by Mary Papenfuss December 12, 2016 A California man has been booked on suspicion of committing a hate crime after police said he angrily confronted worshipers leaving a Simi Valley mosque and stabbed one of them. The unidentified victim was rushed to a nearby hospital after being cut in the abdomen. He was in
by Bill Dorman December 19, 2016 Police in Indonesia are warning about a new tactic that terrorists are using. It involves a shift in strategy and a new focus for law enforcement officials. HPR’s Bill Dorman has more in today’s Asia Minute. The newest factor in domestic terrorism in Indonesia may be the emerging
by TIME staff December 14, 2016 An Islamist cell on the Indonesia island of Java successfully radicalized a domestic helper who had worked in Singapore and Taiwan, and convinced her to attempt a suicide bomb attack on the offices of Indonesia’s President. That’s according to an interview given by the 27-year-old helper on Indonesian
by Arjun Singh Sethi December 15, 2016 Hate is now a part of daily life for many Americans. In the first 48 hours following the election, the Southern Poverty Law Center documented more than 200 incidents of hateful harassment, intimidation and assault. Since then, violence has proliferated. In suburban Pittsburgh, an Indian-American man was
by Editorial Board December 16, 2016 Minnesotans have likely heard stories about local hate incidents: Swastikas or the N-word scrawled on a college building. An East African woman hit in the face with a beer mug for speaking her native language at a local restaurant. A black doll with a noose around its neck
by Janice Williams December 19, 2016 A homeless man who accused a Muslim woman of being a “terrorist” before throwing hot coffee on her was arrested Sunday. Police said the man who verbally and physically attacked the 21-year-old woman inside of a New York City Dunkin Donuts was charged with assault as a hate crime.
by Elizabeth Elizalde December 18, 2016 Police are investigating multiple red spray-painted swastikas on Long Island as hate crimes after residents reported seeing the offensive messages throughout their neighborhoods. The slew of reported racist graffiti was found between Nov. 30 and Dec.16 in several Long Island towns that include Mineola and Merrick, according to
by Rima Abdelkader December 18, 2016 The Muslim teen who alleged to have been the victim of a hate crime last week in New York was charged with falsifying her report Wednesday — and the reaction from many Muslim Americans has gone from anger at the time of the purported incident to dismay following
by Jill Kaufman December 17, 2016 The parking lot at the Islamic Society of Western Massachusetts filled up fast, and then drivers parked along the neighborhood side streets. The mosque’s main hall was standing room only. Hundreds showed up Wednesday for an interfaith conversation about hate crimes in the area. According to the Anti-Defamation
by Sheila Anne Feeney December 8, 2016 Why do people commit hate crimes -- violent, cruel and pointless offenses motivated by a baseless abhorrence or disgust for a group of people they perceive as different from themselves? NYC officials recently announced that hate crimes have increased by 35 percent this year. Mayor Bill de