Far-right AfD says Islam not welcome in Germany
Members of the far-right party Alternative for Germany (AfD) have backed an election manifesto that says Islam is not compatible with the constitution. Delegates at the party’s conference on Sunday also supported a call to ban minarets on mosques and the burqa. Set up three years ago, the AfD has been buoyed by Europe’s refugee […]
Curt Schilling’s Dismissal from ESPN Was Long-Deserved
ESPN fired Curt Schilling on Wednesday after the longtime analyst posted an anti-transgender meme to his Facebook page. The image in question featured a slovenly man dressed as a woman along with the words, “Let him in! To the restroom with your daughter or else you’re a narrow minded, judgemental, unloving, racist bigot who needs […]
BOE member who posted Muslims should ‘(s)tay in your desserts’ resigns
ELMWOOD PARK — The borough Board of Education member who faced criticism and calls to step down over anti-Muslim posts she made on Facebook resigned Friday, a report said. Gladys Gryskiewicz cited safety concerns for her family in resigning, according The Record report. Gryskiewicz wrote on post on her Facebook account that told Muslims to […]
‘I have no disrespect for Muslims’ BOE member says after Facebook controversy
ELMWOOD PARK — The borough school board member who was widely criticized for making anti-Muslim posts on Facebook said her comments were being taken out of context. Gladys Gryskiewicz reportedly posted one comment that told Muslims to “(s)tay in your desserts [sic] and follow your religion in your own countries,” the New Jersey chapter of […]
School board member criticized over anti-Muslim Facebook posts
ELMWOOD PARK — The list of lawmakers calling for the resignation of an Elmwood Park school board member over anti-Muslim comments on her Facebook grew this week. Assemblyman Gary Schaer, the state’s lone Orthodox Jewish member of the state legislature, called for borough Board of Education Trustee Gladys Gryskiewicz to step down immediately. Posts on […]
Third state lawmaker wants Elmwood Park trustee to resign over anti-Muslim posts
ELMWOOD PARK — A third state lawmaker has called for borough Board of Education member Gladys Gryskiewicz to resign over her Facebook posts earlier this year focusing on Muslims. State Sen. Nellie Pou, a Democrat representing New Jersey’s 35th legislative district, called Gryskiewicz’s statements “hateful” and “offensive” in a Tuesday release. “At a time when […]
Texas Middle School Student Bullied By Teacher, Called A ‘Terrorist’ Because He’s Muslim (VIDEO)
Student called a terrorist in front of classmates Waleed Abushaaban, a 12-year-old student at First Colony Middle School in Sugar Land, Texas, has accused a teacher of humiliating him in front of his peers by calling him a terrorist. The 7th grade student told KHOU: “They were like, ‘oh I see a bomb!’ and they […]
Thai Monk’s Social Media Presence Preaches Muslim Hate
Phra Apichart Punnajanto, the 30-year-old head preacher at Bangkok’s popular Marble Temple, tries to suppress a smile as he explains how very angry he is. The baby-faced monk pulls out documents, one after the other, and spreads them across the table. Next to him, a friend whom he has deputized to memorialize this interview snaps […]
Jersey City fired me for Facebook posts on Hillary Clinton, Muslims, man says
JERSEY CITY — Jersey City’s former IT director says he was fired after a mayoral aide spotted right-wing posts on his Facebook page, posts that slammed presidential candidate Hillary Clinton and criticized moves to accept Syrian refugees into the country. The city’s decision to terminate Alan Guglielmi came after the city spent more than a […]
Trump: ‘Islam hates us’
Donald Trump doubled down on his controversial statements calling for restrictions on Muslims entering the United States during an extended interview with CNN”s Anderson Cooper on Thursday. When asked whether he felt Islam was “at war with the West,” the GOP frontrunner told Cooper “I think Islam hates us.” “There is something there,” Trump continued, […]