Source: Times of Israel

Crime

Mike Pence condemns anti-Jewish attacks in Europe Addressing religious freedom conference, US vice president bemoans French and German Jews being warned not to display their religion in public

July 26, 2018   

(Times of Israel) US Vice President Mike Pence condemned on Thursday increasing anti-Semitic violence in Europe, lamenting the fact that French and German Jews have been advised not to publicly identify as Jewish. Addressing a three-day conference on religious freedom at the […]

Discrimination & “Islamophobia”

Woman running for Congress in Minnesota rejects anti-Semitism accusations Ilhan Omar, who has blamed Israel for 'evil doings' in Gaza and accused it of apartheid, says her critics are rooted in 'bigotry'

July 8, 2018   

(Times of Israel) A Somali-American Muslim woman running to succeed Democratic Congressman Keith Ellison in Minnesota has pushed back against accusations of anti-Semitism over comments she made against Israel. In a 2012 tweet, Minnesota State Representative Ilhan Omar accused Israel of “evil […]

Interfaith

French Muslim leaders all refuse to sign anti-Semitism condemnation — activist Fiyaz Mughal, who led a similar, successful campaign in UK, says he floated draft for interfaith declaration against Jewish and Muslim hatred, was rebuffed even after revising text

July 5, 2018   

(Times of Israel) French Muslim leaders all refused to sign on to a joint declaration with their Jewish counterparts condemning anti-Semitism and anti-Muslim hatred, according to the British activist behind the interfaith campaign, which ran successfully in the United Kingdom. Fiyaz Mughal, […]