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Portuguese goalkeeper Anthony Lopes pretended to be injured during a Ligue 1 match so his Muslim teammates could break their fast during Ramadan. Under the current rules of the Ligue de Football Professionnel and the French Football Federation (FFF), Ligue 1 matches are not officially allowed to be paused to let Muslim players break their fast.
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A new investigation places the Netherlands at the centre of billions of euros in Israeli investment. The New Arab spoke with Jasper van Teefelen, from SOMO, who details the scale of financial ties between the two countries - and why the Dutch financial system plays a much bigger role than many realise. Gergana Krasteva (she/her)
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![Anti-Muslim racism in Germany has escalated to a critical level, with CLAIM documenting over 4000 incidents, including two fatalities, 61 attacks on mosques, and violent assaults targeting school children. In a statement to The New Arab, the alliance warned that hostile political and media narratives routinely frame Muslims as security risks rather than victims, leading to a collapse of trust in state institutions. Why is Germany failing its Muslim citizens, while politicians and media normalize this hatred? [by Rashad Alhindi]](https://image.24vids.com/tw-2075615195314159703/amplify_video_thumb/2075614605947121664/img/Ttc3TBeHzFWhSjMM.jpg)
Anti-Muslim racism in Germany has escalated to a critical level, with CLAIM documenting over 4000 incidents, including two fatalities, 61 attacks on mosques, and violent assaults targeting school children. In a statement to The New Arab, the alliance warned that hostile political and media narratives routinely frame Muslims as security risks rather than victims, leading to a collapse of trust in state institutions. Why is Germany failing its Muslim citizens, while politicians and media normalize this hatred? [by Rashad Alhindi]
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From moral leaders to total silence: In 2022 in Qatar, Germany wanted to lecture the whole world. But now, at the 2026 World Cup in the US - facing massive organisational chaos, Trump’s wars, and shocking visa bans - Germany is suddenly quiet. By Rashad Alhindi
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Rahma Ayad, a 26yo Algerian nursing trainee, was murdered on 4 July in the stairwell of her apartment building in the south of Hanover, Germany. Two months earlier, she had warned her family that she was being harassed by a neighbour and felt unsafe due to his verbal abuse targeting her hijab and Arab origin. This tragic event sparked a wave of anger and protest among Algerians in Germany and beyond, as well as among concerned community members and activists worried about the rise of Islamophobia, racism, and far-right mobilisation. Rahma’s family and wider community are now calling for the killing to be recognised as a racially motivated hate crime ⬇️ 🗣️ Hebh Jamal 🎥 Reem khabbazy
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A new wave of demonstrations outside UK hotels housing asylum seekers has erupted. The new protests, the latest episode in a bitter national debate over immigration policy, came after an appeals court on Friday overturned a lower-court decision temporarily blocking the use of the protest-hit hotel at Epping, northeast of London, to house asylum-seekers.
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US envoy to the Middle East Tom Barrack sparked outrage in Lebanon after insulting and dehumanising a journalist during a conference, telling the audience to “act civilised and not be animalistic.” His remarks were widely seen—especially by Lebanese and Arabs—as an insult to the entire region. On social media, many condemned what they described as arrogant American disdain, calling it an example of white, colonial racism. Many protested, forcing Barrack to cancel a planned tour of southern Lebanon. The Lebanese Press Syndicate also condemned the “inappropriate treatment” of journalists and demanded an apology from Barrack and the US State Department.
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A new exhibition in Berlin is offering rare insight into Syria’s infamous Sednaya prison through 3D reconstructions, survivor testimonies and virtual reality experiences. 'Sednaya: Syria’s Architecture of Repression and Death' explores how prison architecture itself became a tool of surveillance, torture and execution under the Assad regime, while preserving the memories of detainees, the disappeared and survivors through letters, photographs and personal archives:
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Rescue teams were struggling to reach a remote mountain village in Sudan's Darfur region on Tuesday after a devastating landslide buried almost the entire community killing more than 1,000 people. Heavy rain triggered the disaster on Sunday, flattening the village of Tarasin in the Jebel Marra range, the rebel Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM) faction which controls the area said in a statement, adding that there was only one survivor.
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In Al-Fashir, North Darfur, more than 130,000 children have been trapped under siege for nearly two years, cut off from food, medicine and aid. Their lives remain at risk as fighting continues around them. For over 16 months, the city has endured unrelenting clashes between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces. Civilians have been killed in their homes, families forced to flee, and humanitarian assistance prevented from reaching those most in need. UNICEF warns that hunger, disease and violence are taking a devastating toll.
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EXCLUSIVE: Germany's police cooperation with Israel raises serious questions After an investigation by research platform Itidal revealed extensive ties between German police forces and Israel, member of parliament Lea Reisner (Lea Reisner) and Die Linke parliamentary group spoke exclusively to The New Arab on her efforts to hold the government accountable. Report: Rashad Alhindi
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Bashar al Assad has officially entered his jump-scare era. Benjamin Ashraf (Ben Ashraf) explains how we got here. Nirvana covers. Cillian Murphy deepfakes about him starring in his own biopic. “Allah, Syria, Bashar” remixes. For survivors of these regimes, mocking fear is its own liberation. But here is the catch. Without context, they become just another meme. Still. The Assad regime wanted to be feared forever. Now it is a joke:
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.EMEL - آمال, known as the voice of the Tunisian revolution during the Arab Spring, has been pushing boundaries throughout her entire career. In an interview with The New Arab, the Tunisian singer-songwriter reflects on her career and her new album MRA, which was made entirely by women and is a powerful feminist ode centring the strength, passion, and lived experiences of women Read 🔗
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