A congregant walking home from Masjid us Salaam was attacked by four teenagers. Most such incidents are never formally reported — and a pattern that is not counted is not policed as one. [...]

Three countries have withdrawn from Eurovision 2026 and three more are considering it. Broadcasters and sponsors pay for an audience — an audience leaving is the message that gets read. [...]

Regulation creates a monopoly within each faith, and a dependence that blurs the duty to speak truth to power. The CRL has signalled interest in the Rwandan model. [...]

Quebec has produced recommendations restricting religious expression. In South Africa the CRL’s Section 22 proposals point the same way — and a campaign that waits to see how it turns out is not a campaign. [...]

The ICC Deputy Prosecutor warns that Sudan’s civil war has reached an intolerable state, and points to crimes against humanity in Darfur. [...]

SAMNET has no objection to an Easter service for those who observe Easter. The objection is to all members being required to attend a denominational event — and to the wider pattern it sits in. [...]

SAMNET press statement by Chairperson Dr Faisal Suliman on the rise in Islamophobic violence internationally, and the case for a South African hate crimes register. [...]

CNN on the leader of France’s National Rally speaking at an antisemitism conference in Jerusalem — and on the contradiction at the centre of that convergence. [...]

SAMNET called on students and academics worldwide to write to Ontario Tech University. Islamophobic policy dressed as “security” is a dog whistle, and should be named as one. [...]

A UN report documents arbitrary detention, torture and ill-treatment by both sides in Khartoum State. Tens of thousands held without charge since April 2023 — and those are the verified cases. [...]

A Geneva Conventions conference mandated by the General Assembly was cancelled the night before it sat. Article 146’s obligation on every signatory does not depend on that conference. [...]