Suspected In Imam Shooting Nabbed
Following the execution-style shootings of a New York City imam and his assistant this weekend, a suspect has been detained for the crime. The man was picked up by police on unrelated charges after the shootings in Queens. The suspect hadn’t been arrested or charged in the case, law enforcement told Newsday Monday. Other reports […]
Hate Crimes in London Rise by 52 Percent in Post-Brexit Poll
TEHRAN (FNA)- In a week after the Brexit referendum vote to leave the EU, around three hate crimes were reported each hour to the Metropolitan Police in London and the trend appears to be continuing. According to the London Police Deprtment, from Friday 24 June, the morning of the Brexit announcement, to Saturday July 2, […]
Idiot Racist Attacks Black Reporter ON CAMERA
Usually when people commit hate crimes, they at least have the good sense to do so away from public view, but apparently this woman was too hopped up on meth to give a darn about the smart way to be racist. KCCI reporter Emmy Victor was simply doing her job covering a police shooting in […]
Muslim doctor shot and stabbed on way to morning prayer in Texas
He was shot and stabbed outside a Houston mosque. A Muslim man on his way to morning prayer has been shot and stabbed outside a mosque in Houston, Texas. Mohammed Imaduddin, a spokesperson for the Madrasah Islamiah Masjid Noor mosque near Bellaire, told news local news agencies the victim was a doctor, who had parked […]
Why anti-Muslim hate statistics don’t tell the full story
The number of police-reported hate crimes against Muslim-Canadians more than doubled over a three-year period (2012 to 2014), according to figures released by Statistics Canada earlier this month. Meanwhile in the US, various groups, including the FBI, have documented an eight-fold increase in hate crime since 2000. As alarming as these figures are, they don’t […]
Violent crime up across the country in first half of 2015: FBI
Violent crime rose across the country in the first six months of 2015 compared to the same period in 2014, according to preliminary data released Tuesday by the FBI. The statistics are sure to fuel speculation over the connection between policing reforms and crime rates, specifically the “Ferguson effect” theory of chilled police. But public […]
Suspect in Florida Titusville Mosque Vandalism in Court Today
Titusville Police detectives have made an arrest in connection with the New Year’s Day vandalism of The Islamic Society of Central Florida Masjid Al-Munin Mosque. Michael Scott Wolfe, 35, of Titusville, was arrested Monday evening in Titusville, and charged with criminal mischief to a mosque, a third degree felony. The evidence revealed Wolfe entered the […]
Keith Ellison, Muslim lawmaker, says N.C. murders are anti-Islam hate crime
The first Muslim elected to Congress told a White House conference on violent extremism Wednesday that prosecuting the murders of three young Muslims in North Carolina as a hate crime would help to counter terrorists’ recruiting efforts in America. Rep. Keith Ellison, Minnesota Democrat, dismissed comments by police in Chapel Hill that the three victims […]