September 20th, 20240WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Tuesday, a Senate hearing on hate-related incidents was capped off by a male Republican Senator yelling at a witness and falsely accusing her of supporting terrorism.
The strange scene played out in front of the cameras at a meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee, which met to discuss rising rates of...
June 28th, 20240DALLAS — A Texas woman allegedly tried to drown a 3-year-old Palestinian American at an apartment complex pool in suburban Dallas after making racist remarks toward the child’s mother in a case investigators are asking to be treated as a hate crime, a police spokeswoman said Monday.
Elizabeth Wolf, 42, has been charged with...
February 13th, 20240The recent stabbing of a 23-year-old Palestinian American in Texas meets the standard for a hate crime, police announced on Wednesday.
Bert James Baker, 36, was arrested on Sunday for allegedly attacking 23-year-old Zacharia Doar after Doar and friends were returning from a pro-Palestinian protest on Sunday near the University of...
November 21st, 20230
By Sunita Sohrabji
“My brother’s wounds will eventually heal, but the trauma will remain for a very long time.” — Arfat Yafai, brother of Khalid Yafai, who remains on a ventilator in the ICU after undergoing three surgeries.
Stabbing victim Khalid Yafai has been on a ventilator since Nov. 17, unable...
June 7th, 20220DEARBORN — On Monday, Diabolique Paris Johnson, 35, of Indianapolis, pleaded guilty to charges of second degree murder, felony firearm and armed robbery for a string of crimes he committed in Dearborn and Detroit in 2020.
Due to the nature of the crimes and the victims involved, state and Wayne County officials alleged the man had...
February 17th, 20190MARYSVILLE, CA —A man was arrested this past Wednesday for allegedly assaulting a convenience store owner, police said after viewing surveillance footage.
The attacker, who was leaving the store at the time, allegedly punched a clerk and threw coffee at him before leaving a 7-11 in the city, just before 2 a.m.
The man was...
October 12th, 20181DEARBORN HEIGHTS – In one of the most diverse counties in the United States, bad neighbors and a dismissive law enforcement has resulted in the arrest of a racist man and a family wanting to leave town.
Wayne County Prosecutor Kym Worthy has charged Jason Glenn Sherman, 35, a Dearborn Heights resident, in connection with the ethnic...
September 8th, 20180WASHINGTON, D.C. — On Tuesday, the U.S. Senate passed by unanimous vote an anti-hate crime bill (S. 994), protecting religiously affiliated institutions.
This legislation amends the federal criminal code and increases the penalty — a fine, a prison term of up to five years, or both— for intentionally threatening or destroying...
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”...
February 16th, 20180TULSA, OK — An Oklahoma man who harassed and attacked members of a Lebanese family living next door was found guilty Wednesday of first-degree murder, a hate crime and other charges in connection with the 2016 slaying of Khalid Jabara.
In addition to murder, Stanley Vernon Majors, 63, was found guilty of malicious intimidation or...
December 8th, 20172FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — A man who vandalized a Florida mosque in January 2016 and left a raw slab of bacon on its doorstep was sentenced to 15 years in prison on a hate crime conviction, a state attorney's spokesman said on Wednesday.
Michael Wolfe, 37, pleaded guilty on Tuesday to criminal mischief to a place of worship in a case...
October 18th, 20170A white man was indicted on a hate crime charge on Tuesday in the stabbing death of a newly commissioned black U.S. Army officer on the University of Maryland campus in May, a county prosecutor said.
Sean Urbanski, 22, of Severna Park, Maryland, had already been indicted by a grand jury on a murder charge for the death of...
October 18th, 20170FAIRFAX, VA - A man is facing the death penalty after he was charged with raping and murdering a Muslim teenager as she was heading to a mosque with friends.
Darwin Torres, 22, attacked 17-year-old Nabra Hassanen and a group of her friends in Sterling, Virginia, after they had eaten a meal together following a day-long fast during...
August 18th, 20171DEARBORN HEIGHTS — Dearborn's neighboring city seems to be tackling drastically similar types of reckless driving on its roads and has found no better way to control it than to heighten traffic enforcement.
The Dearborn Heights Police Department kicked off the crackdown in July, According to Police Chief Lee Gavin, it's been a...
August 18th, 20171WASHINGTON, D.C. — On July 25, the Pew Research Center released a report on Muslim Americans and their concerns regarding their place in society; despite the data showing high concern from U.S. Muslims, 92 percent of them are proud to be American.
The survey was conducted between January and May. It showed that half of Muslim...
June 21st, 20170WASHINGTON-A memorial for slain teen Nabra Hassanen has been burned down where it had been erected in the DuPont Circle on Connecticut Ave NW in Washington, D.C.
The DC Fire department responded to the scene at about 8:30 AM on Wednesday.
Additionally, the remains from the memorial of 17-year-old Hassanen were found on fire at the...
June 19th, 20171HERNDON, VA-A body found Sunday afternoon in a pond in the 21500 block of Ridgetop Circle in Sterling, Virginia, is 17-year-old girl Nabra Hussein from Reston, Virginia, who was reported missing in the area hours earlier.
Police discovered a female body in the pond about 3 p.m. The pond is 2 to 3 miles away from the original...
May 10th, 20170NEW YORK CITY-A substitute teacher received a scolding by Education Department officials after he ripped a hijab off the head of a Bronx second-grader last Tuesday.
Police sources said on 1 p.m. on that day, Oghenetega Edah, 31, demanded that Safa Alzockary, 8 take off her religious scarf around 1 p.m. last Tuesday, cops said.
The...
May 3rd, 20170WAHINGTON, D.C.-Before Julie Kirchner was appointed by President Donald Trump to Citizenship and Immigration Services Investigator, she served as the executive director of the Federation for American Immigration Reform (FAIR), an anti-immigrant hate group, for 10 years before leaving the position in 2015.
Kirchner previously served...
March 21st, 20170NEW YORK- A Massachusetts man has been indicted on hate crime charges after assaulting a female Muslim employee at New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport in January, yelling that President Donald Trump "will get rid of all of you," prosecutors said on Thursday.
Robin Rhodes, 57, of Worcester, attacked Rabeeya Khan, who was...
March 21st, 20170Washington, D.C.-Brigitte Gabriel, founder and leader of ACT for America, an organization whose mission is to "protect America from terrorism," plans to meet with the White House, according to reports.
Gabriel also tweeted that she was "In D.C., preparing for my meeting at the White House. What topics would you like me to...
March 12th, 20173YPSILANTI- Federal officials are investigating a fire at the Islamic Center of Ypsilanti on Saturday that could possibly be a hate crime, according to police.
Pittsfield Township Fire Chief Sean Gleason told MLive that firefighters received numerous calls reporting a house fire, but they reached the scene only to find the mosque on...
March 5th, 20170WASHINGTON STATE ― The death of a Muslim teen found hanged in the woods near his home in Washington state promoted the FBI to step in after a medical examiner said it might not have been a suicide.
Ben Moussa Keita, 18, went missing in late November after leaving his Lake Stevens home with his car, wallet or phone. In January, his...
January 26th, 20170
DAVIS, CA – Early Sunday, a woman vandalized the Islamic Center of Davis--- shattering six window panes, placing uncooked bacon on the door handle and destroying two bikes--- between 3:45 a.m. and 4 a.m.
The vandalism is being investigated as a hate crime, police said.
According to the Davis Police Department, the woman used an...
January 26th, 20171
NEW YORK- On Monday, New York police confirmed that a man has been charged with a hate crime after holding a gun to the head of a Muslim cab driver.
Andrew M. Plachecki, 26, was apparently drunk as he waved to the cab early Sunday morning before threatening the driver with a gun and calling him a “motherf---ing piece of Muslim...
