Showing posts with label Islamophobia. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Islamophobia. Show all posts
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...
Wednesday, April 27, 2022

CAIR Issues Report On Structural Islamophobia

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Yesterday, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) released a report titled Still Suspect: The Impact of Structural Islamophobia  ...
Sunday, April 03, 2022

NY AG Orders Anti-Muslim Group To Stop Spying On The Muslim Community

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 In an April 1  press release , New York Attorney General Letitia James announced that the office's Civil Right Bureau has sent a Cease ...
Thursday, May 20, 2021

Virginia Muslim Politician Sues Over Lynching Threat

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 A civil damage action for racial, religious and ethnic harassment in violation of Virginia Code § 8.01-42.1 was filed yesterday in federal...
Wednesday, February 24, 2021

Scottish Court Lets Franklin Graham Move Ahead With Suit Over Cancelled Appearance

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Last week, a Sheriff's Court in Scotland handed down an initial decision in a suit by evangelist Franklin Graham whose appearance at a l...
Wednesday, August 19, 2020

Islamic Terrorism Unit In Course Does Not Violate 1st Amendment

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In Sabra v. Maricopa County Community College District,  (D AZ, Aug. 18, 2020), an Arizona federal district court dismissed a suit challengi...
Sunday, June 16, 2019

German Court Rejects City's Ban On"Burkini"

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Breibart News  today reports: The ban on the sharia-compliant swimwear known as the “burkini” has been overturned by the higher administra...
Friday, June 14, 2019

$4.1M Damages Awarded To Muslim Comedian Against Neo-Nazi Website

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Religion News Service reports that in a suit by Muslim comedian Dean Obeidallah against the publishers of the neo-Nazi website the Daily St...