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NBC NEWS: “Meet American Muslim Nurse Helping Abused Women in Need”
From MSNBC by Lorena Ruiz This week’s Melissa Harris-Perry Foot Soldier is Asma Hanif, an advanced practice nurse who has devoted her life to operating Al-Nissa Holistic Health Center, a free clinic for women who are homeless, uninsured, or victims … Continue reading
NBC NEWS: “Increase in Anti-Muslim Incidents in France After Charlie Hebdo”
From NBC News BY FRANCES KAI-HWA WANG Anti-Muslim incidents in France have seen a marked increase since the attacks at French satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. Over 55 anti-Muslim actions and threats have been reported to police in the past two … Continue reading
VIDEO: “No Criminal Charges Against Man for Making Threat on Chicago Mosque”
From ABC-7 (Chicago) BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. (WLS) — A man suspected in an online terror threat against a suburban mosque faces no charges after he turned himself in to the FBI, police said. The man, who did not want to share his … Continue reading
“French Muslim Man Killed in Front of Wife in Horrible Islamophobic Attack”
From The Independent (UK) by Lamiat Sabin A Moroccan man in France was brutally killed after being stabbed 17 times in front of his wife at his own home by a neighbour in what is described as a “horrible Islamophobicattack”. … Continue reading
VIDEO: “Christian Bartender Claims He’s Jesus Christ & Plotted to Kill John Boehner”
From WCPO-TV (Ohio) DEER PARK, Ohio – Ebola, evil voices and the devil. Those are just a few of the things a Butler County bartender cited as reasons he was going to kill House Speaker John Boehner this past fall, … Continue reading
VIDEO: “White Male Suspected of Detonating Bomb at Colorado NAACP Office”
From Denver Post by Jesse Paul An improvised explosive device was detonated against the exterior wall of a building housing the Colorado Springs chapter of the NAACP on Tuesday, officials said. The explosion knocked items off the office walls but … Continue reading
REUTERS: “Germany Poll Finds One in 8 Germans Would Join Anti-Muslim Rallies”
From Reuters (Reuters) – One German in eight would join an anti-Muslim march if a rapidly-growing protest movement organized one in their home towns, according to an opinion poll published on Thursday. The survey highlighted growing support in Germany, as … Continue reading
WORLD NEWS: “Swedish Mosque ‘Lovebombed’ After Recent Arson Hate Crime Attacks”
From The Huffington Post This is what it looks like when hate is replaced with love. A Swedish mosque was “lovebombed” this week, after residents learned that it had become a target for Islamaphobes. The front door of a mosque … Continue reading
WORLD NEWS: “Prague Newspaper: Rise of Islamophobia Within Czech Republic”
From The Prague Post (Czech Republic) Despite the religious community being a miniscule minority in the Czech Republic, there is strong, often irrational resistance to their presence Prague, Dec. 31 (ČTK) — The Czech Republic experienced a spike in Islamophobia … Continue reading
“UK Charity: Anti-Muslim Hate Crimes Against British Muslim Women Up 10%”
From SKY News (UK) By Adele Robinson, Sky News Correspondent The number of Muslim women reporting hate crime has risen by up to 10%, according to a UK charity. TELL MAMA, a national project measuring anti-Muslim incidents, has told Sky … Continue reading
