CAIR-AZ: Arizona Muslims to Hold Friday Press Conference, Rally Kashmir Humanitarian Crisis
(PHOENIX, AZ 9/25/19) – On Friday, Sept. 27, a coalition of Arizona Muslims will hold a press conference and rally to address the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Indian-Occupied Kashmir. The conference also coincides with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s upcoming address to the United Nations General Assembly. Attendees of the press conference and rally will call on elected […]
Tucson Mosque Debates Whether Beer Can Throwing Was Hate Crime
When tenants of a student housing complex poured beer and tossed cans from a balcony onto children playing in the Islamic Center of Tucson’s parking lot last month, Councilman Steve Kozachik saw a hate crime. “This is not an example of a drunken prank,” Kozachik wrote in an angry email to managers of the Sol […]
A Top Joe Biden Staffer is a Supporter of India’s Authoritarian Leader Narendra Modi
A NEW ADVISER to Joe Biden’s presidential campaign, the director of outreach to the Asian-American Pacific Islander community, is a strong backer of extreme right-wing Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Amit Jani took to Facebook in May to celebrate the authoritarian leader’s reelection. Jani, whose hiring as AAPI national vote director was announced last week, comes to Biden’s campaign […]
Advocates, Democrats Decry Joe Arpaio’s Latest Run for Sheriff
“President Trump might’ve pardoned him, but those who had families and communities destroyed by his unlawful tactics have not,” one advocate said. Immigration and civil rights advocates and Democrats decried the announcement that Joe Arpaio, who was charged with contempt of court and later pardoned by President Donald Trump, was running for his old job as […]
Study: Hate Crime on the Rise in Arizona
PHOENIX (3TV/CBS 5) – A new study shows hate crimes are up in the U.S. and in Arizona. SafeHome.org looked at FBI data from 2013 to 2017 and shows hate crimes rose 55% in Arizona in that time; that ranked us 14th in the nation in terms of percentage growth. Researchers say Phoenix was among the top five […]
How a Fringe Muslim Cleric from Australia Became a Hero For America’s Far-Right
FOR ISLAMOPHOBES, Mohamad Tawhidi is something very close to a godsend. A Shia Muslim cleric, raised in Australia and educated in Iran, Tawhidi presents himself as an Islamic reformer who embraces and amplifies far-right warnings that immigration by his fellow Muslims poses an existential threat to Western civilization. “He’s a hero,” the former New York Assembly […]