Hyatt Hotels defends hosting anti-Muslim hate group (ACT for America), even as competitors shut their doors
The hotel chain even offered conference attendees discounted rates. Defying pleas and petitions urging Hyatt Hotels to not host to a well-documented, anti-Muslim hate group, officials with the hospitality conglomerate said Thursday they would move ahead with plans to provide accommodations and discounted rates next week for guests attending the ACT for America conference at a […]
Dutch anti-Islam lawmaker Wilders cancels Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest
Far-right Dutch parliamentarian Geert Wilders on Thursday canceled a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest that sparked protests in Pakistan. In a written statement Thursday night, Wilders, an outspoken anti-Islam party leader, said he decided to “let the contest go” following death threats and concerns other people could be put at risk. Wilders added that his fight […]
Seminole County tax collector Joel Greenberg has a long history of bigoted social media posts
Seminole County residents are calling for the resignation of tax collector Joel Greenberg after he posted an Islamophobic Facebook “question” and proceeded to wonder why people aren’t more tolerant of his bonehead, racially charged posts. “Very simple question… Name just ONE society in the developed world that has benefited in ANY WAY from the introduction of more […]
Nazi fan wins Republican primary in Missouri
Steve West, an anti-semitic conspiracy theorist who said Hitler did nothing wrong, defeated three other GOP candidates in the party’s primary election for Missouri’s 15th district. He now faces Democratic incumbent Jon Carpenter in November. He won with 49.5 percent of the vote; the second-place finisher had 24.4 percent. “Looking back in history, unfortunately, Hitler […]
Leon County judge candidate regrets posts that drew fire on Facebook
Karl Etters, Tallahassee Democrat Published 11:59 a.m. ET June 21, 2018 | Updated 9:23 a.m. ET June 23, 2018 A candidate for Leon Circuit judge is drawing fire for a series of social media posts, some of which take aim at Muslims and minorities in derogatory ways. The 10 social media posts by Christine Thurman dating […]
Man’s sentence reduced after judge is accused of anti-Islamic bias
An Iranian-American’s five-month jail sentence was reduced after he filed an appeal accusing a Sandy Springs judge who sentenced him of harboring anti-Islamic bias. Municipal Court Judge Sharon Dickson recently came under fire for remarks she made during Fazial Azizan’s sentencing last year. According to court transcripts, Dickson referenced the nursing student’s heritage multiple times, […]
The Real Founders of Fake News? American Islamophobes
EDITOR’S NOTE: This article originally appeared at TomDispatch.com. To stay on top of important articles like these, sign up to receive the latest updates from TomDispatch.com. Anti-Muslim activists in the United States were operating in a “post-truth era” and putting out “alternative facts” long before those phrases entered the language. For the last decade they have been spreading provable […]
Missouri man gets 2 years for hate crimes directed at mosque
AUGUSTA, Ga. (AP) _ A Missouri man who pleaded guilty to making threatening phone calls to a Georgia mosque has been sentenced to two years in prison. In a news release Tuesday, federal prosecutors said 50-year-old Preston Q. Howard, of Wright City, made numerous calls last year to the Islamic Society of Augusta, during which […]
Warren official resigns after anti-Muslim posts
A Warren official whom the Michigan chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations called on to resign for making anti-Muslim comments on social media stepped down Wednesday. Diane Toni Deliso Kozlowski sent a letter to Warren Mayor James Fouts announcing her resignation from the city’s Elected Officials Compensation Commission. “It was brought to my attention that some things […]
Republican figures and clickbait websites have been promoting an anti-Islam fake news company on Facebook
A Media Matters study found that Facebook pages of some mainstream conservative media outlets, Republican media figures, and even apolitical clickbait sites are part of promotional campaigns involving websites with a history of promoting anti-Islam fake news and conspiracy theories. Liftable Media owns three sites that have pushed anti-Islam pieces: Conservative Tribune and The Western Journal, both […]