Recorded threats at mosque lead to federal hate crime charge
Source: Associated Press MIAMI (AP) — A Florida man already charged with leaving recorded threatening messages at a mosque will also be charged with a federal hate crime. Court records […]
Muslim group urges Ottawa to speed up release of hate-crime statistics
Source: The Globe and Mail Ottawa is facing calls to speed up the release of national hate-related data in the face of a dramatic rise in anti-Muslim hate crimes in […]
Manchester police investigate arson attacks on Jewish restaurants
Source: The Guardian By Helen Pidd North of England editor Jewish charity says antisemitic hate crime is on the rise after Ta’am and JS kosher restaurants are targeted The interior of […]
Anti-Muslim hate crimes increase fivefold since London Bridge attacks
Source: The Guardian BY Vikram Dodd and Sarah Marsh The London Bridge attacks have triggered a big spike in hate crimes with a significant amount of them being attacks in the […]
The four reasons people commit hate crimes
Source: CNN Story by Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor. Graphics and data analysis by Sergio Hernandez, CNN Updated 1614 GMT (0014 HKT) June 5, 2017 (CNN)What motivated the man who killed two people on a Portland train after shouting anti-Muslim slurs? What prompted the person, or people, who spray-painted the […]
Oregon Man Accused of Deadly Anti-Muslim Tirade Continues Rant in Court
Source: The New York Times By PHOEBE FLANIGAN and MATT STEVENS MAY 30, 2017 Jeremy Joseph Christian shouted as he was arraigned in Multnomah County Circuit Court in Portland, Ore., […]
Three Men Stood Up to Anti-Muslim Attack. Two Paid With Their Lives.
Source: The New York Times By DANIEL VICTOR Coco Douglas, 8, on Saturday at a memorial in Portland, Ore., for two men who were killed when they confronted a man […]
Attackers Sentenced To 3 Years In Prison For Hate Crime Against Sikh Man
Source: Huffington Post “I hope that you will learn about me and my community and one day consider me your brother too,” the victim told his assailants in court. By […]
Teenager Set Manhattan Synagogue Ablaze, Police Say
Source: The New York Times By ASHLEY SOUTHALL and DAVID W. DUNLAPMAY 17, 2017 Photo The Fire Department fighting the blaze Sunday evening at Beth Hamedrash Hagadol, a historic Manhattan […]
Young Muslim Americans Need Leadership. Can These Men And Women Answer The Call?
Source: BuzzFeed News BY Hannah Allam The invitation seemed like no big deal: Would Muslim students at Duke University like to give their call to prayer from the chapel bell […]
German soldier held over anti-migrant ‘assassination plot’
Source: BBC German authorities have made another arrest linked to an alleged plot to murder a senior public figure. The man, a soldier, is accused of conspiring with another army […]
U.S. anti-Muslim bias incidents increased in 2016, group says
Source: Reuters By Scott Malone | BOSTON When the Masjid Al-Kareem mosque in Providence, Rhode Island, received a threatening letter in November calling Muslims a “vile and filthy people,” its […]
‘We don’t want you here’: Muslims fearful as France prepares to vote
Source: The Guardian BY Angelique Chrisafis in Aulnay-sous-Bois Hanane Charrihi, whose mother, Fatima, was the first person killed in the Nice truck attack last year. Photograph: Christophe Archambault/AFP/Getty Images In […]
Australia’s grand mufti wins defamation case over News Corp articles
Source: The Guardian BY Christopher Knaus Media group consents to judgment as part of settlement with Dr Ibrahim Abu Mohamed, after paper said he had not condemned Paris attacks Australia grand […]
Spread of Hate Crimes Has Lawmakers Seeking Harsher Penalties
Source: The New York Times By AUDRA D.S. BURCHAPRIL 30, 2017 The Victoria Islamic Center mosque in Victoria, Tex., was gutted by an arson attack in January.CreditMohammad Khursheed/Reuters The anonymous […]
‘Kill the Muslim’ written on poster at USM
Source: http://www.Wlbz2.com By Dustin Wlodkowski, WCSH PORTLAND, Maine (NEWS CENTER) — For the second time in less than six months, the University of Southern Maine is investigating anti-muslim graffiti found on […]
An anti-Muslim slur on their wall made this family think of leaving the U.S. Then neighbors came to their aid.
Source: The Washington Post By Julie Zauzmer When Mahrukh and Shoaib Ahmad got a call from their apartment manager, saying that their home in Fairfax County had been burglarized while they […]
Germany: 3 teenagers convicted in bomb attack on Sikh temple
Source: Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — A German court convicted three 17-year-olds on Tuesday of participating last year in a bomb attack on a Sikh temple that was motivated by […]
Bomb threats again rattle Jewish centers
Source: USA Today BY John Bacon , USA TODAY Another wave of bomb threats swept through Jewish community centers across the nation Tuesday. Centers from Albany, N.Y., to Boulder, Colo., to White Fish […]
Four Mosques Have Burned In Seven Weeks — Leaving Many Muslims and Advocates Stunned
Source: BuzzFeed News By Albert Samaha and Talal Ansari On January 7, the Islamic Center of Lake Travis, in Austin, Texas, which had been under construction, caught on fire. A week later, on […]