Authorities in the United Kingdom thwarted an alleged imminent terrorist plot after British police arrested eight suspects, including seven Iranians, on two separate occasions, amidst speculations that they were planning to attack a Jewish community site.
A coalition of British Muslim organizations condemned a peace agreement signed by Muslims and Jews last February, describing the moderate Muslim leaders who signed the pact as “self-appointed Muslims“ who do not represent the wider Muslim community.
Protests and riots erupted in Israel after the country’s Supreme Court ruled in favor of allowing the Israeli government to draft ultra-Orthodox Jewish men for military service, ending the exemption for ultra-Orthodox men to serve in the country’s military for the first time since the country was founded in 1948.
Israeli politician and incoming minister, Orit Strook, caused concern with recent anti-LGBT comments. Belonging to Benjamin Netanyahu's new government, Strook has suggested that Israeli doctors should be allowed to refuse treatment to LGBTQ patients, alluding to religious differences.
In an ongoing battle between religious rights and anti-discrimination laws, a New York City Jewish University has announced it will “pause” all student groups following a US Supreme Court decision allowing an LGBTQ group on campus.
Bigotry personified: Yeshiva University abruptly announced that it had placed all undergraduate club activities on hold — the latest maneuver to keep from recognizing an LGBTQ student group. https://t.co/yGaEDrjDiQ
On September 5, during a Brit Mila in Israel, a Jewish ritual circumcision went horribly wrong, and the botched procedure resulted in complex surgery. The Mohel that performed the circumcision was later found to be uncertified and without adequate training.
Many smartphone stores in Israel have been attacked. With store property damaged and customers assaulted, riots broke out in the country. The religious leaders of the Israeli ultra-Orthodox Jewish community, the "Haredi," are agitated as non- "Kosher" smartphones are now readily available in the country.
Jewish activists dress up as Muslims to circumvent the prayer ban in the Al-Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem, Sunni Islam's third holiest site. Swapping their Jewish clothes for a thobe, also called a dishdasha or jalabiya, these activists defy the delicate agreement between Israel and Jordan.
The same site where the mosque sits is considered the holiest site in Judaism.
White supremacist propaganda “remained at a historic level in 2021,” according to an annual report by the Anti-Defamation League (ADL). The report also revealed a dramatic increase in anti-semitic activities over the last year.
The ADL is a Jewish Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) that seeks to “stop the defamation of the Jewish people and to secure justice and fair treatment to all.”
