Man Charged With Murdering Muslim Cleric And Assistant, Denies Being The Killer
Source: Huffington Post A New York City man appeared in court on Tuesday and denied charges he shot and killed a Muslim cleric and his assistant on a street in […]
Family of Man Charged in Killing of Queens Imam Insists He Is Innocent
Source: The New York Times By RICK ROJAS and EMILY PALMER They arrived early, an hour before the judge started hearing cases on Thursday, taking up much of a long […]
Westbrook police offer reassurance after anonymous threats against Muslims
Source: Portland Press Herald BY DENNIS HOEY STAFF WRITER Several members of Westbrook’s Muslim community were so terrified by threatening notes left at an apartment complex Wednesday morning that they […]
Oklahoma man jailed in killing accused of anti-Muslim rants
Source: Associated Press ULSA, Okla. (AP) — An Oklahoma man suspected of fatally shooting a male neighbor was accused of harassing and shouting anti-Muslim slurs at the man’s family, who […]
Brooklyn Man Charged With Killing Imam and Assistant Near Mosque
Source: The New York Times By RICK ROJAS, LIZ ROBBINS, NOAH REMNICK and WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM Two days after an imam and his assistant were gunned down after afternoon prayers […]
The Hit-and-Run That Led the NYPD to an Imam’s Alleged Murderer
Source: The Daily Beast By MICHAEL DALY The Hit-and-Run That Led the NYPD to an Imam’s Alleged Murderer Less than 48 hours after an imam and his assistant were gunned […]
‘Our Community Lost Its Heart’: Queens Imam Is Recalled as Peacemaker
Source: The New York Times By LIZ ROBBINS, NOAH REMNICK and JULFIKAR ALI MANIK Imam Alauddin Akonjee delivered his weekly sermon on Friday in his quietly powerful manner, drawing, as […]
2 Killings Near Mosque Plunge a Queens Neighborhood Into Fear
Source: The New York Times By RICK ROJAS and NOAH REMNICK On Sunday afternoon, Nurul Khan changed clothes after working around his house on a sweltering day and set off […]
Asad Shah killing: ‘Disrespecting Islam’ murderer jailed
Source:BBC A man has been jailed for life after he admitted the religiously-motivated murder of a Glasgow shopkeeper whom he claimed had “disrespected” Islam. Sunni Muslim Tanveer Ahmed, 32, from […]
India cow vigilantes held for beating up Muslim women over beef
Source: BBC Four cow protection vigilantes have been arrested for beating up two Muslim women accused of carrying beef in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The two women […]
Man charged with threatening to burn Boston mosque
Source: The Boston Globe By Andy Rosen GLOBE STAFF Federal authorities have charged a man with threatening to burn Boston’s largest mosque and making menacing statements to Muslims in the area. Patrick Keogan, 44, of Wilmington, allegedly made threats on the Facebook page of Roxbury’s Islamic Society of Boston […]
Baton Rouge shootings: Gunman’s videos show anger at police
Source: BBC The man identified as the killer of three US police officers in Baton Rouge had posted videos complaining at police treatment of African Americans and urging them to […]
Police blame worst rise in recorded hate crime on EU referendum
Source: The Guardian By Vikram Dodd Police and crime correspondent Police believe the spike in hate crime following the EU referendum was the worst on record. Mark Hamilton, head of the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC), said: “I believe the referendum debate has led to an increase in reporting of hate […]
Army Reserve officer who threatened mosque set for hearing
Source: Associated Press By Anna Groneworld RAEFORD, N.C. (AP) — A lawyer for an Army Reserve officer accused of leaving bacon outside a mosque and making death threats against some of its members asked a judge on Wednesday for more time to probe the accusations, explaining later that his client […]
Bangladesh Faces an Uncertain New Reality After the Dhaka Attack
Source: BBC By Nikhil Kumar The carnage at the Holey Artisan Bakery in Dhaka on July 1 has turned the world’s attention on rising extremist violence in the small South Asian […]
Muslim doctor shot near Houston mosque on way to prayer
Source: Reuters BY BARBARA GOLDBERG A Muslim doctor headed for morning prayers on Sunday at a Houston mosque was shot in an attacked by three men, police said. The motive for the attack was unclear, but comes a day after another Muslim man was beaten outside a Florida mosque. The […]
Islamic group: Muslim man beaten outside Florida mosque
Source: Associated Press By Kelli Kennedy FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Authorities said they have arrested a suspect in the early Saturday beating of a man outside a Florida mosque […]
UK faith leaders unite in condemning post-referendum rise in xenophobic abuse
theguardian: Harriet Sherwood — UN human rights chief urges UK authorities to prosecute those responsible after police record 57% rise in hate crime following Brexit vote Burned interior of the Kashmir Meat and Poultry shop in Walsall, after it was firebombed on Monday night. Photograph: Caters Leaders of Britain’s main […]
Mpls. police investigating shooting of Muslim men as possible bias crime
Source: MPR News By Matt Sepic Minneapolis police now say they’re investigating the shooting of two young Muslim men early Wednesday as a possible bias crime. Jaylani Hussein with the Council […]
Va. Republican, Trump supporter apologizes for anti-Muslim tweets
Source: The Washington Post By Antonio Olivo A new member of Virginia’s Republican State Central Committee apologized over the weekend for posting anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant rhetoric on Twitter and Facebook — […]