The Huffington Post: An unholy alliance of Islamophobic hate group members, neo-Nazis, white supremacists and armed anti-government militia members will rally against the nonexistent threat of sharia, or Islamic, law in the U.S this weekend. The “March Against Sharia” rallies are set to place on Saturday in 29 cities across 21 states, and are being organized
Press TV: Edward Corrigan, an international human rights lawyer from Ontario, says the rise of anti-Muslim hate crimes in Britain has its roots in a campaign supported by Western governments and media. “There is this campaign to vilify Muslims and Israel is supporting that for the most part,” Corrigan told Press TV on Thursday. Click here for
Press TV: Sukant Chandan, a filmmaker and political commentator, says Prime Minister Theresa May is using the terrorist organizations directly supported by “leading Western regimes” in order to target the Muslim community in Britain, adding that Muslims are always the victims of terrorism globally. Click here to read more (external link). Related If Trump So Quick
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
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 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