Victoria Macchi VOA News November 22, 2016 Hundreds of civil rights advocacy groups have asked President Barack Obama to dismantle a program once used to register foreigners from a list of predominantly Muslim countries, in a bid to stave off efforts by Donald Trump’s incoming administration to revive the system. In a letter addressed to
Huffington Post: Let’s correct this once and for all: Anti-Muslim hate is just as morally wrong and repugnant as anti-Semitism, racism, homophobia or sexism. Consequently, media coverage should treat anti-Muslim bigotry the same. And judging by what Breitbart has served up in terms of Muslim hatred during Bannon’s tenure alone should disqualify him from any position
Press TV November 17, 2016 An American civil rights advocacy organization says it has witnessed a surge in hate crimes and acts of violence across the US following the election of Donald Trump as president. The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) has documented 437 cases of intimidation and abuse towards minorities since Trump’s election a
Diagnoses of violent extremism are diligently wielded against Muslims but not against leaders or policies that indiscriminately kill civilians Middle East Eye (Belen Fernandez): Following the recent explosions in New York City and New Jersey – one of which injured 29 people and the other of which injured none – President Barack Obama offered a typical
Masood Farivar VOA News September 21, 2016 A new study shows that anti-Muslim crime in the United States last year surged to levels not seen since the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, making Muslims the “most disdained” religious minority group in the country. Official police reports from 20 states compiled by California State University at
Republican presidential nominee argued Monday that U.S. police should follow the model of Israel and employ religious profiling Common Dreams: Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump on Monday pivoted off the weekend bombing in Manhattan to double down on his call for racial and religious profiling, utilizing the moment to call for the U.S. to close its
Masood Farivar VOA News September 20, 2016 After the Orlando, Florida, nightclub shooting in June, many Afghan-Americans distanced themselves from attacker Omar Mateen, the New York-born man whose parents immigrated from Afghanistan in the 1980s. After the weekend bombings in New York and New Jersey in which Afghan-born Ahmad Khan Rahami has been implicated, some
Press TV September 18, 2016 Police in the Scottish capital of Edinburgh have launched a hate crime investigation after a mosque was damaged by fire. The incident happened in the early hours of Sunday, when an object was thrown at the Central Mosque in Potterrow, causing damage to an entrance door. The attack caused no
Press TV September 13, 2016 In a bizarre instance of religious discrimination in the US, a Muslim woman in New York City has been set on fire for wearing an Islamic dress. The incident occurred on Saturday night, when an unknown attacker set fire to a 36-year-old Scottish tourist’s blouse outside a boutique in Manhattan, police
Press TV September 10, 2016 An American woman, who is reportedly a supporter of Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump, is facing hate crime charges for attacking two Muslim women in New York, prosecutors say. The woman identified as Emirjeta Xhelili, was arrested in Brooklyn on Thursday, after she attacked the women as they were pushing