Muslim shopper wearing a hijab harassed by woman at grocery
Barney Lopez could hear the woman from across the Smith’s grocery store aisles. “You’re a terrorist. Get out of here,” the woman, wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses, screamed at a female shopper wearing a hijab, a head covering worn by some Muslim women. “I left my cart to see what was going on,” Lopez […]
Mosques Fear Election Night
Imam Abu Sufian of the Madina Masjid mosque in New York City has witnessed first-hand the explosion in anti-Islamic violence that has unfolded during this divisive presidential election season. One of his fellow New York City Imams, a man he knew, was shot dead along with his assistant as they walked home from morning prayer […]
Muslims Targeted In Florida
Amid a national climate of tension and fear surrounding Islam in the United States, vandals reportedly spray painted signs outside of a Florida Islamic center Wednesday early morning with anti-Muslim messages. “F*** Islam,” the vandals wrote in all caps on the Alamin Center in Palm Beach. “F*** ISIS.” Officials told local news outlets that they […]
Bayonne man accused of anti-Muslim/Trump graffiti due in court Nov. 14
BAYONNE — A 20-year-old city man accused of marring the local Muslim community’s worship site with anti-Muslim graffiti is scheduled to appear in court on Nov. 14. Jonathan T. Hussey is expected to appear in Hudson County Superior Court for a pre-indictment hearing before Judge Paul DePascale on charges of bias intimidation, criminal trespass and […]
Hate speech trial of far-right politician Wilders will go ahead
A Dutch court ruled on Friday that prosecutors can pursue anti-Islam politician Geert Wilders over comments in which he led a roomful of supporters in chanting that they wanted “fewer” Moroccans in the Netherlands. “We’ll take care of it,” he told them. Accused of discrimination and inciting racism for the remarks, televised live in 2014, […]
Alabama Congressman Tweets Muslims ‘Want To Kill Us’
A Republican congressman from Alabama who is also a state campaign official for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign is standing some inflammatory comments he tweeted Monday night during the first debate. A series of tweets from Rep. Ed Henry targeted Muslims as well as Hillary Clinton and her husband, former President Bill Clinton. The three-term congressman […]
Arrest made in arson fire at Florida mosque
A 32-year-old man has been arrested and is facing a charge of arson and hate crime in a fire that heavily damaged a mosque in Florida, according to authorities. Joseph Michael Schreiber was arrested without incident on Wednesday afternoon and was being interrogated by investigators looking into the fire set late on Sunday at the […]
UK: Arrest made in hate crime attack on pregnant woman
A man has been arrested in connection with a racially motivated attack on a pregnant woman last month in the UK, which resulted in the loss of her baby. The 34-year-old woman was verbally abused with “racial remarks” while shopping at a supermarket in the town of Bletchley, north of London, on August 6, police […]
US: Florida mosque set on fire during Eid al-Adha
A mosque in the US state of Florida has been set ablaze by an arsonist during the Muslim Eid al-Adha holiday, authorities have said, without ruling out that it was a hate crime. Fire crews arrived at the scene in the early hours of Monday after receiving reports of flames coming out of the Islamic […]
Texas Muslims threatened amid increasing Islamophobia
Watauga, Texas – Vincent Simon recalls feeling shocked when he flipped on the Masjid Al Sahaabah mosque’s voicemail to hear a death threat from a man promising to behead Muslim worshippers. Simon, a US military veteran who converted to Islam some five years ago, said that the small mosque and its attendees are threatened regularly, […]