Press TV June 2, 2017 A number of Muslims have held a demonstration outside the Trump Tower in Manhattan in New York City to protest against US President Donald Trump’s rhetoric against Islam. Around 100 Muslims who were invited by two advocacy groups, MPower Change and the New York State Immigrant Action Fund, showed up
The Huffington Post: The anti-Muslim white supremacist charged with murdering two men in Portland, Oregon, when they intervened in his bigoted tirade at two teenagers is the kind of extremist that former Department of Homeland Security official Daryl Johnson worried about. Click here to read more (external link). Related The White Terror Crisis In Portland These
Reuters: Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has declined a request to host an event to mark Islam’s holy month of Ramadan, two U.S. officials said, apparently breaking with a bipartisan tradition in place with few exceptions for nearly 20 years. Since 1999, Republican and Democratic secretaries of state have nearly always hosted either an iftar dinner
Tolo News: U.S President Donald Trump on Sunday addressed leaders from across the Muslim world at the Arab Islamic American Summit in the Saudi capital Riyadh where he explained America’s policies on issues currently facing the world but with the main focus on joint cooperation in the international sphere to combat terrorism and extremism. Click here
AP: China appears to be laying the groundwork for the mass collection of DNA samples from residents of a restive, largely Muslim region that’s been under a security crackdown, rights observers and independent experts said Tuesday. Click here to read more (external link). Related US judge orders Trump administration to turn over documents on Muslim travel
Al Jazeera: The number of anti-Islam bias incidents in the United States saw a dramatic rise last year, according to a Muslim advocacy group. A report published by the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) on Tuesday found 2,213 such incidents in 2016, a 57 percent increase from 2015. Incidents increased 5 percent from 2014 to 2015.
Press TV May 1, 2017 Sweden’s largest mosque has been deliberately set ablaze in an arson attack, marking yet another hate crime against the Muslim community in the Scandinavian country. Police spokesman, Lars Bystrom, said on Monday that Imam Ali Islamic Center in the northern Stockholm suburb of Jakobsberg was badly damaged in the arson attack
Press TV April 6, 2017 Babies born to Muslims will begin to outnumber those to Christians within the next two decades, making Islam the world’s largest religion by 2075, says a study conducted by Pew Research Center. The Washington-based nonpartisan think tank said in an analysis report published on Wednesday that Muslims are projected to
Press TV March 22, 2017 The majority of Muslim Americans experienced religious discrimination during 2016, and many said they feared for their own or their family’s safety from hate groups following the election US President Donald Trump, a new poll has revealed. One-fifth of American Muslims say they had made plans to leave the US
Press TV March 13, 2017 A US Congressman has come under fire for praising a far-right Dutch politician, who is known for promoting anti-Islamic sentiment. Republican Representative Steve King applauded Dutch politician Geert Wilders in a tweet on Sunday, hailing his stance against immigration. “Wilders understands that culture and demographics are our destiny,” the Iowa