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Senators want $20 million for JCCs and other faith-based community centers
By Lauren Markoe — March 2, 2017
(RNS) More than 75 Jewish community centers across the nation have received bomb threats since Jan. 9.
After bomb threats, Jewish community centers see ‘virtually no’ loss of clientele
By Lauren Markoe — February 18, 2017
(RNS) 'This is like a second home not just for me but for my son,' said Sara Kish, whose 2-year-old was evacuated from a JCC after a bomb threat. 'No one is going to take this away from us.'
FBI reports spikes in anti-Muslim, anti-Semitic incidents
By Lauren Markoe — November 15, 2016
(RNS) Incidents against Muslims rose 67 percent from 2014 to 2015, newly released FBI data show.
Feds drop Muslim outreach program
By guest — October 24, 2016
WOODLAND PARK, N.J. — The program was criticized by civil rights groups that claimed it would erode trust in community leaders serving on those teams and raise concerns about privacy and liability.
American Muslims do report extremist threats, officials say
By RNS staff — June 16, 2016
Muslim-Americans have repeatedly informed authorities of fellow Muslims they fear might be turning to extremism, law enforcement officials say, contrary to a claim by presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump this week.
Omar Mateen committed a hate crime. It’s unclear if he was an Islamist, too
By guest — June 13, 2016
(RNS) After Sunday's violent incident, many have again reverted to the familiar but false dichotomy regarding Muslims in America: that because a gunman is Muslim, he must be a radical, bent on destroying America.
Milwaukee man allegedly planned mass shooting
By Reuters — January 27, 2016
MILWAUKEE — "We are Muslims, defending Muslim religion, we are on our own ...," said Samy Mohamed Hamzeh, 23, according to the complaint.
Philly teen arrested in alleged plot targeting Pope Francis visit
By Kevin Johnson — September 16, 2015
The law enforcement officials, who are not authorized to discuss the matter publicly, said the boy's alleged activities in part involved the distribution of information on explosives through social media.
Kansas man arrested in bomb plot in support of Islamic State
By Reuters — April 13, 2015
(Reuters) A Kansas man was arrested on Friday as part of an FBI sting operation in which he was plotting a suicide car bombing at Fort Riley army base in support of the Islamic State militant group, prosecutors said.
White powder, threat sent to Colorado Jewish center, synagogue
By Reuters — April 7, 2015
DENVER (Reuters) Workers at a Jewish community center and a nearby synagogue in Colorado opened envelopes on Monday containing a white substance and at least one threatening message, police said.
Obama denounces ‘outrageous’ murders of Muslim students as FBI opens probe
By Doug Stanglin — February 13, 2015
(RNS) "No one in the United States of America should ever be targeted because of who they are, what they look like, or how they worship," the president said.
Judge rules in favor of Muslim woman on no-fly list
By Omar Sacirbey — January 16, 2014
(RNS) A Muslim woman now living in Malaysia struck a blow to the U.S. government’s “no-fly list" when a federal judge ruled that the government violated her due process rights by putting her on the list without telling her why.
Orthodox rabbis charged in Jewish divorce shakedown plot
By Ted Sherman — October 11, 2013
(RNS) According to a criminal complaint unsealed Thursday (Oct. 10), the four are accused of charging families thousands of dollars to get recalcitrant husbands to agree to divorces, frequently by violent means.
5 dumbest things said about the Boston Marathon Explosions: Fox News, (some) Republicans
By Omid Safi — April 27, 2013
The purpose is not (merely) to expose and ridicule—ok, maybe there is a touch of that—but rather to shine the light on areas of shortcoming that we, all of us, will have to deal with if we are to get to a more beautiful place than we are right now.
After shooting, Sikhs push for more legal protections
By Jeanie Groh — September 20, 2012
(RNS) U.S. Sikhs are taking heart in a widely publicized hearing on hate crimes that they see as a first step toward better understanding of the community and increased legal protections. By Jeanie Groh.
