2 Men Indicted In Bacon Vandalism At Islamic Center
Source: Huffington Post A rally supporting the center in Tennessee drew a strong crowd. By Ryan Grenoble A federal grand jury in Tennessee has indicted two men on charges they […]
Stabbing of surgeon at Manchester mosque treated as hate crime
Source: The Guardian By Mattha Busby Dr Nasser Kurdy suffers stab wound in neck while arriving for evening prayers at Altrincham mosque Altrincham’s Islamic centre. Police said they are treating the […]
Caravan of Love takes its peace message to Indian families touched by hate
Source: The Guardian Huizhong Wu in Ahmedabad Wednesday 20 September 2017 05.00 BSTLast modified on Wednesday 20 September 2017 05.52 BST A police escort is a must when travelling in the Karwan-e-Mohabbat, or “Caravan of […]
Police: Man Calls Jewish Woman, Daughter ‘Dirty Muslims’ During Queens Subway Attack
Source: CNS New York NEW YORK (1010 WINS) — A man is facing hate crime charges for allegedly assaulting two Orthodox Jewish women at a Queens subway station. A 57-year-old woman […]
USA: At Arkansas Mosque, Spreading Hate and Finding Mercy
FORT SMITH, Ark. — Abraham Davis was sitting on a thin blue pad on the concrete floor of Cell 3 in a jail in western Arkansas when a guard came around with stamped envelopes and writing paper. The Two Americans Abraham never fit in. Hisham finally felt at home. Then their […]
Minnesota mosque explosion ‘deeper and scarier’ than threats
Source: Associated Press By JEFF BAENEN MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in suburban Minneapolis, like other U.S. mosques, occasionally receives threatening calls and emails. Its leaders say […]
Someone Threw a Bomb Through a Mosque Window in Minnesota
Source: Time Someone apparently threw a bomb through the window of a suburban Minneapolis mosque on Saturday as people were preparing for morning prayers, damaging the imam’s office but not […]
Islamic cemetery in suburban Minneapolis is vandalized
Source: Associated Press MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — An Islamic cemetery that was initially denied a permit in suburban Minneapolis has now been vandalized. The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic […]
Breaking the Ten Commandments: A Short History of the Contentious American Monuments
Source: Religion & Politics By Jenna Weissman Joselit Freedom!” cried the man as he drove his car into a six-foot monument of the Ten Commandments in Little Rock, Arkansas, toppling the […]
Mississauga man faces hate-crime charge after probe into online material targeting Muslims
Source: The Globe and Mail MIRIAM KATAWAZI The Globe and Mail Published Monday, Jul. 24, 2017 3:53PM EDT Last updated Tuesday, Jul. 25, 2017 5:24PM EDT With a rare approval from the […]
Mosque vandalized overnight
Source: THE MURFREESBORO POST BY Sam Stockard The Rutherford County Sheriff’s Office is investigating overnight vandalism at the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro where someone spray-painted curse words condemning Allah and left […]
He Became a Hate Crime Victim. She Became a Widow.
Source: The New York Times Srinivas Kuchibhotla’s death in an anti-immigrantattack at a Kansas bar made headlines the worldover. Now his wife, Sunayana Dumala, tells her story. By AUDRA D.S. BURCHJULY […]
Man Charged With Hate Crime After Threats Sent To Vt. Democrats’ Muslim Chairman
Source: Vermont’s NPR News Source By PETER HIRSCHFELD Just four months into his tenure as the nation’s first-ever Muslim chairperson of a state political party, Faisal Gill has become the target […]
Man who ripped off woman’s veil while shouting “You f***ing stupid Muslim” is jailed
Source: Independent By May Bulman A man who ripped a niqab from a woman’s face while shouting “You f***ing stupid Muslim” has been jailed over the attack. Peter Scotter, 56, targeted the 21-year-old woman, who describes herself as a practicising Muslim, outside a shopping centre in Sunderland on 3 July last […]
Stand up to everyday racism and hate crimes, Jeremy Corbyn urges
Source: The Guardian Jeremy Corbyn called for unity in the fight for ‘the decent non-racist society that we all crave’. Photograph: David Nash/Barcroft Images BY Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent Members […]
Eight People Have Been Injured in a Shooting Outside a Mosque in Southern France
Source: Time By Joseph Hincks 1:07 AM ET Eight people have been wounded with two hospitalized in a shooting outside a mosque in the southern French city of Avignon on […]
Jesus ‘miracle church’: Jewish extremist found guilty of arson
Source: BBC News A Jewish extremist has been convicted of setting fire to a church in Israel which Christians believe is built at the site of one of Jesus’ miracles. […]
British Man Jailed After Slapping Muslim Teen With Bacon
Source: Time LONDON (AP) — A British man has been jailed after hitting a Muslim teen with a slab of bacon after hurling insults at her and her mother. Alex Chivers was […]
J.K. Rowling Condemns Anti-Muslim Hate After Attack On London Mosque-Goers
Source: Huffington Post “Let’s talk about how the #FinsburyPark terrorist was radicalised.” By Claire Fallon GETTY / TWITTER J.K. Rowling wrote the (children’s fantasy) book about the damage caused by […]
Pressure grows to classify Muslim girl’s slaying a hate crime
Source: The Washington Post By Justin Jouvenal A Virginia teen found dead after she was attacked as she walked to a mosque was being remembered at vigils set in the […]