headed members. "Now, if in protecting the Greeks, a foreigner might get a slap or a kick or something, I think that's in the framework of the protection of the Greeks. ... Because unfortunately the Greeks at the moment have come to the point of asking Golden...

France: Graves of Muslim soldiers desecrated Via AP : The graves of several Muslim soldiers in a cemetery in southeastern France were desecrated over the weekend, officials said Monday. The French president called the act "a slur" on the country's history. ( source )

Germany: Party plans Mohammed cartoons campaign ('Freedom, not Islam') Via the Local : A far-right party on the campaign trial in Germany's most populous state is threatening to put caricatures of Mohammed outside mosques in a string of cities, prompting fears of violence. The "Pro NRW" party in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia has already shown anti-Islamic caricatures in Essen and Gelsenkirchen, though the police prevented demonstrations taking place directly outside mosques. (...) Interior Minister in state Ralf J�ger condemned the campaign and expressed support for planned counter-demonstrations. "Pro NRW is committing spiritual arson," he told the paper. "The party is consciously taking into account that Muslims will feel provoked and upset. The authorities will exhaust all legal avenues to prevent a xenophobic hate campaign." ( source )

Norway: Muslims question focus on Breivik's sanity Via AP : Muslim leaders in Norway say they are concerned that the anti-Islamic ideology of Anders Behring Breivik, the far-right fanatic now on trial for killing 77 people, is being overshadowed by questions about his mental state. The self-described anti-Muslim militant shocked Norway on July 22 with a bombing and shooting rampage targeting the government headquarters and the Labor Party's annual youth camp. Since he has admitted to the attacks, the key issue for the trial is to determine whether Breivik is sane enough to be held criminally responsible. "I'm not a psychiatrist, but what is important is what he has done. That should be the focus, not how crazy he is," said Mehtab Afsar, head of the Islamic Council in Norway, an umbrella organization of Muslim groups in the country. ( source )

Germany: Neo-Nazi attacks on the rise in western Germany Via DW : Scenes from near Nuremberg in Bavaria: Right-wing extremists threaten some young Kurds, shouting, "Get out you damned Turks!" Then several neo-Nazis attack the group, brutally beating up the migrants. One young man sustains severe injuries, falls into a coma and only barely survives. On a different occasion some youths hold a vigil for the victims of right-wing extremism. They hold up banners saying "Fascism - never again." Suddenly they are bombarded with fireworks by a group of masked people. Later the youth center is daubed with swastikas and the threat: "We will get you all!" ( source )