Tag: America

Prosecutor Denounces Wife Over ‘Do Not Trust Muzlims No Matter What’ Facebook Post

DTT: ‘She sounds like a bigot. He sounds like someone who wants to keep his job’. By David Edwards / RawStory   Washington state prosecutor insisted this week this his wife’s racist views on Muslims would have no impact on how he handled his cases. In a series of recent Facebook posts, the wife of Spokane… Read More ›

A Teacher Allegedly Called A Kid “Rag-Head Taliban”

DTT: With the spread of Islamophia rampant in America, innocent Muslims get targeted by right-wing racist thugs. Even kids don’t escape racism hurled at them. By CBS Miami Here is a story of a 14, named, Deyab-Houssein Wardani, who was alleged to have been called by his teacher, “rag-head Taliban”, or other times (other days) just ‘Taliban’.  This… Read More ›

Judge Jails Muslim Woman For Wearing Headscarf To Court

DTT: Disgraceful behaviour from this judge. Every person has the right to wear what she/he wants. Lisa Valentine should sue this judge and get him fired. By Daniel Nasaw / The Guardian A city judge in Georgia has in the past eight days barred two Muslim women wearing Islamic headscarves from entering his courtroom, jailing one,… Read More ›

Supreme Court Justice’s Appear To Favor Muslim Woman Denied Job

By Mark Sherman / Huffington Post WASHINGTON (AP) – The Supreme Court indicated Wednesday it will side with a Muslim woman who didn’t get hired by clothing retailer Abercrombie & Fitch because she wore a black headscarf that conflicted with the company’s dress code to her job interview. Liberal and conservative justices aggressively questioned the… Read More ›

The Curious Islamophobic Politics Of Dem Congressmember Tulsi Gabbard

By Zaid Jilani / AlterNet “Meet the Democrat Who’s Not Afraid to Criticize President Obama on ISIS,”intones a recent ABC News headline. The story describes remarks by Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D), who has for the past month been all over the media slamming Obama’s refusal to directly associate ISIS and other terrorists with the… Read More ›

7 Anti-Muslim Incidents That Happened Since The Chapel Hill Murders

By Imraan Siddiqi / Stop Islamophobia Now In 2012, the American Muslim community experienced one of the biggest upticks of violence and harassment that the community has ever seen. Eleven years removed from 9/11, there was a seemingly unexplainable rash of attacks against mosques, including arson, vandalism and even shots being fired at different Islamic… Read More ›

Thaddeus Murphy Arrested For January Colorado Springs NAACP Bombing

DTT: Complete silence of the media. A terrorist that isn’t Muslim! Of course the media won’t call him a terrorist… Shaunking   According to Channel 9 News in Colorado Springs, Colorado, police just arrested Thaddeus Murphy in connection with the bombing of an NAACP office earlier this year. Details are forthcoming, but early reports state that… Read More ›

Vandals Target Hindus & Muslims In Washington With Swastikas & Warnings To ‘Go Home’

DTT: More hatred against religious minorities in America, all thanks to the daily rhetoric of right-wing so-called Christians… Travis Gettys – RawStory.com   Vandals spray-painted a swastika on a Hindu temple in Washington state and warned worshipers to “get out.” No suspects have been identified in the case, but the Snohomish County Sheriff’s Office said… Read More ›

$57 Million From Foundations Helped Fuel The Rise Of Islamophobia In America

  As a federal inquiry begins in the killing of three Muslim students in North Carolina and an Islamic center in Houston, Texas, was intentionally set on fire Friday, we look at a new report that exposes the people who fund and stoke anti-Muslim sentiment in the United States. The investigation by the Center for… Read More ›

As Houston Islamic Centre Burns, Fire-Fighter Posts, “Let It Burn…Block The Fire Hydrant.”

David Harris-Gershon (The Troubadour) On Friday morning, part of the Quba Islamic Institute in Houston went up in flames, and local firefighters spent over an hour battling the blaze before extinguishing it, saving the institute’s school and mosque. The building set ablaze, which stored religious books, was completely destroyed, and came after the center’s staff… Read More ›

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