Islamophobia
Governors call for more funds to secure places of worship as threats toward Jews and Muslims rise
By Joey Cappelletti — November 9, 2023
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The letter echoes calls from other national Democrats to increase the program's funds to address concerns over potential hate crimes motivated by the Israel-Hamas war.
I am a child of Palestinians. I could’ve been killed in Gaza.
By Omar Suleiman — November 8, 2023
(RNS) — You claim to care about us here, but are OK with us being killed there.
In ‘Three Chaplains,’ Muslim military chaplains find resilience in faith
By Kathryn Post — November 3, 2023
(RNS) — The new documentary, premiering on PBS Nov. 6, finds unexpected resonance with its interfaith message amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war.
The White House is working on a strategy to combat Islamophobia. Many Muslim Americans are skeptical
By Aamer Madhani, Zeke Miller, and Seung Min Kim — November 3, 2023
WASHINGTON (AP) — The new initiative is expected to take months to formalize, following a similar process to the plan to counter antisemitism.
Muslim and Arab Americans feel betrayed by Biden. Can he win back their votes?
By Kathryn Post — November 1, 2023
(RNS) — Recent polls report a swift and decisive drop in support for the president among Muslim and Arab American voters amid the Israel-Hamas war.
Illinois man pleads not guilty to hate crime and murder charges in attack on Muslim mother and son
By Sophia Tareen — October 31, 2023
JOLIET, Ill. (AP) — Joseph Czuba, 71, is charged in the fatal stabbing of six-year-old Wadea Al-Fayoume and the wounding of Hanaan Shahin on Oct. 14.
Campuses should model care: Engaging deep divides on Israel, Palestine and beyond
By Jenan Mohajir and Rebecca Russo — October 20, 2023
(RNS) — In this moment, campus professionals and students must lead with care, creating space to honor the distinctive pain of both Israelis and Palestinians.
Palestinian Americans decry demonization in media amid rising fear of hate crimes
By Kathryn Post and Roxanne Stone — October 18, 2023
(RNS) — ‘This is reminding me a bit of how it felt post-9/11,’ Palestinian activist and policy analyst Laila El-Haddad told Religion News Service.
Illinois boy killed in alleged hate crime remembered as kind, playful as suspect appears in court
By Melissa Perez Winder, Claire Savage, and Sophia Tareen — October 18, 2023
BRIDGEVIEW, Ill. (AP) — The child, who recently celebrated a birthday, was also seen as another innocent casualty in the escalating war.
#UsToo: How antisemitism and Islamophobia make reporting sexual misconduct and abuse of power harder for Jewish and Muslim women
By Keren McGinity — October 17, 2023
(The Conversation) — In minority faith groups that already face hate, women who have experienced harassment sometimes fear bringing negative attention to their community.
Mourners in heavily Palestinian Chicago suburb remember Muslim boy killed as kind, energetic
By Claire Savage, Sophia Tareen, and Melissa Perez Winder — October 16, 2023
CHICAGO (AP) — Wadea Al-Fayoume had just turned 6, his paternal uncle said.
Federal agency sues Chipotle after a Kansas manager allegedly ripped off an employee’s hijab
By Claire Rush — October 2, 2023
(AP) — The manager's “offensive and incessant requests” that she remove her hijab, and his attempt to physically take it off, were “unwelcome, intentional, severe, based on religion, and created a hostile working environment based on religion," the complaint alleged.
How college can be a pathway to making Muslims more welcome
By Musbah Shaheen, Matthew J. Mayhew, Christa Winkler, and Alyssa Rockenbach — September 28, 2023
(RNS) — Campuses are places we learn to value others in the basic ways that humanize us.
Muslim missionaries accused of trafficking Amazon Indigenous boys to Turkey
By Eduardo Campos Lima — August 1, 2023
SÃO PAULO (RNS) — The case has caused outrage. Muslims have criticized the media’s rapt coverage as Islamophobic, given that the alleged operation was not very different from what many Christian churches have been doing for decades.
Denmark seeks to legally prevent burnings of Quran or other religious scriptures
By Jari Tanner — August 1, 2023
HELSINKI (AP) — The government repeated its condemnation of such descecrations, say they are “deeply offensive and reckless acts committed by few individuals” and "do not represent the values the Danish society is built on.”
