Republican Senator John Neely Kennedy made unfounded accusations against Maya Berry, Executive Director of the Arab American Institute, during a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on hate crimes the other day. Kennedy asked Berry if she supported Hamas and Hezbollah, which are both designated terrorist groups in the US, prompting shocked react...
Hate crimes against Muslims and Palestinians in Chicago have surged by 196% since last October, according to the Council on American-Islamic Relations or CAIR. The spike coincides with Israel’s ongoing war on Gaza, with incidents reported in workplaces, schools, and public spaces. CAIR’s Maggie Slavin highlights that people face backlash for s...
A video posted by Utah Rep. Trevor Lee has ignited a fierce online debate. On Monday, Lee shared a video on X of Shia Muslims observing Arba’in, a significant religious event. The footage, shot from a car window, showed women in black clothing and children observing the event. In his brief commentary, Lee highlighted the […]
ATHENS (AA) – Some 80 Muslim organizations and community leaders called the UK government to take tangible steps to address rising Islamophobia in the country. In a statement, the organizations and community leaders, organized under the Islamophobia Action Group, drew attention to the normalization of Islamophobia, which recently fueled riots ...
LONDON (AA) – Swedish prosecutors have charged two people with inciting hatred during several sacrilegious protests last year, which sparked widespread outrage in Muslim countries. Salwan Momika and Salwan Najem have been formally charged with “offences of agitation against an ethnic or national group” four separate times which they had commit...
Staff at a museum in Queens, New York, are protesting the institution’s ban on the keffiyeh, a traditional Palestinian scarf. At least fourteen employees of the Noguchi Museum say the policy, prohibiting “political dress,” discriminates against Palestinians and undermines the legacy of American artist Isamu Noguchi, who was commit...
Britain’s King Charles visited first responders and community members in Southport, where three young girls were killed in a knife attack which sparked nationwide anti-immigration riots. Imam Ibrahim Hussein, Imam (prayer leader) at the Southport mosque, recalls being trapped inside the local mosque as rioters threw bricks outside. ̶...
The Chinese government has sentenced seven brothers from a prominent Uyghur family to prison terms between nine and 17 years. The Obulqasim brothers were active in construction and trade in Chinese occupied Eastern Turkistan or Xinjiang. Chinese authorities detained them for charitable work and overseas activities they deemed suspicious. Their...
LONDON (AA) – Over 1,000 people have been arrested and nearly 600 charged in connection with the far-right riots that erupted across the UK following a stabbing incident in Southport on July 29. The UK has seen a surge in charges as authorities respond to the violent riots, which were fueled by false online claims […]
LONDON (AA) – London Mayor Sadiq Khan has reaffirmed the city’s commitment to standing united in the fight against racism, Islamophobia, and antisemitism, announcing enhanced support for security training at mosques across the UK capital. This initiative comes in response to recent nationwide violence and disorder that have left many mem...