Tags - Islam
Rasa - After more than 30 years of lobbying, people of Middle Eastern and North African descent are finally poised to get their own classification in the U.S. Census. But at a time of rising Islam ophobia and calls by presidential candidate Donald Trump to ban people from Muslim lands, some are now questioning whether the new designation could lead to profiling or otherwise put them in danger .
News ID: 424468 Publish Date : 2016/10/21
The representative of the Supreme Leader in Kashan:
Rasa – Ayatollah Namazi noted that the attraction and expansion of Islam in the world is a major cause of concern among American and Western politicians and they consider Islam ’s influence and progress in the world as a threat to the future of Christianity and Judaism.
News ID: 424387 Publish Date : 2016/10/19
Dutch court:
Rasa - The trial of Dutch politician Geert Wilders for inciting hate with his comments about the number of Moroccans in the country can proceed.
News ID: 424311 Publish Date : 2016/10/14
Rasa - President Francois Hollande says France has “a problem with Islam ” and that there are too many refugees arriving in the European country, sparking outrage among human rights groups.
News ID: 424299 Publish Date : 2016/10/14
Police and emergency services were called to a Muslim prayer room in Malmo in southern Sweden after a fire had broken out early Tuesday morning.
News ID: 424273 Publish Date : 2016/10/13
Rasa - The Wake County school system is looking into a report that a 7-year-old boy was assaulted on a school bus Friday and that his attackers made references to Islam , Muslims and Pakistan.
News ID: 424238 Publish Date : 2016/10/11
Rasa - Lehigh University police are investigating a case of vandalism in which someonewrote an "anti-Muslim" message on a wall in a university dormitory, according to a report from Lehigh's student newspaper.
News ID: 424233 Publish Date : 2016/10/11
Rasa - Anti-Muslim rhetoric during the course of the 2016 U.S. presidential election campaign has amplified anti-Muslim sentiment in the United States, causing many Muslims to feel anxious or fearful for their safety and their children's futures.
News ID: 424217 Publish Date : 2016/10/10
Rasa - A Police chief in Alabama faces scrutiny after a Muslim rights organization called him out for his Facebook activity.
News ID: 424213 Publish Date : 2016/10/10
Rasa - An estimated 3.3 million Muslims live in the United States, and in the 14-year span between Sept. 11, 2001 and the end of 2014, 344 Muslims in America have been involved in violent extremism, according to the Triangle Center on Terrorism and Homeland Security.
News ID: 424150 Publish Date : 2016/10/07
Rasa - Following the impassioned Monday night speech of a parent alleging a textbook used in Sullivan County promotes Islam , county school board member Mark Ireson set the wheels in motion for possibly removal of that Pearson seventh grade social studies and history textbook.
News ID: 424148 Publish Date : 2016/10/07
Christian and Muslim Leaders:
Rasa – Christian and Muslim leaders have united to condemn religious extremism and promote the importance of interfaith dialogue.
News ID: 424135 Publish Date : 2016/10/07
Rasa - Rashid Dar told an American News Agency he believes he was targeted for the clothes he was wearing.
News ID: 424043 Publish Date : 2016/10/02
Rasa - The Board of Trustees of Oak Street Chapel in Brainerd plans to ask Pastor Todd Wooden to resign in the wake of a controversial speaker coming to the church Thursday to speak against Islam .
News ID: 424027 Publish Date : 2016/10/01
Hujjat al-Islam Hamza Sodagar:
Rasa – Hujjat al- Islam Sodagar said we must understand that Islam ophobia is for domestic consumption in Western countries. They spread Islam ophobia because there is attraction towards Islam and they spread Iranophobia because there is an attraction toward Iran.
News ID: 424015 Publish Date : 2016/10/02
Rasa - A talk on the alleged corruption of schools by Islam is scheduled Thursday in Brainerd—but local officials say any mention of Islam in the curriculum is to inform, not to evangelize.
News ID: 424009 Publish Date : 2016/09/30
Rasa - An Islam ic academy in Ann Arbor has reached a $1.7 million tentative settlement with Pittsfield Township for denying it the right to build a school on its property, according to the Michigan chapter of the Council on American- Islam ic Relations.
News ID: 424008 Publish Date : 2016/09/30
Rasa - Tonight, Jaylani Hussein, executive director of the council of American- Islam ic Relations played two different hate calls that the council of American- Islam ic Relations (CAIR) and Somali-American museum received recently. Hussein says he played these voicemails to show the crowd that Islam ophobia does exist.
News ID: 424006 Publish Date : 2016/09/30
Rasa - It’s been nearly two weeks since 20-year-old Dahir Adan injured ten people in a knife attack at Crossroads Mall, and the racial tension in St. Cloud is still high.
News ID: 424004 Publish Date : 2016/09/30
Rasa - Journalists and scholars of Islam explored the bias Muslims face and how the media influences both public opinion and global politics in “ Islam ophobia in Focus” last week at the Newseum.
News ID: 423984 Publish Date : 2016/09/29