‘Zoombombers’ Target Religious Minorities With Hateful Messages
Soumaya Khalifa logged on to Zoom early in the morning on March 30 to prepare for the first session of what she hoped would be an uplifting daily ritual during…
Jury Rules Man’s Deadly Tirade On Portland Train Was Fueled By Racist, Religious Bigotry
PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — A jury has ruled that Jeremy Christian callously disregarded the lives of the three men he stabbed on a Portland light rail train, was fueled by…
Ilhan Omar Asks Judge For ‘Compassion’ In Sentencing Man Who Threatened Her Life
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) wants a man who threatened to shoot her to be treated with “compassion” in sentencing, per a letter she wrote to the judge in his case.…
N.J. School Board Member: ‘My Life Would Be Complete’ If Rep. Rashida Tlaib Died
A New Jersey school board member faces calls to resign over offensive comments he made on Facebook targeting Reps. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.), both of whom are…
Ilhan Omar Shuts Down Constant Calls For Muslims To Condemn Things
WASHINGTON — Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) and other Muslim politicians are constantly being asked to condemn groups and issues that her non-Muslim colleagues are not asked to answer for, and…
Muslim Advocates Predict More Racist Attacks To Come From Trump
On Wednesday night in North Carolina, the president of the United States renewed his attacks on four freshman Democrats in Congress, all American women of color, in what many are…
Muslim Candidates Feel The Effect Of Trump Attacks On Ilhan Omar
President Donald Trump’s decision to vilify Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) has had real, harmful effects not just on the first-year congresswoman, but on Muslim candidates running for public office at…
Tennessee Official Refuses To Apologize For Anti-Muslim Comments
A Tennessee district attorney is refusing to apologize after Muslim leaders rebuked him for sharing virulently Islamophobic beliefs in a series of social media posts. Muslim advocacy groups are calling…
Muslim Group Calls Out ‘Law & Order: SVU’ For Episode ‘Enflaming Islamophobia’
A Muslim advocacy organization wants the producers of NBC’s “Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (SVU)” to meet with Muslim community leaders, in response to a controversial episode that aired…
Ilhan Omar Says Attacks On Her And Rashida Tlaib Are ‘Designed To Silence’ Muslim Voices
Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) said President Donald Trump and other right-wing politicians and pundits’ attacks on her and fellow Muslim congresswoman Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) are meant to “silence” Muslims. “I…