“An Arab-American Christian was shot dead on his porch by a neighbor who racially harassed the victim’s family for years,” calling them, among other things “filthy Lebanese,” “Aye-rabs,” and “Mooslems”:
- Khalid Jabara: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know (heavy.com)
“[S]peaking about the shootings without acknowledging the context of rising anti-Muslim attacks … led some to believe that the Department was not considering the possibility of the incident as a hate crime” …
- Oscar Morel Charged With Murder of NYC Imam, but This Muslim Activist Wants More from NYPD (mic.com)
… while the surviving victim says the killers eyes “had so much anger, hate”:
- Queens Biker Who Was Hit by Alleged Muslim Cleric Shooter Says Suspect ‘Looked Out of Control’ (Daily News)
Turkey will release 38,000 convicted criminals to make room for its roundup of political prisoners:
- Turkey Detains Employees of Banned Pro-Kurdish Paper (AP / abc News)
- Why Turkey’s Post-coup Crackdown Is Good News for Some Prisoners (Christian Science Monitor)
Muslims have been part of the US military from Yusuf Ben Ali who served under George Washington’ to the thousand of Muslims now on active duty and in the National Guard, but “have faced the most pervasive discrimination” there:
- Humayun Khan Isn’t the Only Muslim American Hero (New Yorker)
“A judge said the rule was legal under French law which prohibits people ‘invoking their religious beliefs to skirt [sic, really!] common rules regulating relations between public authorities and private individuals'”:
“For [Mo] Farah, and scores of Muslim athletes, faith is not incidental, but central to their excellence in sport” and normally he will make du`a (a prayer of supplication) before a race:
Th family’s attorney says the “12-year-old special needs student originally from Pakistan”confused “terrorist” with “tourist”:
He pretending to be a law-abiding critic of the system he milked until his lectures in support for ISIS gave him away:
“In the first six months of 2016, Israel demolished or confiscated 91 structures funded by the EU or its member states” and since 2009, has demolished, confiscated or threatened to demolish “close to $3 million worth of shelters”:
- Israel-EU Tension up Over Rise in West Bank Home Demolitions (AP / abc News)