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New Report Indicates US Federal Agencies are Targeting Muslims

26 Apr 2018
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Elisa Meyer

Customs and Border Patrol constituted 38 percent of the anti-Muslim incidents involving federal agencies. A Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) report titled “Targeted” describes...

Muslims Teach About Islam During Open Mosque Day

11 Apr 2018
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Elisa Meyer

Over 20 mosques participated in the event Over 20 mosques from the state participated in the event on Sunday. Visitors were given a tour that included an introduction to Islam and a chance to observe...

Trump’s Travel Ban on Muslim Countries Gets Huge Win

05 Dec 2017
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Derek Welch

Recent Supreme Court ruling demonstrates a change in attitude toward decision to support “Muslim ban”. Yesterday the Supreme Court ruled in favor of the third iteration of President Trump’s...

Florida Man Pleads Guilty to Hate Crime Against Mosque

23 Oct 2017
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Nathan Glover

35-year-old can be sentenced to up to 20 years in jail. The 35-year-old left a voicemail which contained a recording of profanities spoken against Islam, the Quran, and Prophet Muhammad. He also...

Furious Muslim Family Accuses McDonald’s of Islamophobia

02 Aug 2017
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Nathan Glover

Bacon was put into the food of a Muslim family. A recent family dinner has sparked accusations of Islamophobia in Alabama. A Muslim family, visiting from New York, stopped at a McDonald's....

22 Feb 2017
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Derek Welch

Vandals topple graves at a Jewish cemetery in Missouri. at a cemetery in St. Louis, Missouri suburb. The attack has left the Jewish community shocked and nervous. The attacks were said to have...

17 Feb 2017
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Alison Lesley

Statistics show nearly 200% rise in anti-Muslim hate groups in the U.S. 2016 witnessed a significant rise in the number of anti-Muslim hate groups in America. Hate groups in 2016 nearly tripled from...

20 Jun 2016
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C Barnett

The word "homosexual" is absent in the Koran. In the aftermath of the Pulse nightclub shooting in Orlando, Florida, there has been speculation about the attack motives of Omar Mateen, the gunman....

Judge Rules Philadelphia Public Transit Must Run Anti-Islam Hitler Ad

12 Mar 2015
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Alison Lesley

A judge ruled that Philadelphia must run bus ads depicting Adolf Hitler & Arab leader Hajj Amin al-Husseini with the tagline “Jew Hatred: It’s in the Quran” The advertisements were created...

Muslim Leaders Condemn ISIS, Call them “Crazy Criminals”

29 Aug 2014
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Kyle Glatz

photo: JOSEPH EID/AFP/GettyImages Leaders in the Middle East and other Muslim communities around the globe have been distancing themselves from ISIS and recent terrorism. ISIS has been gaining a great...