FBI and state senators speak out against violent threat made against Hartford mosque
HARTFORD- Hartford’s Muslim community is looking for answers after a violent threat was made against a local mosque late last month. On Sunday March 24th- an unknown caller threatened to kill worshipers at the Muhammad Islamic Center of Greater Hartford. The person also made racist statements towards African-American Muslims and threatened to burn the mosque […]
Hartford Mosque Members Meet With Authorities Over Threat
The Muhammad Islamic Center of Greater Hartford received a threatening phone call right after the massacre of worshipers at a mosque in New Zealand. By Caitlin Burchill Published Apr 19, 2019 at 8:11 PM | Updated at 11:27 PM EDT on Apr 19, 2019 Members of a mosque in Hartford are still reeling after a caller […]
Satellite imagery shows China is systematically destroying Uyghur mosques
Tweets by two prominent activists show at least two landmark mosques in Xinjiang have been destroyed as evidenced by before-and-after satellite imagery Satellite imagery posted by activists appears to show that the Chinese government is systematically destroying landmark mosques in the Muslim Xinjiang Autonomous region as human rights organizations step up their criticism of Beijing […]
Judge rules in favor of Sterling Heights in summary judgement against mosque opponents
A U.S. District Court judge has sided with the city of Sterling Heights against a group of residents attempting to invalidate a consent judgment reached between the American Islamic Community Center and the city regarding the building of a mosque. The group of plaintiffs includes seven city residents, one of whom is Jeff Norgrove, who […]
Bayonne settles lawsuit with Muslim group clearing the way for mosque
BAYONNE — The city has reached a $400,000 settlement with a local Muslim group that will allow the organization to build its community center in its original location on the east side of the city. By settling with the nonprofit Bayonne Muslims, who filed a federal lawsuit against the city in May, Bayonne will avoid […]
Bayonne finds itself on growing list of cities, towns to nix mosque proposals
BAYONNE — In September 2015, the planning commission of Sterling Heights, Michigan voted unanimously to reject building a mosque in a location that was seen as unsuitable for the area. One year later, the leaders of the local Islamic center filed a lawsuit against Sterling Heights, a large suburb of Detroit, accusing the city of […]
Quran Swimming in Pork Lard Sent to California Mosque
Police in California are investigating a hate-related incident after a Sacramento Muslim group was sent a defiled copy of the Quran, immersed in a container of pork fat. Members of the Sacramento Valley Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) received a suspicious package on June 28. Wary of opening the package, they contacted the police.
(CNN) – An embattled mosque in Tennessee was vandalized again overnight, spokesman Saleh Sbenaty said Monday. At the Islamic Center of Murfreesboro, bacon strips were wrapped around the door, and expletive-laden graffiti was written on walls and the basketball court. It seemed that the vandals also tried to spell out something in bacon, but Sbenaty […]
‘Nobody wants your evil cult in this town’: Virginia resident opposes mosque construction.
January 3, 2017 12:12 PM EST – During a public meeting on Nov. 17, 2015, a resident of Spotsylvania County, Va., objected to plans for the Islamic Center of Fredericksburg to build a new mosque. (Courtesy: The Free Lance-Star)
Letter threatening genocide sent to several US mosques
Several more mosques in the United States have reported receiving hate-filled letters from California that warned Muslims to leave the country or face genocide. The identical letters postmarked from the Los Angeles area have now shown up at mosques throughout California and in Ohio, Michigan, Rhode Island, Indiana, Colorado and Georgia. Los Angeles police have […]