Bullying Against Muslim Students Rises
Incidents of bullying against Muslim students from hijab pulling to cyberbullying have climbed, according to a 2017 school bullying report by the Council on American Islamic Relations—and experts say Islamophobic rhetoric from the U.S. election in 2016 played a role. The study found that out of the 1,041 Muslim students ages 11 to 18 more […]
An 11-year-old boy who tried to kill himself after a “horrific” social media prank has sadly passed away
An 11-year-old boy from Marquette, Mich., has died after he attempted to kill himself last month after a social media prank, a prank the boy’s mother called “horrific” and “social media bullying.” Tysen Benz died on Tuesday after having been on life support since he attempted to take his own life. The boy’s grieving mother […]
Pakistani family sues New York school, alleging forced ‘terrorist’ confession
A 12-year-old Muslim student with learning disabilities was forced by New York school officials to sign a false confession stating he was a ‘terrorist,’ his family claimed in a $50 million federal lawsuit. Nashwan Uppal, a seventh grader at a middle school in East Islip, New York, was harassed by bullies who called him a […]
US school expels 2 for bomb threat from Muslim pupil’s email
Two students have been expelled from a US school after they sent a “bomb threat” to more than 600 current and former students from the email account of a Muslim pupil. The subject line of the mail sent out by the two students of the high-performing Washington Latin Public Charter School said ‘Bomb’ and the […]