Golden State of Hate: Extremism on the Rise in Calif.
Capital & Main is an award-winning publication that reports from California on economic, political and social issues. On election night last November, Nathan Damigo, a 30-year-old white nationalist and student at California State University, Stanislaus, met up with friends in the northern California city of Folsom. As they bounced from bar to bar, it became […]
Anti-Islam Banner Suggests Muslims Endanger Americans
A man has defended posting an anti-Islam banner outside of his southern California home by echoing the message of President Donald Trump, saying “We need to take care of America first.” The banner outside a house in the town of Ontario featured symbols for Christianity and Judaism and the word “Islam” crossed out in the […]
Muslims Ask: Will Trump Condemn Anti-Muslim Attacks as He Did Anti-Semitism?
U.S. President Donald Trump this week explicitly condemned anti-Semitism and the recent spike in anti-Jewish incidents reported since his inauguration. Now some are pressing him to do same against anti-Muslim acts. Speaking Tuesday, Trump called the anti-Semitic acts “horrible” and “painful,” and condemned “bigotry, intolerance, and hatred in all of its very ugly forms.” The […]
Hate Crimes Rise For Second Straight Year In 2016
Last year was an unprecedented year for hate as 2016 witnessed the number of hate groups in the U.S. rise for the second consecutive year, the Southern Poverty Law Center reported Wednesday. The number of organizations the Southern Poverty Law Center considers hate groups increased from 892 in 2015 to 917 in 2016. Anti-Muslim hate […]
Trump Fan Charged with Hate Crime for Assault on Muslim
A Donald Trump supporter has been charged with hate crimes for allegedly assaulting a Muslim employee and telling her the new U.S. president would “get rid of all of you.” A Thursday statement from the Queens County District Attorney Richard Brown identified the man as Robin A. Rhodes, 57, from Worchester, Massachusetts. According to the […]
Muslim Cab Driver Attacked In Alleged Hate Crime
A man has been charged with a hate crime after holding a gun to the head of a Muslim cab driver in upstate New York, state police confirmed Monday. Andrew M. Plachecki was allegedly drunk when hailing the cab in the early hours of Sunday morning before he threatened the driver and called him a […]
White Woman Puts Bacon On Mosque’s Door Handles In Hate Crime
Davis, California, Police are offering a $1,000 reward for the arrest and conviction of a woman who shattered the windows of a mosque Sunday and placed strips bacon on its exterior door handles. The investigation is being treated as a hate crime as Muslims are prohibited from eating pork products. Surveillance video from the mosque, […]
Franklin Graham To Continue Family’s Inauguration Tradition
There will be a familiar family name on the inauguration stage in Washington, D.C., as Donald Trump is sworn in as the 45th president on Friday afternoon. Following in the footsteps of his father Billy, who offered prayers at four presidential inaugurations, Rev. Franklin Graham will read a passage from the Bible at the invitation […]
How Hatred of Islam is Corrupting the American Soul
By Khaled Abou El Fadl ABC Religion and Ethics Updated Jan 19, 2017 (First posted Jan 18, 2017) Khaled Abou El Fadl is the Omar and Azmeralda Alfi Distinguished Professor of Law at the UCLA School of Law. He is the author of Reasoning with God: Reclaiming Shari’ah in the Modern Age. A bill requiring the […]
Before Ohio State Attack, Student Shared His Fears About Islamophobia
Following the identification of Ohio State University attacker Abdul Razak Ali Artan, social media sites flooded Monday with questions regarding the religion and ethnicity of the 18-year-old who was shot dead by authorities after injuring nine in a car-and-knife attack on campus. Police are investigating whether the attack was related to terrorism. Artan was reportedly […]