Mosque lawyer claims town officials wrote ‘shocking’ anti-Muslim emails
BERNARDS TWP. — Township officials involved in the decision to block construction of a proposed mosque routinely disparaged Muslims and Islam in emails from their personal accounts, according to a court filing in a lawsuit over a dispute. Excerpts from emails, along with quotes from a township employee’s online diary, were included in a pre-motion […]
Myanmar state media alludes to Rohingya Muslims as ‘human fleas’
Myanmar is beset by “human fleas.” So says the nation’s most widely known state newspaper, now operating under the democratically elected government helmed by Nobel Peace Laureate Aung San Suu Kyi. This “morally bad” group of people are “loathe for their stench and for sucking our blood,” says the Global New Light of Myanmar. And […]
Muslim leaders ask FBI to probe attack on University of Washington student
SEATTLE — Muslim leaders are calling on the FBI to open an investigation into an incident on the University of Washington campus in which a Muslim student was hit by a bottle earlier this month. Speaking at a news conference at the UW on Monday, officials with the Washington state chapter of the Council on […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Witness links Duterte to mosque bombing, killings
Manila, The Philippines – A witness in a Senate hearing on the extra-judicial killings in the Philippines has testified that he was a member of a death squad in the home city of President Rodrigo Duterte, and that the then-mayor himself ordered the killings of crime and drug suspects as well as the bombing of […]
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 […]