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UK Muslim groups brace for rise in hate crime after killing of David Amess (LINK ONLY)
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Edmonton mayoral hopefuls outline plans to tackle anti-Muslim racism Several hate-motivated attacks on black and racialized Muslim women have happened this year
(CBC) Strengthening street harassment bylaws, improving responses to hate-motivated attacks and calling out racist rhetoric are among the strategies some Edmonton mayoral candidates say they would use to tackle anti-Muslim hate. Five of the candidates vying for the mayoral seat took part […]
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Muslim Canadians call on politicians to take concrete action to fight Islamophobia
(Canadian Press) Dareen Shilbayeh can’t stop herself from looking over her shoulder while out in public. The London, Ont., resident who wears a hijab says she’s been worried she’ll be targeted because of her faith ever since a Muslim family was killed […]
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French court acquits imam of incitement for sermon that cited hadith urging Muslim violence against Jews
(Algemeiner) A French court has acquitted an imam in the city of Toulouse of incitement to racial hatred for a sermon he gave in 2017 that quoted a hadith — a saying attributed to the Prophet Muhammed — predicting the mass killing […]
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Muslim communities worry that Islamophobic violence is being forgotten during election campaign As party leaders roll out campaign promises, the problem of racist violence seems to be flying under the radar
(CBC) Three months after all major party leaders gave emotional speeches at a vigil in London, Ontario, for the four members of the [Afzaal] family who were killed in a drive-by attack, the threat of Islamophobic violence still hasn’t emerged as an […]
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Canadian Muslim group calls for special envoy to tackle Islamophobia
(Insauga.com) A Canadian Muslim advocacy group is adding its voice to a call for all federal parties to support the creation of a special office to try to dismantle the rising Islamophobia in Canada. On Wednesday afternoon, the National Council of Canadian […]
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Man charged over spate of antisemitic attacks in north London (LINK ONLY)
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Preacher convicted of hate crime over homophobic tirade at Speakers’ Corner (LINK ONLY)
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Anti-Muslim hate crimes fell during Trump’s last year in office, FBI data shows Lawmakers and rights groups have criticised the findings as fewer local law enforcement agencies participated in data collection
(Middle East Eye) The number of reported hate crimes targeting Muslims in the US fell by more than a third in 2020, according to newly published data by the FBI. According to the federal agency, the number of reported hate crimes against Muslims in […]
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Prime Minister Trudeau addresses Islamophobia ahead of emergency national summit
(Global News) Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Islamophobia has been fed by populism and the politics of division. “There are politicians who have been stoking hatred and division that we as a government have been pushing back against,” said Trudeau in an […]
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Ilhan Omar leads group calling for special envoy to combat Islamophobia
(CNN) Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar is leading a group of Democratic lawmakers in calling on Secretary of State Antony Blinken to create a special envoy to combat Islamophobia, as instances of anti-Muslim hate crimes continue to rise worldwide. Omar, one of three […]
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Muslim council issues recommendations ahead of national Islamophobia summit this week
(Canadian Press) A national strategy to fight anti-Muslim hate across society is one of 61 recommendations released Monday by the National Council of Canadian Muslims ahead of a summit on Islamophobia to be held later this week. The organization hosted events on […]
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Ottawa announces dates for national summits on Islamophobia, antisemitism MPs unanimously backed call for summit on Islamophobia following London, Ont., attack
(CBC) The federal government has announced that two emergency national summits — one on antisemitism and one on Islamophobia — will take place on July 21 and July 22, respectively. Minister of Diversity, Inclusion and Youth Bardish Chagger made the announcement in […]
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Egyptian man charged in Boston rabbi stabbing overstayed student visa, was in US illegally: ICE ICE has requested to take custody of Khaled Awad once criminal proceedings in Boston are finished
(Fox) An Egyptian man who is accused of stabbing a rabbi outside of a Jewish day school in Boston on Thursday overstayed his student visa and lost his legal status on May 14, Immigration and Customs Enforcement told Fox News. Khaled Awad, […]
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College roommates of Khaled Awad, suspect in Brighton rabbi stabbing, say he was ‘very much anti-Semitic’
(WBZ) College roommates of Khaled Awad, the man accused of stabbing Rabbi Shlomo Noginski eight times outside a Jewish school in Brighton Thursday, say he was “violent” and “very much anti-Semitic.” Investigators say Awad approached Rabbi Noginski outside the Shaloh House Thursday […]
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Canadian media giant drops Arabic TV station over anti-Semitic rhetoric Multicultural Omni TV will no longer air Lama TV’s programming.
(World Israel News) OMNI, Canada’s largest multicultural television channel, said it is no longer broadcasting programming from an Arabic-language station over recent anti-Semitic rhetoric. Lama TV, founded and produced by Lama Aggad, describes itself as “the largest Canadian Arabic TV show that […]
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Chabad emissary stabbed outside Boston
(Forward) A Chabad emissary was stabbed multiple times outside a synagogue and Jewish day school he heads in Brighton, Massachusetts, on Thursday afternoon. Rabbi Shlomo [Noginski], a rabbi at the Chabad House in Brighton Commons Park, known as the “Shaloh House” in […]
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‘Terrorist intent’ alleged in Dutch restaurant vandalism
(AP) A man who allegedly vandalized a kosher restaurant in Amsterdam last year, smashing a window and ramming an Israeli flag through the hole, acted with terrorist intent, prosecutors alleged Wednesday. The prosecutors asked a court in Amsterdam to order the man […]
Academics & Education
Ontario gives $300K to Muslim organizations to help combat Islamophobia in schools
(Canadian Press) Ontario announced funding on Tuesday for educational programs to help fight Islamophobia, which police believe was the motive behind a vehicle attack that killed four members of a Muslim family. Education Minister Stephen Lecce said $225,000 will go to the […]
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Supporter of Islamist extremist group investigated by police over ‘jihad’ call (LINK ONLY)
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MPs move to convene emergency Islamophobia summit before August
(Canadian Press) Federal lawmakers are calling on the government to convene an emergency summit on Islamophobia by the end of July. In the House of Commons on Friday, MPs gave unanimous consent to an NDP motion demanding the gathering in response to […]
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As Canadians seek to confront anti-Muslim bias, Quebec’s Bill 21 is under scrutiny once again Bill 21 is facing renewed backlash from the rest of Canada, making even the Quebec law's critics uneasy
(CBC) The vehicle attack in London, Ont., earlier this week, which killed all but one young member of the Afzaal family, was the third time in the last four years that Muslims in Canada have been murdered because of their faith. Since […]
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WPS investigating hate crime complaint after pro-Palestinian rally, protest last month
(Winnipeg Sun) Winnipeg police are investigating a hate-crime complaint related to a pro-Palestinian rally and protest held last month across from the Manitoba Legislature. B’nai Brith Canada is seeking hate-crimes charges and a political response to protesters in Winnipeg playing an anti-Semitic […]
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‘I would do it again’: Suspect accused of pummeling NYC Jewish man shows no remorse
(NY Post) The Brooklyn man accused of beating a Jewish man in a hate attack in Midtown proclaimed from his jail cell that he would “do it again,” prosecutors said on Saturday. Waseem Awawdeh, 23, was held on $10,000 bail in the […]
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NYPD searching for four suspects in beating of Jewish man in Times Square
(NY Post) The NYPD released photos of the four men wanted in connection with Thursday’s vicious beating of a Jewish man near Times Square. Joseph Borgen, 29, said he was at 49th Street and Broadway, walking to a pro-Israel rally when he […]
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Anti-Semitic attacks are being reported in US cities as tensions flare over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict
(CNN) Several Jewish people have been attacked in cities across the United States this week. Authorities are investigating assaults in New York and Los Angeles as tensions flare over the Israeli-Palestinian conflict amid days of violence between Israel and Hamas militants in […]
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Israel-Gaza conflict triggers spike in antisemitic and anti-Muslim hate in UK (LINK ONLY)
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L.A. sushi restaurant attack is being investigated as an antisemitic hate crime
(LA Times) An attack on diners outside a sushi restaurant by people shouting slogans against Israel is being investigated by Los Angeles police as an antisemitic hate crime. The attack came as a deadly battle continued in the Gaza Strip, escalating tensions […]
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Four arrests following video of anti-Semitic abuse in north London (LINK ONLY)
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Israeli flags burned outside 2 German synagogues, ‘Free Palestine’ spray-painted on another in Spain
(JTA) Israeli flags were burned in front of two synagogues in Germany and the words “Free Palestine” were spray-painted on another one in Spain. The incidents this week are among the first manifestations of antisemitism in Europe connected to the escalation of […]
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Paris to name a street for Sarah Halimi
(JTA) Paris will soon inaugurate in its historic Jewish quarter a street named for Sarah Halimi, Mayor Anne Hidalgo said amid protests over authorities’ handling of the killing. Hidalgo made the announcement on Sunday following a rally by about 20,000 people, mostly […]
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At the Sarah Halimi rally in Paris, I saw signs that French Jewry is nearing a breaking point
(JTA) Joining the stream of people converging on Trocadero Square, I soon realized that this event would be significantly different from the dozens of Jewish community gatherings I had attended in France. The atmosphere, rhetoric, symbolism and attendance at the “Justice for […]
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US Muslim group says 2020 saw 9% spike in complaints CAIR tracks 20% dip in reported hate crimes in 2020, which it says may be due to coronavirus lockdowns
(Anadolu) A leading US Muslim advocacy group said on Monday it saw a 9% increase in the number of complaints it received in 2020 compared to the previous year. In all, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said it received 6,144 complaints […]
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Thousands protest in France over no trial for Jewish woman’s killer
(AFP) Thousands of protesters gathered in several French cities and Israel on Sunday to denounce a court’s refusal of a trial for a man who killed a 65-year-old Jewish woman, after experts determined he acted in a “delirious fit” due to heavy […]
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Israel blasts French ruling keeping Sarah Halimi’s killer from trial Calling the murder ‘despicable,’ Foreign Ministry says court judgment fails to convey attitude of zero tolerance toward anti-Semitism
(Times of Israel) Israel blasted on Tuesday the ruling by France’s highest court that the murderer of Sarah Halimi was not criminally responsible because he had smoked marijuana before the crime. “Sarah Halimi was murdered for clearly anti-Semitic motivations, for the sole […]
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Macron urges law change after Jewish woman’s killer avoids trial
(AFP) President Emmanuel Macron urged a change in French law after a man who murdered a Jewish woman in 2017 avoided a trial on the grounds he acted in delirium due to drug-taking, in an interview published Monday. Jewish groups have reacted […]
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French top court upholds decision not to try Muslim man who killed his Jewish neighbor while high on marijuana
(JTA) Relatives of a Paris woman who was killed by her neighbor while he spewed anti-Semitic slurs and was high on marijuana have lost their final appeal to have the killer tried. In its decision Wednesday, the Court of Cassation’s Supreme Court […]
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Daughter of murdered Muslim man calls for official Islamophobia definition (LINK ONLY)
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French imam will be prosecuted for antisemitic sermon at mosque in Toulouse
(Algemeiner) A French imam is to be prosecuted for racial hatred over a sermon he delivered in 2017 calling for Muslims to “fight the Jews.” Algerian-born Mohamed Tatai was indicted at the end of 2018 for “public verbal provocation to hatred or […]
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Paris-area Jewish family assaulted after playing Hebrew-language songs in their car
(JTA) French police have arrested two adults and two minors suspected of an anti-Semitic hate crime in which they allegedly verbally assaulted a Jewish family near Paris in their car. The incident happened Thursday in the northern Paris suburb of Aubervilliers, French […]
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Dutch HR firm says Palestinian man who vandalized kosher eatery had terrorist motives
(JTA) A Dutch human resources firm has determined that a Palestinian man who twice vandalized a kosher restaurant and tried to set it ablaze had terrorist motives. The NTA firm on Wednesday determined that Saleh Ali, an asylum seeker from Syria, indeed […]
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Joe Biden says Muslims would serve ‘at every level’ in his administration Speaking to Muslim-American advocacy group, Biden reiterates pledge to repeal Trump's 'Muslim ban' on day one of his presidency
(Middle East Eye) Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden vowed Muslim Americans would be included in every social and political aspect in his administration, and reiterated his pledge to repeal President Donald Trump’s “Muslim ban” on his first day in office. In a […]
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French courts jail Muslim and white supremacist in separate anti-Semitic incidents
(JTA) In two separate court cases in France, a Muslim man and a white supremacist were given prison sentences in connection with anti-Semitic behavior. The Muslim, a 21-year-old identified only as Mohammed, received one year in prison for participating in an armed […]
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Joe Biden’s plan for Arab Americans: Six takeaways The Biden campaign released a platform addressing domestic and foreign policy issues that affect Arab Americans; here's what's in it
(Middle East Eye) US Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden has released a comprehensive platform outlining his plans for the Arab-American community, emphasising commitment to civil rights and prosperity at home as well as a more balanced foreign policy in the Middle East. […]
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Austria arrests Syrian over attacks on Jewish leader, synagogue
(Reuters) Austria has arrested a 31-year-old Syrian refugee suspected of carrying out attacks last week on a Jewish community leader and a synagogue in Austria’s second city Graz, Interior Minister Karl Nehammer said on Monday. The leader of Graz’s Jewish community association, […]
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Austrian leaders condemn attack against Jewish community in Graz
(Reuters) Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz and other senior government politicians said they were shocked over an attack on a Jewish community leader in the southern city of Graz on Saturday, and ordered tighter security at Jewish institutions around Austria. An unknown assailant […]
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French court orders trial over woman’s ‘anti-Semitic’ death
(AFP) French judges on Monday ordered two men to stand trial for the brutal 2018 killing of an elderly Jewish woman that prompted an outcry over a rise in anti-Semitic acts. Mireille Knoll, 85 and suffering from Parkinson’s disease, was stabbed in […]
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German intel: Syrian student says ‘all Jews belong in gas chamber’ Shocking secret file exposes Israel-related antisemitism among German Muslim associations.
(Jerusalem Post) A previously classified German intelligence report on Wednesday revealed widespread Islamic-animated antisemitism among Muslim organizations in the federal republic, including defective statistics about the origin of crimes due to Jew-hatred. The German paper Süddeutsche Zeitung (SZ) first reported on the […]
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Murder of Holocaust survivor in Paris should be treated as anti-Semitic, say prosecutors (LINK ONLY)
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Syrian man vandalizes Amsterdam kosher restaurant for 2nd time
(JTA) A Syrian asylum-seeker who in 2017 broke into a kosher restaurant in the Dutch capital was again arrested for smashing its windows while holding a lighter. Officers on Friday morning used pepper spray to subdue the 31-year-old man, Saleh Ali, outside HaCarmel […]