Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

Anti-Muslim Tory members on Facebook are telling one another to stop Sajid Javid from becoming prime minister BuzzFeed News has presented Conservative HQ with a list of another 20 people who claim to be Tory members and have made Islamophobic comments.

April 8, 2019   

(BuzzFeed) Conservative party members are posting anti-Muslim comments on Facebook urging one another to prevent Sajid Javid from becoming prime minister, in the latest escalation of the Tory Islamophobia crisis. On Monday, BuzzFeed News presented Conservative HQ with a list of another […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

NDP candidate apologizes for posting jihad, crusaders meme Joe Pimlott says he wasn't aware of 'Islamophobic and anti-Semitic connotations' of image

April 7, 2019   

(CBC) A Calgary NDP candidate has apologized for posting a meme about jihadists and crusaders several years ago. Joe Pimlott, who is running in Calgary-Peigan, posted on Twitter that he made a social media post that had “Islamophobic and anti-Semitic connotations” of which […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

Judge: Troy mosque lawsuit can move forward

April 3, 2019   

(Detroit News) A federal judge has denied Troy’s request to dismiss a lawsuit brought by a Muslim community group that claims the city was discriminatory when rejecting plans to build an Islamic center there last year. The order that U.S. District Court […]

Academics & Education

California school district forced to dump CAIR’s Islamic indoctrination program San Diego district settles federal lawsuit brought by Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund.

March 25, 2019   

(FrontPage) The Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund forced an unprecedented lawsuit settlement on the San Diego Unified School District, which partnered with the terrorism-linked Council on American-Islamic Relations, requiring the district to shut down its discriminatory, unconstitutional “anti-Islamophobia initiative.” The embattled CAIR […]

Demonstrations

Greeted by protests, Rep. Ilhan Omar tells LA-area Muslims to ‘raise hell’ in face of intolerance Outside the Woodland Hills Hilton, at least 1,000 people protested Omar's appearance.

March 24, 2019   

(LA Daily News) Freshman Congresswoman [Ilhan] Omar of Minnesota urged some 400 Los Angeles-area Muslims packed inside the Woodland Hills Hilton on Saturday to stand defiant and “raise hell” in the face of discrimination they confront as Muslims in America. It’s advice […]

Clothing

U.S. Islamic council calls on advertisers to boycott Fox News until Jeanine Pirro is fired The Council on [American-Islamic] Relations criticizes 'Judge Jeanine’s' 'long history of Islamophobic hate rhetoric.'

March 19, 2019   

(HuffPost) The Council on [American-Islamic] Relations called on advertisers Monday to boycott Fox News until the network axes host Jeanine Pirro. The call comes just days after Pirro’s Saturday night program, “Justice with Judge Jeanine,” was yanked by Fox after she said in […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

US Muslim advocacy group to Trump: ‘We hold you responsible’ for increase in Islamophobia 'We also do not excuse those terrorist attackers against minorities,' they said.

March 15, 2019   

(ABC) A top Muslim organization is blasting President Donald Trump after a mass shooting at two mosques in New Zealand left 49 people dead and dozens more injured. “During your presidency and during your election campaign, Islamophobia took a sharp rise and […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

Ammar Campa-Najjar accuses GOP leadership of hypocrisy over anti-bigotry resolution As his campaign takes shape, California Democrat hopes attacks on his heritage won’t distract from his message

March 13, 2019   

(Roll Call) Ammar Campa-Najjar doesn’t want hate and bigotry to be a distraction this time. The 30-year-old Democrat narrowly lost a campaign for the historically conservative 50th District in California last year. Now Campa-Najjar is seeking a rematch, and has renewed his […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

Rep. Liz Cheney blasts House Democrats for ‘enabling’ anti-Semitic comments The House Republican said the failure to single out controversial comments by Rep. Omar was an effort to protect her.

March 10, 2019   

(NBC) Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., accused Democrats on Sunday of “enabling” anti-Semitism for failing to explicitly condemn recent comments by a freshman Minnesota Democrat, Rep. Ilhan Omar, in a recent congressional vote. Cheney, the third-ranking GOP leader in the House, made her […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

House repudiates bigotry after Omar comments split Dems The uproar over Ilhan Omar's controversial comments distracted Democrats, who wanted to focus on election reform.

March 7, 2019 , and   

(Politico) The House overwhelmingly approved a resolution condemning hate speech Thursday, indirectly rebuking Rep. Ilhan Omar’s controversial comments about Israel and ending a days-long political drama that had consumed the Democratic Caucus on the eve of a major legislative victory. The debate […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

Tensions flare as Dems struggle to calm furor over Omar Lawmakers clashed behind closed doors, with some complaining that Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her leadership team had failed to handle the escalating political crisis.

March 6, 2019 and   

(Politico) House Democratic leaders are struggling to contain the controversy over Rep. Ilhan Omar’s comments about Israel, with the caucus fighting behind closed doors over whether — and how — to respond. Tensions ran high at a caucus meeting Wednesday as some […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

House Dems postpone vote rebuking Omar amid pressure from left Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other liberal allies stepped up their defense of the freshman Democrat.

March 5, 2019 , and   

(Politico) A vote on a resolution condemning anti-Semitism in response to controversial comments by Rep. Ilhan Omar is set to slip past Wednesday amid intensifying pressure from the left both inside and outside the House Democratic Caucus. An array of progressive groups […]

Crime

Muslim activist guilty of assaulting pro-Israel activist in Australia Yemini said that the primary reason he filed a complaint against Ekermawi was 'to give this man a taste of his own medicine.'

March 5, 2019   

(Jerusalem Post) A Muslim activist in Australia named Sam Ekermawi who has filed numerous racial vilification and discrimination complaints against prominent Australians was found guilty on Friday of assaulting pro-Israel activist Avi Yemini during a scuffle outside a courthouse in Sydney in […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

Gatineau councillor apologizes for comments about Muslims Coun. Nathalie Lemieux says she'll step down from deputy mayor's post

February 4, 2019   

(CBC) A Gatineau city councillor is apologizing for remarks she made last week about Islamophobia in Quebec, but maintains she’s been unfairly judged. In a French-language newspaper interview last week, Coun. Nathalie Lemieux said she didn’t believe Islamophobia exists in the province, and […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

CAIR decries gun store stickers as bigoted against Muslims The organization claims Ammo Bros sells stickers that read 'Infidels' and 'Pork Eating Crusader.'

February 2, 2019   

(KNBC) The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations Saturday demanded that a gun store in Santa Ana cease selling what the organization considers Islamophobic window decals and bumper stickers. The organization claims Ammo Bros sells stickers that […]

Crime

As controversy swirls, François Legault concedes Islamophobia exists in Quebec 'Everything must be done to denounce and combat hatred and intolerance,' Quebec premier says

February 1, 2019   

(CBC) Quebec Premier François Legault has clarified his controversial comments about Islamophobia, now saying such discrimination exists but that it is not widespread. In a statement Friday, the premier’s office said Legault meant to say that there isn’t an “undercurrent” of Islamophobia in Quebec. “Quebecers are open […]