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US Muslim body: Another ‘spy’ confesses to links with far-right group

Council on American-Islamic Relations identifies “second mole”, a week after it fired its senior member for leaking confidential information to an anti-Muslim hate group. CAIR has urged those who helped…

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Inquiry into Religious Discrimination Bill hears shocking story of woman fired for wearing a hijab

A young woman was fired from her job at a pharmacy in Sydney after a shocking confrontation. Helena Burke December 21, 2021 – 3:45PM NCA NewsWire Religious freedom: What can…

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Students protest at Fairfax High after they say Muslim student assaulted, had hijab pulled

An estimated 350 students protested outside Fairfax High School Thursday morning after they say a student assaulted a Muslim student and pulled off her hijab. The protesters said they were…

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House approves Omar-backed bill to combat Islamophobia following Boebert’s anti-Muslim remarks

The House approved a bill late Tuesday that seeks to combat “worldwide” Islamophobia in response to Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert’s anti-Muslim remarks last month against Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar. The…

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Mufti Slams Congressman’s Remarks about Dismantling Al-Aqsa Mosque

Sheikh Muhammad Hussein condemned the racist statements of US Republican Congressman Paul Gosar who had called on the United Nations to “dismantle” the al-Aqsa mosque and move it to another…

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Group demands mosque fire be investigated as hate crime

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (KRQE) –A civil rights group wants a suspected arson at an Albuquerque mosque to be investigated as a hate crime. Surveillance footage shows a woman setting multiple fires at the…

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Omar: Pelosi will address Boebert’s anti-Muslim comments

Last month, the Republican called the Minnesota Democrat a member of the ‘Jihad Squad’ and joked that she could be a terrorist. WASHINGTON — House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has committed…

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Man jailed for threatening to burn down mosque

A man who idolised right-wing mass killers and hated Muslims has been jailed for seven-and-a-half years for terrorist offences. Sam Imrie was sentenced for what a judge described as the…

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Lauren Boebert Faces Ethics Complaint From Muslim, Jewish Groups Over Ilhan Omar Comments

Muslim and Jewish advocacy groups have filed a formal complaint against GOP Representative Lauren Boebert in the wake of her offensive remarks about Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar. Muslim Advocates and Bend the Arc:…

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Trump promotes lies about Ilhan Omar and suggests she apologize for ‘abandoning’ Somalia, which she fled as a child

Former President Donald Trump released a lie-filled statement on Tuesday demanding that Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota apologize for “abandoning her former country.” “Congresswoman Ilhan Omar should apologize for…