March 9th, 20190On Thursday, the U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly passed a resolution by a vote of 407-to-23 to condemn both anti-Semitism and anti-Muslim hatred, among other forms of bigotry, including those of White Supremacists, a development Democratic U.S. Reps Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota and Andre Carson of...
January 15th, 20190
HALLANDALE BEACH, Florida — A Jewish commissioner from Hallandale Beach has accused a Muslim congresswoman from Michigan of being an anti-Semite who might “blow up Capitol Hill.”
Her comments were directed at U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, who sparked a political firestorm soon after being sworn in to Congress on Jan. 3 by vowing...
September 8th, 20183DEARBORN – Between 1995 and 2012, thousands flocked to the capital of Arab America for a taste of their homeland’s culture, where nostalgia for music and food alike would meet their match at the Arab International Festival.
It was a kind of celebration one could only experience in a city in which nearly half its residents are of...
May 11th, 20180DETROIT — On Thursday, May 10, the Wayne County Commission approved a resolution introduced by Commission Chairman Gary Woronchak (D-Dearborn) recognizing the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, which begins May 16.
Woronchak continued a tradition he established several years ago of commemorating the start of Ramadan each year with a...
May 9th, 20180KALKASKA, Mich. — The village president of Kalkaska, about 230 miles northwest of Detroit, who shared Facebook posts condemning Islam and called for the murder of “every last Muslim" in June 2017 has been replaced in a recall election.
On May 8, the town's 2,000 residents ousted Jeff Sieting and elected Harley J. Wales in his...
April 6th, 20180There are many times we need to ask ourselves, what are our true priorities?
A couple of weeks ago, thanks to social media, and fake news, we were all made aware of a suspicious flyer that supposedly originated somewhere in the United Kingdom, but no one was able to determine who was behind it.
The “Punish a Muslim Day”...
March 2nd, 20180"Barbara McQuade did a fantastic job with community outreach. What I would like to do is continue with that tradition. I want to be accessible to people in the community."
DEARBORN — In barely two months at his new job, Matthew Schneider, the U.S. attorney for the Eastern District of Michigan, has set the tone of his...
November 10th, 20170WASHINGTON — The Department of Education is no longer considering State Rep. Tim Kelly (R-Saginaw) for a leadership post over personal blog posts deemed offensive to Muslims, reported Education Week, a national newspaper covering K–12 education.
The posts were made between 2009 and 2012 on Kelly's "Citizen Leader" blog, when he...
November 3rd, 20171NEW YORK CITY—Conservative activist Laura Loomer was banned from the ride-sharing services Uber and Lyft on Wednesday after unleashing an anti-Muslim tweetstorm in the wake of the New York City attack on Tuesday that killed eight people, the companies said.
Loomer released numerous posts on Twitter about Muslims on Tuesday and...
August 25th, 20170DETROIT— In mid-July, Steve Spreitzer, president of the Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion, began forming a coalition to counteract hate speech directed at Muslims which came from Kalkaska Village President Jeff Sieting.
Sieting called for death to all Muslims in a Facebook post. He has came out and said he’s...
August 7th, 20170St. Paul ― Minnesota's governor called the bombing of a mosque outside Minneapolis the previous day "an act of terrorism" during a visit to the site on Sunday.
Police in Bloomington, Minnesota, were called on Saturday at 5:05 a.m. local time about an explosion at the Dar Al Farooq mosque, after a bomb was thrown through the window of...
August 4th, 20172DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Debbie Schlussel, an attorney known for her anti-Muslim rhetoric, filed a lawsuit against Dearborn Heights and its officials on May 15 for being denied access to booking photos and videos of resident Malak Kazan without her hijab.
Police had arrested Kazan for driving on a suspended license on July 9, 2014....
June 10th, 20171SEATTLE- Protesters held rallies across the United States on Saturday to denounce sharia law, the Islamic legal and moral code that organizers say poses a threat to American freedoms, but critics believe anti-Muslim hatred is behind the condemnation.
ACT for America, a self-described grassroots organization focusing on national...
DUBAI — A majority of young Arabs see President Trump's election as the factor most influencing their region in the next five years, a survey published on Wednesday showed, and they expressed concern that the U.S. president was anti-Muslim.
Trump signed an executive order in March banning citizens from six Muslim-majority nations...
April 14th, 20173On Thursday, April 6, the U.S. Senate unanimously passed a resolution condemning hate crimes against ethnic and religious groups, and vowed to push for establishing appropriate measures for the reporting and prosecuting of violence against minorities.
Amid rising attacks on individuals and places of worship in Muslim, Sikh, Jewish,...
March 6th, 20170
PLYMOUTH ― Linda Langmesser, Plymouth's longtime city clerk has suddenly resigned amid an investigation into her alleged anti-Muslim Facebook comment this week.
City officials were looking into the comments Langmesser reportedly posted on the Conservative Daily’s Facebook page, referring to a Atlantic article about a Muslim...
