A Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the alarming rise in hate crimes targeting Jewish, Muslim, and Palestinian Americans is drawing mixed reactions. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar praised it, saying she hopes the hearing will inspire meaningful action. The hearing was organized by Senator Dick Durbin as a critical step in addressing hate crimes ...
Chicago’s Muslim Community Center has been a subject to possible hate crimes. Established in 1969, it is one of the oldest and largest Muslim organizations in Chicago. Chair of the center’s security committee Saif Mazhar says office staff found what looked like bullet holes on the building’s glass doors during Labor Day weekend. When several ...
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 ...
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) has criticized the Israeli Consul General’s remarks suggesting a “Muslim occupation” threat in New York. CAIR warned that such false assertions could fuel hate crimes against Muslims and Arab-Americans. In an interview with the New York Post, Consulate General Ofir Akunis said Lond...
Jerusalem, Occupied Palestinian Territories – AFP In the office of one of Israel’s most recognizable Palestinian politicians, framed pictures show him posing with famous figures like Bill Clinton, Yasser Arafat and Recep Tayyip Erdogan. In front of Ahmad Tibi’s desk is the Arabic slogan, “The more beautiful days are tho...
JERUSALEM (AA) – An illegal Israeli settler hung a “donkey’s head” on a grave in a Muslim cemetery in the occupied East Jerusalem. “A settler stormed the Bab al-Rahma cemetery and hung a ‘donkey’s head’ on a grave there,” the Jerusalem governor’s office said in a statement. Palestinian activists shared images and footage showing the [&he...
WASHINGTON (AA) – A man who was attacked in broad daylight for apparently wearing a Palestinian keffiyeh scarf while playing with his son at a New York park has warned that key pillars of American society are “failing” amid the ongoing Israeli war on Gaza. “Go away,” a woman can be heard shouting as she […]
WASHINGTON (AA) – The US Homeland Security Department has responded to an “increase in threats” against Jews, Muslims and Arab-Americans since October 7, Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has said. “In the days and weeks since the attack, we have responded to an increase in threats against Jewish, Muslim and Arab-American communities an...
