ISLAMOPHOBIA

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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.
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.
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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.
Right-wing demonstrators taunt counter-demonstrators during the Denver March Against Sharia Law in Denver, Colorado on June 10, 2017. The march was supported by two right-wing groups, The Proud Boys, and Bikers Against Radical Islam. Police kept the counter protestors separated during the rally which was held in front of the Colorado State Capital. The march was one of many held throughout the U.S. opposing Sharia law, and was viewed by many as promoting both Islamophobia and racism. / AFP PHOTO / Jason Connolly (Photo credit should read JASON CONNOLLY/AFP/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Hyatt Hotels Making 'Active Choice' To Host Anti-Muslim Hate Group's Conference
By Christopher Mathias
Hyatt said it would be unlawful to cancel on hate group Act for America. But Muslim Advocates said that's untrue.
Noah Toney (C) with the RABEN group protests with others after the U.S. Supreme Court upheld President Trump's travel ban outside of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, U.S., June 26, 2018. REUTERS/Leah Millis
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OPINION
American Kids Are Learning Islamophobia From Their Textbooks
By Melissa Levinson, Guest Writer
American schoolchildren are learning half-truths and hatred from sources that masquerade as neutral and objective.
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CULTURE & ARTS
HuffPost's Islamophobia Reporting Adapted Into Play In Kansas City
By Rowaida Abdelaziz and Christopher Mathias
"To see my part being played, it makes you feel like you’re not crazy."
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POLITICS
HHS Official Ximena Barreto Resigns After Scandal Over Anti-Muslim Comments
By Hayley Miller
She resigned less than eight months after her appointment as the department's deputy director of communications.
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POLITICS
Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke's Spokeswoman Once Argued Muslims Can’t Be President
By Chris D'Angelo
Faith Vander Voort published the Islamophobic post while working as an intern for GOP Rep. Steve King, who has a long history of pushing white supremacist views.
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CRIME
Man Who Threatened To Blow Up Georgia Mosque Gets Two Year Jail Sentence
Preston Howard made numerous threatening phone calls to the Islamic Society of Augusta last year, prosecutors say.
Muslim women listen to Iive music during the Eid Festival in Trafalgar Square, London, Britain July 2, 2017. REUTERS/Peter Nicholls
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RELIGION
Report Documents Disturbing Rise In Anti-Muslim Street Incidents In The U.K.
By Carol Kuruvilla
People with "latent racial prejudices" are feeling emboldened to act on their views, according to a report from Tell MAMA.
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U.S. NEWS
Texas Restaurant Says Server 'Fabricated' Story Of Getting Racist Message On Receipt (UPDATE)
By Carol Kuruvilla
The server had claimed a customer wrote "We don't tip terrorist" on a bill and circled his first name, which is Arabic.
bu Marzouk was rushed to a nearby trauma center where he was treated for multiple fractures to his face and a serious brain hemorrhage that forced him to undergo surgery at St Michaels Hospital in Toronto
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CRIME
Vicious Beating Of Muslim Man Is Being Investigated As Hate Crime
By Rowaida Abdelaziz
Police in Mississauga, Canada, have charged two men with assault.
Damage from a fire that gutted the Victoria Islamic Center in January 2017, located about 125 miles (200 kms) south of Houston, Texas has been ruled as arson, is shown in this handout photo released by the Department of Justic in Houston, Texas, U.S., February 8, 2017. Photo courtesy of the U.S. Department of Justic/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. EDITORIAL USE ONLY.
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CRIME
Man Convicted Of Hate Crime After Burning Down Texas Mosque
The crime last year was fueled by a "rabid hatred" of Muslims, prosecutors said.
WASHINGTON, USA - JUNE 26: People protest the Muslim travel ban outside of the US Supreme Court in Washington, USA on June 26, 2018. (Photo by Yasin Ozturk/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images)
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MEDIA
Coverage Of American Muslims Is Bigoted And Inaccurate. This Group Is Using Hard Facts To Fix It.
By Rowaida Abdelaziz
Studies have shown that 80 percent of news coverage about Muslims is overwhelmingly negative.
On 1st December 2014 in Hague, Netherlands, people are seen arriving and leaving the court where seven young men are being accused of recruiting young Muslims to take part in the jihad in Syria. Four of the men, Azzedine C., Oussama C., Rudholp H., and Hicham el O. today had a pro-forma hearing. Three other jihad recruiters whose cases have been handled earlier in november today received their sentences. Only one received a prison sentence. (Photo by Jaap Arriens/NurPhoto) (Photo by NurPhoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)
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WORLD NEWS
Dutch Parliament Passes Limited Ban On Burqa, Niqab
By Carol Kuruvilla
One far-right Dutch politician said the next step is to "close all the mosques in the Netherlands."
VIDEOS
Trump Celebrates Travel Ban Victory
Speaking to the press, President Trump revelled in the Supreme Court’s decision that his travel ban is constitutional.
US President Donald Trump speaks at a rally for South Carolina Governor Henry McMaster at Airport High School in West Columbia, South Carolina on June 25, 2018. (Photo by MANDEL NGAN / AFP) (Photo credit should read MANDEL NGAN/AFP/Getty Images)
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VIDEOS
Supreme Court Upholds Trump's Travel Ban
In a major victory for President Trump, the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled his controversial travel ban is constitutional and can resume.
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 18: Visitors line up outside the U.S. Supreme Court plaza before the court handed down decisions June 18, 2018 in Washington, DC. The court handed down opinions in five cases, including decisions about sentencing guidelines, gerrymandering and other topics. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
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POLITICS
Ginsburg, Sotomayor Issue Scathing Dissent Of SCOTUS Travel Ban Decision
By Elise Foley and Willa Frej
The justices argue Trump's order was "motivated by anti-Muslim animus.”
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz attends a news conference in Vienna, Austria June 8, 2018. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger
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WORLD NEWS
Austria Plans To Close Seven Mosques, Expel Dozens Of Imams
Chancellor Sebastian Kurz is cracking down on foreign-funded Muslim groups.
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POLITICS
Trump's Loudest Anti-Muslim Twitter Troll Is A Shady Vegan Married To An (Ousted) WWE Exec
By Luke O'Brien
@AmyMek anonymously spread hate online for years. She can't hide anymore.
NEW YORK, NY - MAY 09: Lawyer & Civic Leader Valerie Jarrett speaks onstage during the 4th Annual Town & Country Philanthropy Summit at Hearst Tower on May 9, 2017 in New York City. (Photo by Bryan Bedder/Getty Images for Town & Country)
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BLACK VOICES
Valerie Jarrett Calls Roseanne Barr's Racist Tweet A 'Teaching Moment'
By Doha Madani
The former White House aide responded to Barr's tweet during an MSNBC town hall.
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CRIME
Man Faces Charges After Pulling Knife, Stun Gun On Muslim Students At McDonald's
By Jenna Amatulli
“We thought we were going to die," one of the students said.
VIDEOS
Man Records Islamophobic Road Rage Encounter
Ali Alghamdi was driving when he says a man pulled over and accused him of tailgating while shouting racial slurs and calling him a “terrorist.”
Seema Sked, 39, of Richmond, Virginia, protests President Donald Trump's travel ban on several Muslim-majority countries outside the U.S. Supreme Court before the justices heard arguments over the ban's legality in Washington, DC, U.S., April 25, 2018. REUTERS/Andrew Chung
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POLITICS
Muslims Are Internalizing Islamophobia, And Negative Media Coverage Is To Blame
By Rowaida Abdelaziz
A new report documents the degree to which Muslims are internalizing unfavorable stereotypes about their community.
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POLITICS
Samantha Bee Calls Out 'Racist, Warmongering Homophobe' Mike Pompeo
By Lee Moran
“It would be unfair to simply call Mike Pompeo a raging Islamophobe, because he’s also a raging homophobe."
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