Man who shot up a mosque in Connecticut apologizes
April 4, 2016
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Writing for the Hartford Courant, Peter Marteka has an update on the man who shot at the exterior of the House of Peace mosque, in Meriden,
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Misinformation, fear, fuels backlashes against Muslims after Paris attacks
November 23, 2015
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Photo of the Islamic Center of America from Wikipedia Following a string of violence directed at Muslims in North America, writer Tasbeeh Herwees new piece for GOOD magazine documents
Islamophobic attacks in Britain–particularly against veiled women–have increased dramatically
September 7, 2015
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Still from video by Caroline Wyatt, who interviewed Muslim women to ask them about their experiences. Islamophobic attacks have soared in Britain, rising by 70%
UPDATE – Federal and state agencies find no connection in church fires
July 4, 2015
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Soon after the racist massacre that took nine lives at the historic Emanuel AME Church in Charleston SC, a string of suspicious fires burned the buildings of 6 predominantly Black congregations. Six fires burning African American churches in five states over an eight day period demanded a closer probe; was someone targeting African American churches in the South?
Are we all responsible for the killings in Chapel Hill?
February 16, 2015
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Last week, an angry man killed three of his neighbors over what he claims was a long-running parking dispute.
The three victims were all Muslim. Yusor Abu-Salha was a 21 year old planning to attend UNC Chapel Hill dental school that fall. She had recently been interviewed for NPR’s StoryCorps, by her 3rd grade teacher. Her little sister, Razan Abu-Salha, 19, was also killed, as was her husband, Deah Barakata, 23, who was enrolled as a dental student at UNC.
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