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UNITED STATES - JANUARY 11: Reps. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich., and Andy Levin, D-Mich., are seen outside the Capitol after the last votes of the week in the House on January 11, 2019. (Photo By Tom Williams/CQ Roll Call)
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POLITICS
Florida Official: Muslim Rep. Rashida Tlaib Might ‘Blow Up Capitol Hill’
By Hayley Miller
Hallandale Beach Commissioner Annabelle Lima-Taub called the Michigan lawmaker a "Hamas-loving anti-Semite," sparking calls for her to resign.
Nick Vallelonga arrives at the 76th annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Sunday, Jan. 6, 2019, in Beverly Hills, Calif. (Photo by Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)
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ENTERTAINMENT
‘Green Book' Screenwriter's Resurfaced Anti-Muslim Tweet Sparks Backlash
By Dominique Mosbergen
Nick Vallelonga, who won a Golden Globe on Sunday, has since deleted his Twitter account.
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CRIME
Muslim Woman Was Allegedly Assaulted, Her Hijab Pulled, In Possible Hate Crime
By Carol Kuruvilla
Jenan Ayesh, from Oklahoma, said she was slapped and told to “go back to [her] country” last month in Dallas.
CORRECTS TO SAY MANUFACTURING AND FOOD INDUSTRIES ONLY, NOT SERVICE INDUSTRY - In this Dec. 3, 2018, photo, a police station is seen inside the Artux City Vocational Skills Education Training Service Center at the Kunshan Industrial Park in Artux in western China's Xinjiang region. Across the Xinjiang region, a growing number of internment camps have been built, where by some estimates 1 million Muslims are detained, forced to give up their language and their religion and subject to political indoctrination. Now, the Chinese government is also forcing some detainees to work in manufacturing and food industries, in what activists call "black factories." (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)
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WORLD NEWS
US Sportswear Traced To Internment Camps Holding Detained Chinese Muslims
Chinese authorities are forcing some detained Uighurs and Kazakhs to work in factories, the AP reports.
Beyond a number of microphones atop meeting room desks, Sen. Jason Rapert presides Wednesday, March 14, 2018, over a session of the Senate Insurance and Commerce Committee at the state Capitol in Little Rock, Ark. The panel discussed reimbursement rates for pharmacies covered by some benefits management companies. (AP Photo/Kelly P. Kissel)
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POLITICS
Arkansas State Senator Has History Of Spewing Anti-Muslim Propaganda
By Rowaida Abdelaziz
He was locked out of his Twitter account for sharing an anti-Muslim tweet — but HuffPost found nearly 20 more instances of Islamophobic posts.
US State Department spokesperson Heather Nauert speaks during the release of the international religious freedom report at the State Department in Washington, DC on May 29, 2018. (Photo by Mandel Ngan / AFP) (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Donald Trump Picks Anti-Muslim Official For U.S. Ambassador To UN
By Rowaida Abdelaziz
Heather Nauert once claimed that “sharia law is now changing everything” after a Minnesota YMCA announced a private swim class for Muslim girls.
Attendees wait for the start of a campaign rally for Senator Ted Cruz, a Republican from Texas, in Fort Worth, Texas, U.S., on Friday, Nov. 2, 2018. Cruz is holding on to a narrow lead over Democratic challenger Beto O'Rourke among likely voters. Photographer: Sergio Flores/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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POLITICS
Texas Republicans Want To Oust Muslim Party Leader Because Of His Faith, Emails Suggest
Some GOP leaders in Tarrant County are seeking to remove Shahid Shafi from leadership, according to leaked emails.
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MEDIA
Sinclair Broadcasts Defense Of Far-Right Conspiracy Theorist Laura Loomer
By Sara Boboltz
Loomer was recently banned from Twitter for promoting hateful anti-Muslim views.
Muslim student death threat
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U.S. NEWS
School Investigates Death Threat Found In Muslim Fifth-Grader's School Cubby
By Carol Kuruvilla
The fifth-grader at Framingham’s Hemenway Elementary School is "saddened and shocked" by the Islamophobic messages, an advocate said.
Democratic congressional candidate the Midterm elections, Ilhan Omar, speaks to a group of supporters at University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota, on November 2, 2018. - Ilhan Omar, a Somali refugee, is all but certain to be elected to the US House of Representatives in a heavily-Democratic district in the Midwestern state of Minnesota, where she is the party's nominee. The expected electoral milestone is in stark contrast to the rise in anti-Muslim sentiment around the country. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) reported a 21 percent increase in anti-Muslim hate crimes in the first six months of 2018. (Photo by Kerem Yucel / AFP) (Photo credit should read KEREM YUCEL/AFP/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Propaganda and Disinformation Target Muslim Candidates During Midterms
By Rowaida Abdelaziz
“It’s not even about my platforms. It’s literally just about who I am,” said Georgia candidate Aisha Yaqoob.
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POLITICS
GOP Rep. Steve Knight Removes Campaign Ad That Featured Racist Veteran
By Jenavieve Hatch
David Brayton, an Air Force veteran, once posted, "Hear me Islam, I will slaughter you with your own knife."
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STYLE & BEAUTY
Bar Refaeli Criticized For Israeli Clothing Ad That 'Creates Islamophobia'
By Julia Brucculieri
In the ad, the model removes a niqab as a song about "freedom" begins to play.
WASHINGTON, DC - OCTOBER 22 : President Donald J. Trump stops to talk to reporters and members of the media as he walks from the Oval Office to board Marine One to depart from the South Lawn of the White House on Monday, Oct. 22, 2018 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Trump’s 'Unknown Middle Easterners' Tweet Is Both False And Racist
By Rowaida Abdelaziz
Donald Trump is once again "playing on people's fears," an anti-discrimination activist said.
VIDEOS
Trump’s Travel Ban Is Forcing This American Mother to Move to Yemen to Reunite with Her Husband
“I don't want to go to a different country. I want to live in my country. Why am I forced to now leave my own home because of this racism and this fear?” Sondos al-Silwi is planning to move to Yemen so that she and her infant daughter can be with her husband. Why? Because of Trump’s Travel Ban.
(from left to right) Ed Gillespie, Roy Moore, Kelli Ward.
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POLITICS
New Report Shows Racist, Anti-Muslim Candidates Are Losing Their Elections
By Rowaida Abdelaziz
A new report from the group Muslim Advocates shows that candidates who ran Islamophobic campaigns faced backlash and eventually lost their elections.
UXBRIDGE, ENGLAND - AUGUST 09: Local people protest outside the Hillingdon Conservative Association office on August 9, 2018 in Uxbridge, England. Today's protest is being held following comments made by former Foreign Secretary, Boris Johnson, against the wearing of Burkas by Muslim women in the United Kingdom. An independent panel will investigate complaints made regarding Mr Johnson's comments and possible breaches of the Conservative Party code of conduct. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images)
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WORLD NEWS
Religious Hate Crimes In England And Wales Mostly Target People Thought To Be Muslim
By Carol Kuruvilla
New U.K. data show that nearly two-thirds of the targets were perceived to be either Muslim or Jewish.
FILE - In this Sept. 12, 2018, file photo, Republican candidate for Florida Governor Ron DeSantis smiles during an airboat tour of the Florida Everglades in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. Top Florida Republicans have been quick to say President Donald Trump is wrong about the death toll in Puerto Rico. DeSantis, who won the GOP primary for governor with Trump’s endorsement, also said the president is not correct. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
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POLITICS
Ron DeSantis Rose By Trafficking In Racist, Islamophobic Conspiracy Theories
By Amanda Terkel
He has defended the Three-Fifths Compromise around slavery and said ISIS may be recruiting from Black Lives Matter.
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WORLD NEWS
'Punish A Muslim' Letter Writer Pleads Guilty To Soliciting Murder, Other Charges
By Carol Kuruvilla
David Parnham, a 35-year-old from central England, admitted that he created a racist letter campaign calling for violence against Muslims.
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 26: A women participates in demonstration against U.S. President Trump's travel ban as protesters gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court following a court issued immigration ruling June 26, 2018 in Washington, DC. The court issued a 5-4 ruling upholding U.S. President Donald Trump's travel ban imposing limits on travel from several primarily Muslim nations. (Photo by Mark Wilson/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
How Muslims Became The Enemy
By TomDispatch, Editorial Partner
The new Islamophobia looks like the old McCarthyism.
Mark Hoplamazian, president and chief executive officer of Hyatt Hotels Corp., speaks during a panel discussion at the Bloomberg Year Ahead: 2015 conference in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Friday, Nov. 14, 2014. The Year Ahead: 2015 brings together global corporate and policy leaders for a deep dive into the economic and industry issues that will be on every CEO's agenda in 2015. Photographer: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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POLITICS
Hyatt Hotels To Stop Hosting Hate Groups, CEO Says
By Christopher Mathias
The announcement comes months after HuffPost first reported that an anti-Muslim hate group was holding its annual conference at a Hyatt hotel.
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RELIGION
The Beautiful Way This Town Responded To Franklin Graham's Anti-LGBTQ Views
By Carol Kuruvilla
From a "Big Jesus" figure to radically inclusive worship services, queer British Christians and their allies were ready for Franklin Graham's visit.
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WORLD NEWS
Car Rammed Into Crowd Outside London Mosque In Possible Hate Crime: Police
By Carol Kuruvilla
Witnesses said they heard the driver “shouting anti-Islamic taunts" before swerving into a group of people, injuring three.
Human hands with handcuff in prison, unfreedom concept.
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RELIGION
Muslim Inmate Claims Kansas Prison Officers Harassed Her Over Headscarf
By Carol Kuruvilla
Leavenworth Detention Center officers repeatedly called a Muslim inmate's headscarf a "rag" and insisted that she take it off, a civil rights group alleged.
Franklin Graham, son of Billy Graham, delivers a sermon during the funeral service for the late U.S. evangelist Billy Graham at the Billy Graham Library in Charlotte, North Carolina, U.S., March 2, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis
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RELIGION
Muslim Groups Call For UK To Stop Famous Evangelical Preacher's Visit
By Carol Kuruvilla
Franklin Graham, an evangelist who called Islam "evil," is planning to headline a rally in England this month.
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CRIME
Florida Man Who Threatened Mosque Gets Four Years In Jail
Prosecutors say Dustin Hughes left four profane voicemail messages at a Pembroke Pines mosque.
A TSA officer searches Zainab at the airport in Orlando
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POLITICS
Muslim Woman Says TSA Forced Her To Show Her Bloodied Pad During Airport Screening
By Rowaida Abdelaziz
Zainab Merchant said that after the horrifying incident, airport officials refused to give her their names and badge numbers so she would not be able to file a complaint.
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