By: Emran El-Badawi/Arab America Contributing Writer America is angry. Over a decade of post-9/11 right-wing propaganda and years of Trump-style populism have taken a toll on us. And there is a litmus test to grade America’s anger problem—hate crimes. By 2016 hate crimes reached a five-year high after the election of Donald Trump to the … Continued
Law enforcement officials investigate an explosion at the Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington, Minn., on Saturday, Aug. 5, 2017. Bloomington police Chief Jeff Potts said Saturday that investigators are trying to determine the cause of the blast. Authorities say the explosion damaged one room but it didn’t hurt anyone. (David Joles/Star Tribune via AP) … Continued
Prosecutors will determine if Lloyd will be charged with a hate crime [Courtesy: Port St Lucie Police] Al Jazeera A man in the US state of Florida faces a first degree arson charge after attempting to set a convenience store ablaze because he thought it was owned by Muslims. Richard Leslie Lloyd, 64, told police … Continued
By Carol Kuruvilla The Huffington Post After much pressure, President Donald Trump finally conceded this week that the rise in anti-Semitism around the country “has to stop.” But some American Muslims are wondering ― does the president have our back, too? Since Trump entered the White House, mosques have been vandalized and even set on fire, a prominent … Continued
BY: Nisreen Eadeh/Staff Writer A suspect has been found in the triple shooting of three men on Wednesday night in at an Austins Bar and Grill in Olathe, Kansas. Adam Purinton, 51, allegedly shot the three men, then told a bartender in Clinton, Missouri that he shot two of them because they were “Middle Eastern”. … Continued
By Sarah Harvard Mic.com On Tuesday, the New York Police Department’s Hate Crimes Task Force announced it’s investigating a threat made on social media against prominent Brooklyn activist Linda Sarsour, the New York Daily News reported. A man identified as Glenn Maccioli asked to find Sarsour’s home location on Facebook so he could “spit in … Continued
by Colby Itkowitz The Washington Post After the desecration of a Jewish cemetery in St. Louis over the long holiday weekend, an incident in which more than 150 headstones were toppled or damaged, two American Muslim activists started a fundraiser to help pay for needed repairs. “Through this campaign, we hope to send a united message from the … Continued
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