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Israeli Crackdown in Hebron Drives Over 3,000 Palestinians From Their Homes as UN Warns of Ethnic Cleansing
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said Israel’s crackdown in Hebron, in the occupied West Bank, raises serious concerns of ethnic cleansing and stressed that collective punishment is a grave violation of international law. According to the UN, settler attacks in the West Bank reached a record in 2026, and a UN commission of inquiry said Israel continues to commit genocide in Gaza. Israel rejected the report.
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Imams Trained in Germany: Islam Conference Publishes Updated Graduate Figures
According to new figures reported by the German Islam Conference (DIK), hundreds of religious personnel have so far graduated from Muslim organisations’ imam training programmes in Germany, and new programmes have opened. As the sending of state-employed imams from Türkiye is phased out, the need for imams trained in Germany is rising, while research shows that imams often work in insecure jobs.
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Shooting Near Paris Leaves One Dead and Five Wounded as Racist Motive Is Investigated
France’s National Anti-Terrorism Prosecutor’s Office is investigating the attack in Trappes and La Verrière. President Emmanuel Macron called it a “racist terrorist attack”; Mayor Ali Rabeh and Muslim institutions warned that it may have had an anti-Muslim dimension.
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Germany Recorded 231 Anti-Muslim Crimes in the First Half of 2026
According to the federal government’s official answer to the Bundestag, nine offences between January and June were directed at mosques and 127 suspects were identified, but no one was arrested. The government says the figures are incomplete because of a technical changeover in police reporting and cannot be compared with earlier years.
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A Blow to Religious Freedom in India: Muslims Had to Tear Down Part of Their Historic Mosque with Their Own Hands for a Hindu Pilgrimage Road
Part of Ujjain’s Shahi Masjid, Registered as Waqf, Was Removed for the Simhastha Festival and Its Minaret Fell onto the Mosque; Community Representatives Say More Mosques Are in Line
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Scholars and Politicians in Kashmir Reject Waqf Board Plan for Common Friday Sermon Topics
The Board’s Chairperson Says No Binding Order Was Issued; the Muttahida Majlis-e-Ulema Calls the Pulpit a Trust of the Scholars and Launches Its Own Voluntary Sermon Programme
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NRW’s July 2026 Bill Would Give Ministries a Power to Regulate Civil Servants’ Appearance
Religious Features Could Be Restricted Only Where They Could Objectively Undermine Trust in Neutrality; There Is No General Headscarf Ban, and Individual Instructions Would Still Rest on Section 34 BeamtStG
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Berlin Court Upholds Prayer Restriction at a Secondary School
Berlin’s Administrative Court has upheld a ban on the demonstrative performance of religious rituals at a Berlin secondary school. Although the court found that Muslim pupils are particularly disadvantaged, it held the restriction justified to preserve peace at the school. The ruling is not yet final.