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MUSIC VIDEO: “Banksy Makes Graffiti Video Tribute for Gaza Strip in Palestine”
From Banksy.co.uk Watch Banksy’s Full Video from the Gaza Strip Below:
NEWSPAPER: “Canadian Muslims Hands Out 500 White Roses as Gestures of Peace”
From The Edmonton Journal (Canada) BY OTIENA ELLWAND, EDMONTON JOURNAL EDMONTON – Bleary-eyed commuters were handed a white rose as they stepped off the bus outside City Centre Mall on Thursday morning as a gesture of peace from local Muslims. … Continue reading
NEWS: “Houston Muslim Leaders: We Forgive Arsonist Who Burned Our Mosque”
From Houston Chronicle Flanked by clergy from a cross-section of Houston’s religious community, leaders of an Islamic religious center Friday asked prosecutors to drop the felony charge lodged against a homeless man accused of setting one of their buildings on … Continue reading
MAGAZINE: “One Muslim Makes All Tombstones for Mumbai’s Jewish Cemeteries”
From Tablet Magazine Muhammad Abdul Yassin has worked in Mumbai’s Jewish cemetery for more than 40 years. Now he’s passing the chisel to his sons. By Rachel Delia Benaim February 23, 2015 Even though the Jewish population in Mumbai … Continue reading
WORLD NEWS: “Reuters Pakistan Bureau Chief Found Dead in Islamabad”
From The Express-Tribune (Pakistan) by Rizwan Shehzad ISLAMABAD: Pakistan and Afghanistan bureau chief for Reuters, Maria Golovnina, was found dead at her residence located in Sector F-8 in Islamabad on Monday, according to the police. The police said that Golovnina, a … Continue reading
NBC VIDEO: “Hate Incidents Against Muslims Increase Around Chicago Area”
From NBC-5 (Chicago) A series of hate incidents, including racist graffiti and threatening letters have been reported to the Chicago chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, officials said Friday. CAIR, a Muslim civil liberties and advocacy organization, said at … Continue reading
“1000 Muslims Create Human Shield to Protect Jewish Synagogue in Norway”
From Washington Post by Ishaan Tharoor The headlines have been grim. Europe’s Jews face “rising anti-Semitism“; in some countries, many are leaving in “record numbers.” In separate incidents in recent months, gunmen have targeted Jews and Jewish institutions in Paris and … Continue reading
“Muslim School in Rhode Island Vandalized with ‘F-ck Allah’ & ‘Hate Crime’ Graffiti”
From The Providence Journal By Jennifer Bogdan Journal Staff Writer Posted Feb. 15, 2015 at 5:30 PM WEST WARWICK, R.I. — The Islamic School of Rhode Island was vandalized over the weekend. Hilmy Bakri, president of the school’s Board of Trustees, said … Continue reading
NEWS VIDEO: “Was Texas Mosque Fire in Houston Deliberate Arson?”
From ABC13 (Houston) Friday, February 13, 2015 10:12PM HOUSTON (KTRK) — Fire officials now say an accelerant was used in a fire that broke out at an Islamic community and education center in southeast Houston early Friday morning, and now … Continue reading
HATE CRIME ALERT: “3 Muslim Students Murdered at University of North Carolina”
From WTKR-TV (North Carolina) (CNN) — A 46-year-old man has been charged with murder in the shooting death of three Muslim students in an apartment near the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill campus. Police haven’t said what may … Continue reading
