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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 […]
Alcohol & Drugs
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 […]
Alcohol & Drugs
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 […]
Alcohol & Drugs
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 […]
Alcohol & Drugs
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 […]
Academics & Education
University of Maryland student arrested after hate bias incident
(WMAR) A University of Maryland student was arrested and charged after a hate bias incident occurred. On December 12, 2019, around 11:30 a.m., UMPD was notified of a hate bias incident that occurred on December 10, 2019, around 8:18 p.m. A female […]
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‘We want our voices heard’: Muslims in Maryland showcase power of door-to-door lobbying Scores of Muslims from across Maryland converge on state capital and find some lawmakers willing to listen
(Middle East Eye) The energy was palpable at Maryland’s House of Delegates late Monday, as members of the Muslim community hurried through the building’s hallways and knocked on doors, trying to lobby politicians on key bills and issues under consideration in the […]
Alcohol & Drugs
Judges rebuke Macron for criticism over case of murdered Jewish woman
(AFP) French President Emmanuel Macron drew a sharp rebuke from the country’s top magistrates on Monday for criticising a court ruling on the 2017 murder of a Jewish woman in Paris. Sarah Halimi, an Orthodox Jewish woman in her sixties, died after […]
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New Swedish Islamist party wants to grant Muslims ‘special minority’ status
(Breitbart) A newly formed Swedish political party has proposed making all Muslims in Sweden a “special minority,” claiming that Muslims suffer daily from violence and verbal attacks. The Nyans Party say they want Muslims in Sweden to be recognised in the same […]
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Muslim man convicted of hate crime in France for assaulting Jewish optician
(JTA) A French judge convicted a Muslim man of a hate crime for assaulting a Jewish optician while shouting about Allah. On Oct. 4, Sliman Ouaki assaulted the owner of the Optical Center shop in Toulon near Marseille while shouting “Allah hu […]
Alcohol & Drugs
Hundreds rally in Paris to seek justice for murdered Jewish woman Sarah Halimi
(France 24) Hundreds of French Jews and their supporters rallied in Paris on Sunday calling for justice for murdered Jewish woman Sarah Halimi, after a court of appeal ruled last month that her attacker was “not criminally responsible” for his actions. Ms […]
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French Jew who survived 2016 stabbing by assailant who shouted about Allah dies at 65
(JTA) A French-Jewish man who was critically injured in a 2016 stabbing attack by a man who shouted about Allah succumbed to his injuries and died, his lawyer said. Chalom Levy died on Dec. 29 in an airplane that took him to […]
Alcohol & Drugs
In France, a killer’s successful insanity defense sparks outrage
(JTA) An appeals court ruling that a man who killed a Jewish woman in her home while shouting Quranic verses is unfit to stand trial is prompting outraged reactions from French Jews who fear it sets a dangerous precedent that will undermine […]
Alcohol & Drugs
Paris appeals court agrees: Killer of Jewish woman not responsible for his actions because he was too high on marijuana
(JTA) The Paris Appeals Court on Thursday upheld a lower court ruling that a Muslim man who killed his Jewish neighbor will not face trial because he was too high on marijuana to control his actions. The court relieved Kobili Traore, 29, […]
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Pakistanis arrested for vandalising Barcelona terror attack memorial
(Breitbart) Four Pakistani nationals were arrested in Barcelona earlier this week after they poured concrete on part of a memorial to the victims of the 2017 Barcelona terror attack. The four men poured concrete over a plaque on the La Rambla street […]
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Islamophobia poses ‘real danger’: German official Germany's Muslim community 'not feeling safe enough' amid growing far-right hate crimes, says integration minister
(Anadolu) Germany’s integration minister on Tuesday expressed concern over Islamophobia, warning that it poses a “real danger” to social cohesion. Presenting the annual government report on the state of integration in the capital Berlin, Annette Widmann-Mauz said: “Right-wing extremism, anti-Semitism, and hostility […]
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Muslim man who stabbed Jewish father and son at Amsterdam market ruled unfit to stand trial
(JTA) A Muslim man who was charged with trying to kill a Jewish father and son at an Amsterdam market was found not criminally responsible for his actions and sent for psychological care. A Dutch judge ruled that Taha Ewis Bakri Abdel […]
Alcohol & Drugs
French prosecutors drop murder charges against Jewish kindergarten teacher Sarah Halimi’s killer (LINK ONLY)
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Thousands join French march against Islamophobia
(AFP) Over 10,000 people turned out north of Paris on Sunday for a march against Islamophobia that drew criticism from both the government and the far right. It was called following last month’s attack on a mosque in the southern French city […]
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Tragedies deepen Jewish-Muslim bonds to fight hate crimes
(AP) Muslim groups helped raise hundreds of thousands of dollars to help Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue recover after a gunman killed 11 people there, one year ago this week. The Jewish congregation mounted its own fundraiser for New Zealand’s Muslims after […]
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Knife-wielding Muslim man in Brussels asks passersby if they are Jewish
(JTA) Belgian police arrested a Muslim man who asked passersby on a Brussels street if they were Jewish while holding a knife and shouting about Allah. No one was hurt in the incident last week in Koekelberg, a northwestern neighborhood of the […]
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Muslim woman, 38, in niqab filmed screaming ‘shame on you’ at gay marchers during Pride event admits hurling abuse to cause distress (LINK ONLY)
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Stabber of Jewish father and son in Amsterdam says he forgot why he assaulted them
(JTA) A Dutch man charged with the attempted manslaughter of a Jewish father and son said he forgot why he stabbed them. During the first hearing in the case, the victims asked the judge to consider a religious or racist motive, which […]
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Woman ‘who shouted shame on you’ at Pride participants charged with hate crime (LINK ONLY)
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Climate change, Islamophobia top of mind at National Canadian Council of Muslims town hall NDP leader Jagmeet Singh outlined a plan to tackle racism at Toronto town hall
(CBC) Climate change and Islamophobia were key topics Tuesday night for a crowd in downtown Toronto who attended a town hall with federal NDP leader Jagmeet Singh. The town hall, which was hosted by the National Canadian Council of Muslims, touched on a […]
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Toronto man accused of yelling anti-Semitic threats at Jewish event
(Canadian Press) A 74-year-old Toronto man faces charges after allegedly yelling “Heil Hitler” and accosting participants at a pro-Israel march. Police say Ali Amirsalam was arrested last week on charges of causing a disturbance and uttering death threats at the event in […]
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Norwegian mosque apologises to Crown Prince Haakon after three women refused handshake
(Royal Central) His Royal Highness Crown Prince Haakon visited the Al-Noor Islamic Centre last week to show support after the 10 August shooting attack on the mosque. Many people noticed that three women did not accept the crown prince’s outstretched hand as […]
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Muslim group sounds alarm over ‘human error’ in Quebec City police’s hate-crime numbers Earlier this year, the SPVQ said there was a big reduction in hate crime, but StatsCan numbers said otherwise
(CBC) A Muslim civil liberties group is calling on Quebec City police to take hate crimes more seriously, after the police force blamed “human error” for a large discrepancy between their own records and those provided by Statistics Canada. “All Canadians deserve to feel […]
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Council on American-Islamic Relations calls for removal of all Confederate symbols
(WZTV) On the anniversary of the murder of Heather Heyer during a white nationalist rally in Charlottesville two years ago, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is calling for the removal of Confederate symbols in public spaces nationwide. CAIR is calling on […]
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Germany’s Muslims call for an Islamophobia commissioner More than 20 mosques received bomb threats in July, amid growing anti-Muslim propaganda
(Anadolu) Germany’s Muslim community has called on the government to create a new government post to counter growing Islamophobia in the country. Aiman Mazyek, president of the Central Council of Muslims in Germany, proposed on Wednesday appointment of an Islamophobia commissioner. “We […]
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Report: Anti-Muslim hate crimes drop for second year in a row
(VOA) Anti-Muslim hate crimes in 10 of the largest U.S. cities declined last year for the second year in a row, according to a new report from California State University at San Bernardino. There were a total of 53 reported anti-Muslim hate […]