A spokesman for Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas says the rising violence by Israeli settlers and soldiers in the occupied West Bank needs to be stopped.

At least 125 Palestinian civilians are wounded in violent attacks Israeli forces after hundreds of Israeli settlers attempted to break into a village.

Amid a European-wide burqa ban frenzy, one Muslim artist has found a unique way to hit back. Defying a local ban in Amsterdam, art director Ersem Ercil constructed an Islamic burqa made entirely out of medical face masks. Raising serious questions, with this legal loophole, about the hypocrisy behind the burqa ban.

Islamophobia is an increasing threat for Muslims living in Europe at the moment but the main focus of the hate is currently focused on the niqabi sisters. What inspires their desire to remain modest? 

Muslim women across Europe are finding life more difficult amid growing Islamophobia.

The United Nations human rights office (OHCHR) has censured as “deeply regrettable” a Swiss vote in favor of banning face coverings for Muslim women in public places.

An upcoming vote in Switzerland could see Muslim women banned from wearing the Islamic face veil by law.