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1 week, 4 days ago

Before exit, Biden releases US's first-ever strategy to combat Islamophobia

The White House has unveiled what it called the first-ever national strategy to counter Islamophobia, detailing over 100 steps federal officials can adopt to curb hate, violence, bias and discrimination against Muslims and Arab Americans The United States’ first comprehensive strategy to combat Islamophobia has been unveiled by the White House which outlines more than 100 measures that federal officials …

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1 week, 6 days ago

Brian Mast: Pro-Israel hawk set to lead US House foreign policy panel

Al Jazeera

Rights advocates decry the nomination of the Florida Republican, who has compared Palestinian civilians to Nazis. Washington, DC – Palestinian rights advocates in the United States are denouncing the selection of Republican Congressman Brian Mast to lead the House Foreign Affairs Committee. “Brian Mast might be the perfect person to serve as a spokesperson for the war criminals of the …

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1 month ago

Trump backs staunchly anti-Muslim Florida lawmaker to run for US Congress

Al Jazeera

Florida State Senator Randy Fine, who celebrated Israel’s killing of a US citizen, gets president-elect’s support. Trump said in a social media post on Sunday that if State Senator Randy Fine decides to seek a congressional seat in Florida, the state lawmaker would have his “Complete and Total Endorsement”. “Trump’s endorsement signals a deepening alignment with the violent, fascist elements …

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1 month ago

Nearly half of Muslim students at California universities say they have been harassed, survey finds

LA Times

Nearly half of Muslim students surveyed at California colleges and universities say they have been targets of anti-Islamic harassment or discrimination in the last school year as pro-Palestinian protests erupted on campuses, a sharp increase from four years ago, the Council on American Islamic Relations said in a new report. California UCLA slammed for ‘chaotic’ response to protest melee in …

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3 months, 2 weeks ago

Advocates demand justice after US protester killed in Israeli gunfire

Al Jazeera

In the wake of Aysenur Ezgi Eygi’s fatal shooting, critics question whether the US will seek justice from Israeli forces. “For years, American Muslim and Palestinian-American organisations have been calling for the Department of Justice and the Federal Bureau of Investigation to address crimes against Palestinian-Americans killed by Israeli government and adjacent actors,” Robert McCaw, CAIR’s government affairs director, wrote …

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6 months ago

Texas woman charged after ‘attempting to drown’ Palestinian child

Al Jazeera

Woman is charged with attempted murder as the Council on American-Islamic Relations urges US authorities to investigate incident as a ‘hate crime’. A woman from Texas has been charged with attempted murder after she tried to drown a three-year-old Palestinian girl, according to United States media reports, citing local police. “The alleged attacker reportedly approached the mother with racist interrogations …

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8 months, 1 week ago

'My own university... has abandoned me': USC cancels Muslim valedictorian's speech

Raw Story

In a decision that the largest U.S. Muslim civil rights organization called "cowardly," the University of Southern California announced Monday that it would not allow a Muslim valedictorian to speak at its commencement ceremony, citing safety concerns. In announcing the university's decision, provost and senior vice president for academic affairs Andrew Guzman said that, in recent days, "discussion relating to …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

Ramadan is ending this week. How communities decide when to celebrate

LA Times

Muslim students and faculty staff offer evening prayers in the month of Ramadan at Harvey Mudd College on Thursday, April 6, 2023, in Claremont. “Those schools of thought are held by Muslim communities here in Los Angeles, what this means is some communities start Ramadan differently from other communities,” Ricci said. “The sunset is the demarcation point between one day …

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8 months, 2 weeks ago

‘Not your typical Ramadan’: Muslim Americans focus on Gaza in holy month

Al Jazeera

Muslim Americans have rebuffed some politicians, held fundraisers and scaled back festivities to show support for Gaza. “Allahu akbar, Allahu akbar.” The words announced the end of a day of fasting as dozens of people gathered last week to protest against President Joe Biden’s support for Israel’s war on Gaza and an iftar meal the White House was hosting for …

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9 months, 2 weeks ago

Girl Scouts were told to stop bracelet-making fundraiser for kids in Gaza. Now they can't keep up

Associated Press

Missouri Girl Scout leaders threatened legal action against a troop that made bracelets to raise funds for starving children in Gaza, provoking outrage and ridicule from the girls’ supporters and advocates for people trapped in the Palestinian territory by the latest humanitarian crisis. Girl Scouts of the USA said its eastern Missouri chapter had only been following fundraising rules, but …

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10 months, 3 weeks ago

US imposes sanctions on four Israeli settlers over West Bank violence

Al Jazeera

White House says settler violence in occupied West Bank threatens US ‘national security and foreign policy interests’. Washington, DC – The United States has imposed sanctions on several Israeli settlers for attacking Palestinian communities in the occupied West Bank, accusing them of undermining stability and security in Israel and the Palestinian territories. US National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said in …

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1 year ago

‘Seen as less human’: Why has Islamophobia surged amid Israel’s Gaza war?

Al Jazeera

Hate crimes and complaints are at record levels. While the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights has a lengthier definition of Islamophobia, the UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Group on British Muslims uses the following definition: “Islamophobia is rooted in racism and is a type of racism that targets expressions of Muslimness or perceived Muslimness.” The incidents accompanying …

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1 year, 1 month ago

United Airlines suspends pilot for praising 'brave' Hamas terrorists

Op India

A United Airlines pilot, Ibrahim R. Mossallam, was suspended over the shocking response that he posted online about the deadly Hamas attack of 7th October on innocent Israeli citizens. He referred to the terrorists as “brave people” and blamed the media for being “heavily politicised and skewed to show a non-occupying narrative of Palestine.” A group known as ‘StopAntisemitism’ reacted …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Fear and free speech collide on America's campuses as Israel-Hamas war rages

The Independent

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. In a 24 October letter, the …

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1 year, 1 month ago

Hatem Bazian: Anti-India, anti-Hindu Professor who refuses to condemn Hamas

Op India

On Thursday, a video of Hinduphobic Professor Hatem Bazian went viral on social media wherein he refused to condemn Hamas for the killing of 1400 Israeli citizens. Rutgers University Stands By Audrey Truschke After Online Attacks, Statement from Hindu Group https://t.co/7ZLVXt7a8P via @thewire_in — Dr. Hatem Bazian March 10, 2021 He was According to the Hindu American Foundation, the Indian …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Violent threats from Virginia to Texas disrupt Muslim groups raising support for Palestinians

Associated Press

ARLINGTON, Va. — For more than 20 years the Council on American-Islamic Relations has held its annual banquet at the Marriott Crystal Gateway hotel in Crystal City, Virginia, just outside the nation’s capital, according to CAIR’s executive director, Nihad Awad. In Texas, The USCPR said in a statement that the hotel was “capitulating to external pressure from hate groups,” and …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Wadea Al-Fayoume: What we know about deadly stabbing of Palestinian-American boy

The Independent

The latest headlines from our reporters across the US sent straight to your inbox each weekday Your briefing on the latest headlines from across the US Please enter a valid email address Please enter a valid email address SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Boy and mother ‘targeted’ in ‘anti-Muslim …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Palestinian-American boy stabbed to death in Gaza war-related killing in US

Al Jazeera

The boy, 6, was stabbed 26 times with a large military-style knife, according to an autopsy, while his mother is in hospital. “Detectives were able to determine that both victims in this brutal attack were targeted by the suspect due to them being Muslim and the on-going Middle Eastern conflict involving Hamas and the Israelis,” the Will County Sheriff’s Office …

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1 year, 2 months ago

Palestinian-American boy killed and his mother injured after landlord stabs them because they were Muslim, authorities say

CNN

Editor’s Note: Find CNN’s latest coverage of the fatal stabbing of a Palestinian-American boy here. The sheriff’s office said Czuba did not make a statement to detectives but investigators determined the victims were “targeted by the suspect due to them being Muslim and the on-going Middle Eastern conflict involving Hamas and the Israelis.” The family is Palestinian and “came to …

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1 year, 3 months ago

Lawsuit by Islamic rights group says US terror watchlist woes continue even after names are removed

The Independent

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1 year, 6 months ago

‘Reeks of profiling’: US ‘no-fly’ list appears to target Muslims

Al Jazeera

The advocacy group CAIR estimates that more than 98 percent of entries on leaked travel watch lists ‘regard Muslims’. Khairullah’s name was among the 1.47 million entries that “regard Muslims” on a leaked set of 2019 travel watch lists, according to an analysis by the Council on American-Islamic Relations. When asked by Al Jazeera why Khairullah was turned away and …

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1 year, 6 months ago

The Prison System Can’t Stop Discriminating Against Muslims

Slate

For years at Lovelock Correctional Institution in Nevada, Jummah prayers were provided to Muslims every Friday. “Other religious services has been … both weeks with no delay.” In Georgia prisons, lockdowns are repeatedly being used to curb any form of congregational or Jummah prayer among Muslims, incarcerated Muslims report. “Jummah will be removed because the prison had gone to lockdown …

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1 year, 6 months ago

2 malicious letters: Analysis of 16 orgs & 24 lawmakers, with links to Jihadis, Khalistanis and more, campaigning against State Dinner for PM Modi in USA

Op India

On June 21, Prime Minister Narendra Modi started his five-day visit to the United States and Egypt. We call on the @USCIRF and the US government to declare Gujarat 2002 as genocide: Dr. Rehan Khan, President, International Society for Peace and Justice — Indian American Muslim Council February 28, 2023 The organisation’s website actively talks about CAA/NRC and claims “Minorities …

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1 year, 8 months ago

A small dip in Islamophobia in the US gives us hope

Al Jazeera

Last year CAIR registered a decline in the number of complaints from Muslim Americans for the first time since 1995. After January 6, it is possible that overbroad law enforcement surveillance and informants deployed against law-abiding Muslims may have decreased, as such law enforcement agencies directed their focus toward actual threats. Last year, 22 US lawmakers concurred in an open …

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Before exit, Biden releases US's first-ever strategy to combat Islamophobia

Brian Mast: Pro-Israel hawk set to lead US House foreign policy panel

Trump backs staunchly anti-Muslim Florida lawmaker to run for US Congress

Nearly half of Muslim students at California universities say they have been harassed, survey finds

Advocates demand justice after US protester killed in Israeli gunfire

Texas woman charged after ‘attempting to drown’ Palestinian child

'My own university... has abandoned me': USC cancels Muslim valedictorian's speech

Ramadan is ending this week. How communities decide when to celebrate

‘Not your typical Ramadan’: Muslim Americans focus on Gaza in holy month

Girl Scouts were told to stop bracelet-making fundraiser for kids in Gaza. Now they can't keep up

US imposes sanctions on four Israeli settlers over West Bank violence

‘Seen as less human’: Why has Islamophobia surged amid Israel’s Gaza war?

United Airlines suspends pilot for praising 'brave' Hamas terrorists

Fear and free speech collide on America's campuses as Israel-Hamas war rages

Hatem Bazian: Anti-India, anti-Hindu Professor who refuses to condemn Hamas

Violent threats from Virginia to Texas disrupt Muslim groups raising support for Palestinians

Wadea Al-Fayoume: What we know about deadly stabbing of Palestinian-American boy

Palestinian-American boy stabbed to death in Gaza war-related killing in US

Palestinian-American boy killed and his mother injured after landlord stabs them because they were Muslim, authorities say

Lawsuit by Islamic rights group says US terror watchlist woes continue even after names are removed

‘Reeks of profiling’: US ‘no-fly’ list appears to target Muslims

The Prison System Can’t Stop Discriminating Against Muslims

2 malicious letters: Analysis of 16 orgs & 24 lawmakers, with links to Jihadis, Khalistanis and more, campaigning against State Dinner for PM Modi in USA

A small dip in Islamophobia in the US gives us hope