US Muslim women debate safety of hijab amid backlash
Source: Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) — On the night of the California shootings, Asifa Quraishi-Landes sat on her couch, her face in her hands, and thought about what was […]
Threats, harassment, vandalism at mosques reach record high
Source: CNN (CNN)Gunshots fired into a mosque in Connecticut. Armed men protesting the “Islamization of America” outside Islamic centers in Texas. Death threats called in to mosques in Florida, Maryland […]
New York Times: The Words That Killed Medieval Jews
Source: New York Times By Sara Lipton DO harsh words lead to violent acts? At a moment when hate speech seems to be proliferating, it’s a question worth asking. Attorney […]
Manassas Mosque gets threatening phone call: ‘You all will be killed’
Source: The Washington Post A Northern Virginia mosque received a threatening voice mail Thursday in which an unnamed caller said he wanted to kill Muslims in retaliation for Wednesday’s mass […]
Inderjit Singh Mukker, Chicago-Area Sikh, Allegedly Attacked And Called ‘Terrorist,’ ‘Bin Laden’
Huff Post: by Idrija Bose — An elderly Sikh-American man was brutally attacked and allegedly called a “terrorist” and “Bin Laden” in Chicago on Tuesday, Sikh advocacy groups report. The incident occurred just days before the 14th anniversary of the September 11 attacks. Charges have yet to be filed, but police are […]
#MuslimLivesMatter: Protests over BBC’s Chapel Hill murders ‘silence’
A protest will take place outside the BBC on Thursday evening to condemn the broadcaster’s minimal coverage of the Chapel Hill murders in the US, which saw three Muslim students shot and killed. Organizers say the BBC’s coverage of the Chapel Hill murders in North Carolina on Wednesday was tantamount […]
An open letter to Geo TV
Daily Times: by Kashif N. Chaudhry — You remember well that the last time your host Mr Amir Liaquat promoted anti-Ahmedi hate speech on your forum in September of 2008, two prominent Ahmedi leaders were gunned down within 48 hours. You have done it again. Yet another murder (a third) […]
Saint Gallen cops probe Islamic centre blaze
Published: 07 Dec 2014 22:58 GMT+01:00 Two molotov cocktails thrown into an Islamic centre started a fire in a village in the canton of Saint Gallen early Sunday morning, according […]
Religious doublespeak- by Yasser Latif Hamdani
Daily Times: by Yasser Latif Hamdani — Given that religious scholars are nothing but shopkeepers of religiosity whose livelihood depends on such hatemongering, it is hardly surprising that Ashrafi resorts to such incitement to violence. The deadly attack on Ahmedis, killing one unborn child, two little girls and one old grandmother, […]
Australian preacher and Islamic State supporter Musa Cerantonio arrives in Australia ABC July 23, 2014, 12:07 pm
High-profile Australian Islamist preacher Musa Cerantonio has been warned the Australian Federal Police will continue to keep him under surveillance after he was deported from the Philippines. READ MORE…
Man tore off woman's hijab in Long Beach hate crime; suspect sought
he Long Beach Police Department is seeking the public’s help in identifying the man who committed a hate crime against a Muslim woman in the Bixby Knolls area. Authorities said the incident occurred around 4:30 p.m. July 2 in the parking lot of a shopping center in the 4000 block […]
Man tore off woman’s hijab in Long Beach hate crime; suspect sought
he Long Beach Police Department is seeking the public’s help in identifying the man who committed a hate crime against a Muslim woman in the Bixby Knolls area. Authorities said the incident occurred around 4:30 p.m. July 2 in the parking lot of a shopping center in the 4000 block […]
Saudi student murder: What Muslims in the UK now fear
Nahid al-Manae was stabbed to death 16 times in the UK this week. She was a Saudi national who had moved to the UK to study a course in English before pursuing a PhD in Life Sciences. Her stabbing is suspected to be a hate crime, exacerbated by the fact that she […]
UN Rights Experts Urge Pakistan To Protect Ahmadiyya Muslim Minorities
Three United Nations experts on freedom of religion, minority issues, and summary executions have called on Pakistan to adopt urgent measures to stop faith-based killings and ensure the security of the Ahmadiyya Muslim community, whose faith is outlawed in the country. READ MORE…
Police Probe London Sign Saying ‘Muslims Don’t Like Dogs’
Police in London are investigating a sign telling pet owners to stay out of an east London park because “Muslims do not like dogs,” the London Evening Standard reports. The warning, in Bartlett Park, Poplar, said, “Do not walk your dog here! Muslims do not like dogs. This is an Islamic area […]
Muslim leaders ‘accept Robinson apology’
A delegation of Northern Ireland’s Muslim leaders has accepted an apology from Peter Robinson over comments he made about followers of the religion. The first minister had told the Irish News on Wednesday he would not trust Muslims involved in violence or devotees of Sharia law. But he said he would “trust […]
No place for Ahmadis – living or dead!
Pakistan Today: It appears that Bishen Singh, a Sikh character from Saadat Hassan Manto’s Toba Tek Singh who was displaced after the partition of India and sent to a mental […]
Islamophobic hate crime: is it getting worse?
theguardian: by Homa Khaleeli. From online abuse to fire bombs thrown at mosques, there has been a spike in anti-Muslim attacks. While many incidents are not reported to the police, […]
FBI Makes Big Changes on Hate Crimes
Huff Post: By Jaweed Kaleem. After years of pressure from civil rights groups and lawmakers who say attacks against religious and ethnic minorities are not adequately monitored by law enforcement, the FBI will begin formally tracking hate crimes against Sikhs, Hindus and Arabs. Meeting in Portsmouth, Va., on Wednesday, an […]
This ‘grandson of a Holocaust survivor’ is taking matters into own hands to ‘Talk Back to Hate’
Akiva Freidlin launches ad campaign to rebuke American Freedom Defense Initiative’s hateful, anti-Islamic subway posters NEW YORK DAILY NEWS by Clem Richardson Like many people, Akiva Freidlin found the American […]