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Academics & Education

‘Insulting’ Facebook comments about Islam and other religions earn B.C. teacher a reprimand John Yetman responded to invitation for Open Mosque Day with 'discourteous and disrespectful' language

February 25, 2020   

(CBC) A Vancouver high school teacher has been disciplined for writing “intemperate and insulting comments” about religion on a Facebook post advertising open houses at B.C. mosques. John William Yetman has agreed to a formal reprimand after acknowledging he committed professional misconduct […]

Children & Teens

Rashida Tlaib retweets unverified claim Israelis killed Palestinian boy The tweet claimed that the boy was kidnapped by 'Israeli settlers, assaulted and thrown in a water well'

January 25, 2020   

(Jerusalem Post) US Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib retweeted a claim that “Israeli settlers” had “kidnapped and executed” a Palestinian boy. In fact the boy was found by Israeli emergency services dead in a cistern on Saturday morning after going missing on Friday. Nevertheless, […]

Government & Politics

Israel’s UN envoy calls for action against ‘anti-Semite of the year’ Ilhan Omar The congresswoman sparked controversy last year by making statements that Jewish groups and her congressional colleagues called anti-Semitic

January 7, 2020   

(Haaretz) Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations, Danny Danon, on Monday encouraged “action” against U.S. Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, directly meddling in American politics. Taking to Twitter, Danon referred to the right-wing Stop Antisemitism organization that “just named Congresswoman Omar its 2019 anti-Semite […]

Government & Politics

Jews on Twitter not impressed with Rashida Tlaib’s Hanukkah greeting Tlaib, whom the Simon [Wiesenthal] Center named one of the top proponents of anti-Semitism in 2019, invokes the 'occupation' in her holiday greeting to a far-left Jewish group.

December 20, 2019   

(Israel Hayom) It seems like the overarching theme of Hanukkah went over Rep. Rashida Tlaib’s head. The congresswoman from Michigan released an early Hanukkah greeting to the far-left Jewish group If Not Now ahead of their holiday party and, in doing so, […]

Internet

Richardson man who called for slaughter of ‘infidels’ in name of ISIS gets 30 years in prison Said Rahim was arrested at an airport before he could board a plane for the Middle East, where prosecutors say he planned to join ISIS.

December 11, 2019   

(Dallas Morning News) Said Azzam Mohamad Rahim lived a comfortable life in North Texas, where he operated his own convenience store. But he wanted more, prosecutors say: war, murder and jihad. As a result, the 43-year-old Richardson man will spend the next […]

Internet

Chicago man accused of helping preserve Islamic State propaganda on social media Thomas Osadzinski, a 20-year-old college student, has been charged in a criminal complaint with one count of attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization

November 19, 2019   

(Chicago Sun-Times) Thomas Osadzinski said he couldn’t just “sit in the chair while Muslims are dying,” so he allegedly studied bomb-making and promised he would not be stopped “once I get my gun and explosive belt.” But the 20-year-old Lake View resident […]

Clothing

Quebec women’s federation gets hate messages after support for hijab hashtag Hashtag came after female politician barred from National Assembly for wearing a hoodie

November 13, 2019   

(CBC) Quebec’s largest women’s organization said it was the target of hateful comments on social media after announcing support for the hashtag MonVoileMonChoix, or My Hijab, My Choice. The Fédération des femmes du Québec (FFQ) said it was inundated with hateful, Islamophobic messages. Some […]