January 4, 2016 By Leah Caldwell When hatred collides with Texas’ Stand Your Ground law, the result is fatal. It was the second week of Ramadan and Ziad Abu Naim was fasting. He was about to head to the mosque for Friday prayers when his wife, Lisa Aimone, decided she’d go with him. She and
October 13, 2015 By Press Association The number of hate crimes reported to police has jumped by nearly a fifth, figures show. There were 52,528 such offences recorded by forces in England and Wales in 2014-15 – an increase of 18% compared with the previous year, according to Home Office data. More than 80% were
October 13, 2015 By Nadia Khomami A Muslim woman was showered in alcohol in a violent Islamophobic attack on a train as other passengers silently watched on, researchers have revealed. The incident was one of many hate attacks on Muslims uncovered in a study by criminologists Imran Awan of Birmingham City University and Dr Irene
November 17, 2015 By Associated Press in Toronto Canadian police have said that the assault and robbery of a Muslim woman in Toronto appears to have been “motivated by hate”. Police said two men beat the woman up Monday while she was heading to pick up her son from school. “It was a completely unprovoked
June 17, 2015 By Alan Travis Anti-Muslim attacks in the UK nearly quadrupled after the Charlie Hebdo massacre in Paris but fell overall on 2013-14, when Lee Rigby was murdered. Muslims in Britain are becoming the target of hate crimes in retribution for terrorist attacks around the world, according to a new report based on
January 11, 2016 By Associated Press in Baghdad Gunmen stormed into a Baghdad mall on Monday after setting off a car bomb and launching a suicide attack at its entrance, killing at least 18 people and wounding 50 in the city’s mainly Shia east, Iraqi officials said. Islamic State claimed responsibility. The officials initially described
By Rick Jervis The shooting of nine people by a white gunman inside a Charleston, S.C., black church comes amid a recent surge in violent hate groups and incidents where "lone wolf" attacks are increasingly common, according to groups who monitor hate crimes. Police on Thursday arrested Dylann Roof, 21, for allegedly opening fire in the
By Taylor Brown After the murder of nine black Americans at a church in Charleston, South Carolina by a white man, advocates and commentators are calling for suspect Dylann Roof to be described as a terrorist. http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-33205339
By J. Richard Cohen A white man and apartheid admirer walked into a black church Wednesday night and killed nine people. He reportedly said he had “to do it” because black people “rape our women” and are “taking over our country.” The violent attack against Emanuel AME Church in Charleston, S.C., is an obvious hate
By Edward Dunbar The Charleston shooting at the Emanuel AME church is another tragic case of violence targeting black Americans. According to law enforcement officials, the shooter said he was aiming for nothing less than “starting a race war.” As a psychologist, I’ve been studying hate violence for the past 20 years. In addition, as