Showing posts with label Islamophobia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Islamophobia. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 17, 2025

CAIR Sues Florida Over Terrorism Designation

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As previously reported , earlier this month Florida Governor Ron DeSantis issued an Executive Order designating CAIR (the Council on America...
Monday, December 08, 2025

Texas Sues Promoters of Development Aimed at Muslim Home Buyers

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Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton announced last week that he has filed suit in a Texas state trial court against the East Plano Islamic Ce...
Friday, November 21, 2025

CAIR Sues Texas Governor

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As previously reported , earlier this week Texas governor Greg Abbott issued a Proclamation designating CAIR as a Foreign Terrorist and Tran...
Wednesday, November 19, 2025

Texas Governor Declares CAIR Foreign Terrorist and Transnational Criminal Organization

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Texas Governor Greg Abbott yesterday issued a Proclamation ( full text ) designating the Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR as Foreign Terrorist an...
Wednesday, April 30, 2025

Harvard Releases Reports on Antisemitism and Anti-Muslim Bias

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Yesterday, Harvard University released the 311-page Final Report of its  Presidential Task Force on Combating Antisemitism and Anti-Israeli...
Saturday, December 28, 2024

White House Releases National Strategy to Counter Islamophobia and Anti-Arab Hate

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Earlier this month (Dec. 12), the White House released  a U.S. National Strategy to Counter Islamophobia and Anti-Arab Hate ( full text ). ...
Wednesday, December 18, 2024

Circuit Court Nominee Says Anti-Muslim Prejudice Derailed His Confirmation

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On Monday, Adeel Mangi, President Biden's nominee to fill a vacancy on the U.S. 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, submitted a letter ( full ...
Thursday, April 04, 2024

Texas Man Sentenced To 37 Years in Muslim Hate Crime Murder

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A Department of Justice press release reports that yesterday a Texas federal district court sentenced a defendant to 37 years in prison (wi...
Saturday, March 02, 2024

Title VI Claims Against Universities Proliferate Since Israel-Gaza Conflict

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As previously reported , in November 2023 the Department of Education issued a "Dear Colleague" letter in response to rising level...
Wednesday, November 15, 2023

White House Summarizes Recent Initiatives to Combat Antisemitism and Islamophobia at Schools and Colleges

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The White House yesterday issued a  Fact Sheet: Biden-⁠Harris Administration Takes Action to Address Alarming Rise of Reported Antisemitic a...
Wednesday, November 08, 2023

DOE Reminds Schools of Duty to Protect Against Antisemitic and Islamophobic Discrimination

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The U.S. Department of Education's Assistant Secretary for Civil Rights issued a "Dear Colleague" letter on Tuesday in respons...
Thursday, November 02, 2023

White House Will Develop National Strategy to Counter Islamophobia

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The Whtie House announced yesterday that the Biden-Harris Administration will develop the first National Strategy to Counter Islamophobia in...
Tuesday, October 17, 2023

FBI Releases 2022 Hate Crime Statistics

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The FBI yesterday released  2022 Crime Statistics, including data on hate crimes ( Methodology )  ( Data on Incidents ). According to the FB...
Friday, September 29, 2023

8 Federal Agencies Clarify When Title VI Bars Discrimination Related to Religion

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The White House announced yesterday that eight federal agencies have "clarified—for the first time in writing—that Title VI of the Civ...
Tuesday, September 19, 2023

Prof's Suit Over Display of Prophet Muhammad Paintings Will Move Ahead In Federal Court On Religious Discrimination Claim

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In López Prater v. Trustees of Hamline University of Minnesota , (D MN, Sept. 15, 2023), a Minnesota federal district court upheld defendant...
Thursday, May 11, 2023

8th Circuit Upholds Constitutionality of Federal Ban on Damaging Religious Real Property

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In United States v. Hari , (8th Cir., May 10, 2023), the U.S. 8th Circuit Court of Appeals upheld the constitutionality under the Commerce C...
Thursday, May 04, 2023

White House Hosts Eid Reception; Conducts Listening Session on Islamophobia

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On Monday evening, President Biden spoke at a White House reception to celebrate Eid al-Fitr. ( Full text of remarks ). The President said i...
Tuesday, December 13, 2022

White House Creates Inter-Agency Group to Counter Anitsemitism

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White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre yesterday announced the formation of an inter-agency anti-bias task force whose first priorit...
Friday, October 28, 2022

Scottish Court Awards Damages for Franklin Graham's Cancelled Event

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 In Billy Graham Evangelistic Association v. Scottish Event Campus Limited ,  (Glascow Sheriff's Ct., Oct. 24, 2022), a trial court in S...
Tuesday, August 09, 2022

Anti-Muslim Facebook Postings Are Subject To Pickering Balancing Test

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In Hernandez v. City of Phoenix , (9th Cir., Aug. 5, 2022), the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals remanded to the district court a case in w...