anti-Muslim

Van rams worshippers leaving London mosque; Prime minister calls it a ‘sickening’ terrorist attack

By Reuters — June 18, 2017
LONDON (Reuters) - Shortly after midnight, the rented vehicle swerved into a group of people leaving prayers at the Muslim Welfare House and the nearby Finsbury Park Mosque in north London, one of the biggest in the country, witnesses said.

Online, Muslim women face threats from both Islamophobes and reformers

By Aysha Khan — June 28, 2016
(RNS) Muslim women have created a vibrant space for themselves online. But increasingly, many groups — from Islamophobes to conservative Muslims to feminists — are using social media’s lack of accountability to attack them.

New Jersey school board member quits over anti-Muslim comments

By RNS staff — April 23, 2016
"Go back to your own country; America needs to get rid of people like you," wrote the school board member, according to CAIR.

Evangelicals and Muslims together denounce Franklin Graham’s anti-Muslim remarks

By Sara Weissman — July 23, 2015
WASHINGTON (RNS) "I don’t want American Muslims to think we fear them or that they are our enemies,” said Bob Roberts Jr., pastor of NorthWood Church in Keller, Texas.

Arizona mosque, site of anti-Islam protest, holds ‘love not hate’ event

By Reuters — June 2, 2015
PHOENIX (Reuters) The Islamic Community Center of Phoenix said it was hosting a gathering to "show that when one of us is mistreated, our community responds with a message of Love and Not Hate."

Crowds gather for anti-Islam demonstration outside Phoenix mosque

By Reuters — May 30, 2015
(Reuters) The anti-Muslim event outside the Islamic Community Center of Phoenix was organized by an Iraq war veteran who posted photos of himself online wearing a T-shirt with a crude slogan denigrating Islam and waving the U.S. flag.

Murfreesboro mosque fight laid to rest after Supreme Court ruling

By Bob Smietana — June 3, 2014
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (RNS) On the surface, the fight was over the minutiae of Tennessee’s sunshine, or public notice, laws. But a thriving anti-Muslim movement in Tennessee fueled the fight.

Bus ads aim to reclaim the meaning of ‘jihad’

By Doug Stanglin — January 8, 2013
(RNS) An ad campaign on San Francisco buses is aimed at trying to change public perception of the word "jihad," which the program's founder says has been distorted by extremists — Muslim and anti-Muslim alike. By Doug Stanglin / USA Today.

Bishops blast Coptic Christians behind anti-Muslim film

By Daniel Burke — September 14, 2012

RNS) The Coptic Christian bishop of Southern California blasted the Copts who made and hyped an anti-Muslim film that has sparked protests across the Muslim world. By Daniel Burke.

The ‘maverick’ Egyptian-American Copt behind the anti-Muslim film

By Daniel Burke — September 13, 2012

(RNS) The man who circulated the trailer of an obscure anti-Islam film, promoted it on his website and posted it on social media was a little known Egyptian-American Coptic Christian activist who lives near Washington and proudly touts his ties to Quran-burner Terry Jones. By Daniel Burke. 

Mosque construction continues to attract opposition across U.S.

By Judy Keen / USA Today — May 31, 2012

CHICAGO (RNS) Since the 9/11 terrorist attacks animosity toward Muslims sometimes has taken the form of opposition to construction of mosques and other Islamic facilities. In the last five years, there has been ``anti-mosque activity'' in more than half of U.S. states, according to the ACLU. By Judy Keen.

Kansas bans Shariah, Muslims eye legal fight

By Lauren Markoe — May 29, 2012

(RNS) Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback has signed a bill preventing judges from considering foreign law in their deliberations, a move that Muslim groups say is a direct and unnecessary assault on Shariah, or Islamic law. By Lauren Markoe.

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