Islamophobia Causing Problems to Muslim Scholars

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Alaa' al-Samarrai, vice president for student affairs of the Federation of Student Islamic Societies (FOSIS), said that university lecturers faced pressure, as well as spying on Muslim students and Islamic societies, the Iranian state news agency, IRNA reported.

"One of the biggest challenges faced by Muslim students on campuses today are the implications of the extremism agenda, and the impact it is having on universities and the pressure on them to act and scrutinise their students," she said.

"Muslims in general, face problems to practice their religion openly on campus because of the type of (religious) speakers they bring into the campuses," said the student leader.

She said there were numerous examples of 'Islamophobic attacks', both physical and verbal, including a recent case of three Muslim male students being stabbed on a university campus.

"Sisters wearing hijabs were attacked because they were visibly Muslims," she said.

An estimated 250,000 Muslim students are studying various sciences at universities across Britain.

Source: IRNA