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Demonstrating against Trump′s immigration ban on Muslims at Miami International Airport (photo: Getty Images)

Trump′s Muslim immigration ban

Just the beginning

Thousands are demonstrating in front of the White House against the new immigration ban on people from Syria, Libya, Yemen, Somalia, Iraq, Iran and Sudan. Their message: this measure is un-American. The President claims his action is justified. Matthias Kolb reports from WashingtonMore

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Muslims demonstrating after Friday prayers in Brooklyn, New York, to show their solidarity with the US after the 9/11 attacks (photo: Reuters)

Snowden revelations

NSA spied on prominent US Muslims

After 9/11, every Muslim was a potential suspect. Under President George W. Bush, the FBI and NSA read the e-mails of Muslim lawyers and activists even though they had no convictions and there was no evidence that any of them had committed a crime, called for jihad or sympathised with al-Qaida. Even a Department of Homeland Security employee was under surveillance. By Matthias KolbMore

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Peaceful protest camps: the camps existed several months before the Friday demonstrations began. The aim of the activists was to draw attention to the catastrophic humanitarian situation in Gaza. The protests on 30 March, Land Day, which reminded Palestinians of Israel's expropriation of land, became a mass movement. Since then, up to 30,000 people have participated in the protests

Women's protests in Gaza

For weeks Palestinians have been demonstrating in Gaza every Friday along the border with Israel. The world is surrounded by images of violence. But there is also a peaceful cry for help, civil protest camps – and many active women.