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By Firdevs Bulut Kartal TORONTO (AA): Two Muslim women, a mother and daughter, reported an alleged hate crime that took place in Kitchener, a city in Canada’s Ontario province on Wednesday morning. According to a report by CTV News, the women said a stranger followed them with his car after morning prayers at the mosque […]

1st Feb 2023

Canadian court convicts pair of assault of Muslim father

By Barry Ellsworth TRENTON, Canada (AA): A Canadian court Tuesday found two men guilty of assault of a Muslim father, an attack that displayed the “darkest side of humanity,” the victim’s wife said at a press conference following the verdict. The Judge called the attack ‘anti-Arab, but not anti-Muslim.’ The unprovoked attack on Mohammed Abu […]

5th Oct 2021

Canadian judge jails man who branded Muslim businessman ‘baby killer’

By Barry Ellsworth TRENTON, Canada (AA): A man with a history of promoting hate was sentenced in a Canadian court Monday to 18 months behind bars for contravening six court orders to stop making defamatory comments about restaurant owner Mohamad Fakih. Kevin J. Johnston, a mayoral candidate for the city of Calgary, Alberta, was […]

25th Jun 2021

Canada: Two Muslim sisters brutally attacked in Alberta

By Barry Ellsworth TRENTON, Canada (AA): Police are seeking a suspect after two Muslim sisters in the western Canadian province of Alberta were attacked in what is being called a hate-motivated crime, local media reported Thursday. According to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, a man wearing a mask approached the women in St. Albert, […]

20th Nov 2020

US: Imam assaulted, rights group urges hate crime probe

By Ovunc Kutlu (AA): A US Muslim civil rights and advocacy group called for a full investigation by local police into a hate crime committed against a Muslim religious leader in southern California city of Anaheim in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. The Council on American-Islamic Relations’ (CAIR) Los Angeles office, in a statement, said […]

27th May 2019

Finland: Far-right Finnish politician rips up Qur’an

[Map of Finland. Wikimedia for free use for any purpose] Atilla Altuntas STOCKHOLM, Sweden (AA): With European polls taking place in Finland Sunday, the leader of an extreme far-right party tried to stoke the Islamophobic vote by publicly ripping up a copy of the Qur’an, according to a Turkish businessman. Marco De Wit, leader of […]

27th Mar 2019

US: Graffiti citing NZ attacks found after California mosque fire

By Umar Farooq WASHINGTON (AA): Authorities in Southern California are investigating a recent fire at a mosque as a possible hate crime just over a week after terrorist attacks in New Zealand. Early Sunday morning, a group of seven congregants at the Islamic Center of Escondido called the police after spotting a fire and […]

30th Nov 2018

Canada: Hate crimes jump dramatically

By Barry Ellsworth TRENTON, Canada (AA): Hate crimes in Canada rose steeply in 2017, with most aimed at Muslims, Jews and blacks, according to a Statistics Canada report released Thursday. The report bucks a trend that saw hate crimes against the three groups decreased in 2016. Incidents targeting Muslims [Islamophobic attacks] more than doubled […]

27th Dec 2017

Sweden: Police investigate Swedish mosque bomb attack as hate crime

By Atila Altuntas STOCKHOLM (AA) – Police are investigating an attack on a mosque with a homemade bomb as a hate crime, officers said Monday. The attack on the Islamic Cultural Center in Saffle, a town 45 kilometers (28 miles) southwest of Karsltad, left ball-bearings lodged in the walls of the center’s prayer room. Broadcaster […]

19th Aug 2017

Germany sees rise in anti-Muslim attacks

By Ayhan Simsek BERLIN (AA): Hate crimes against Muslims in Germany rose sharply in the second quarter of this year, reflecting a growing Islamophobia fueled by far-right and populist political parties according to new government figures. However, very few anti-Muslim hate crimes are successfully prosecuted. At least 16 Muslims were injured in Islamophobic violence between April […]

13th Aug 2017

US: Suspect who drove car into crowd charged with murder at hate march

By Michael Hernandez WASHINGTON (AA): One suspect was charged late Saturday with second-degree murder and other charges after a woman was killed at a counter protest march to a white nationalist rally in the state of Virginia. Authorities identified James Alex Fields Jr., 20, as the driver of a car that plowed into a […]

25th Jul 2017

Canadian charged with hate crime against Muslims

By Barry Ellsworth TRENTON, Ont. (AA) – A Canadian man, who earlier this year offered a $2,500 reward for recordings of Muslim students “spewing hate speech during Friday prayers”, was charged Monday with committing a hate crime. Kevin J. Johnston, a former mayoral candidate in Mississauga, just outside of Toronto, was charged with willful […]

1st Jul 2017

UK Muslim victim says acid attack was Islamophobic

By Ahmet Gurhan Kartal LONDON (AA): A Muslim man who recently suffered “life-changing injuries” when he was sprayed in the face with acid in East London has described the incident as a hate crime. Speaking in an emotional interview with broadcaster Channel 4, Jameel Mukhtar said: “I believe it was something to do with […]

14th Jun 2017

Canada: Hate crimes against Muslims increase by 60%

By Barry Ellsworth TRENTON, Ont. (AA): Hate crimes against Muslims have increased 60 percent, according to the latest figures released Tuesday by Statistics Canada. There were 159 incidents in 2015, a significant jump from 99 the previous year, the agency said on its website. The numbers have been steadily increasing and are up 253 […]

15th Nov 2016

US hate crimes targeting Muslims up 70 percent

By Michael Hernandez WASHINGTON (AA): Hate crimes targeting Muslims in the U.S. rose 67 percent last year, the FBI said in an annual report released Monday. The uptick is part of an overall 7 percent hike in hate crimes across the U.S. last year. Of the 7,121 victims identified in the report, nearly 20 […]

8th Sep 2016

Spain: Niqabi pregnant Muslim woman assaulted

By Alyssa McMurtyry MADRID (AA): Spanish police said Wednesday they arrested two individuals on hate-crime charges after an alleged assault on a pregnant woman wearing a niqab. According to the police statement released Wednesday, on Monday night the woman and her spouse were walking with their children in a central area of Barcelona. The […]

19th Aug 2016

US: ‘All Muslims are terrorists should be killed’ leaflets to Iraqis

NEW YORK (AA): Police are investigating as a hate crime notes urging violence against Muslims discovered Wednesday at an apartment complex in the state of Maine. An Iraqi man went to Westbrook police late Wednesday after finding a piece of paper that said, “All Muslims are Terrorists should be Killed,” police said. Officers took action […]

19th Jun 2015

US: White terrorist killing 9 at black church arrested

Washington, (Xinhua): The white terrorist gunman suspected of killing nine African-Americans in a “hate crime” shooting in the southeastern U.S. city of Charleston, South Carolina, was caught on Thursday, law enforcement said. Dylann Roof [photo], a 21-year-old white man of Lexington, South Carolina, was taken into custody in Shelby, North Carolina during a traffic stop, […]

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