An internal document sent by the diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) officials to a top intelligence agency in the United States warned personnel not to use “problematic phrases” and "biased language” when discussing foreign adversaries like China and Islamic terrorism, claiming that these phrases hurt the sentiments of Muslim Americans.
Videos that captured chants of "death to America" and "death to Israel" by some attendees and speakers of rallies in Dearborn, Michigan, and Houston, Texas, held on April 5 went viral on social media, emphasizing tensions over American support for Israel in its war against Hamas that began after the deadly attack on October 7th that killed 1,200 Israelis.
A controversial pastor and activist in the United States is under fire again, this time for converting from Christianity to Islam along with his wife, citing the ongoing war in Gaza as the reason for his decision to convert to Islam.
An imam from Miami claimed in an online sermon that Zionism is the cause of many of the world’s problems, adding they will do to the Chinese, Germans, Christians, and Americans what they have been doing to the Palestinians in Gaza and create scenarios to come and kill Muslims.
Federal prosecutors in the United States unsealed a complaint against a naturalized American citizen born in Somalia charged with joining a terrorist organization and providing it with material support, including rapping about flying to “shoot New York up.”
Feds charge Minnesota man who they say trained with ISIS and threatened violence against New York https://t.co/f83GnyokRA
A Chabad-Lubavitch synagogue in New York City has become the center of controversy after an underground tunnel was discovered by city officials and Chabad leaders, reviving old antisemitic tropes and even causing a commotion between city authorities and worshippers who supported the tunnel’s construction.
A secret tunnel in a NYC synagogue leads to a brawl between police and worshippers https://t.co/v3Kg7654vc
Hindu advocates in the United States are expressing their concern and urging temples in the country to increase their vigilance and security measures after three Hindu temples in the San Francisco Bay Area were vandalized within two weeks.
An imam in California broke down into tears during a Friday sermon last month, asking what have they done wrong and why they did not become martyrs for Allah just like those in Gaza, adding that Allah chooses Palestinians and that the Children of Israel have a long history of cowardice, wickedness, and murder.
Jewish communities worldwide celebrated Hanukkah, the Jewish festival of lights, from December 7 to 15. Several Jewish leaders and organizations set up menorahs to commemorate the event.
Menorahs across the US vandalized as Jews celebrate Hanukkah amid antisemitism spike https://t.co/NBOgxs2fF1 . Click to read
Authorities in Nashville, Tennessee, arrested a mother, father, and son for assaulting a teenage boy for becoming a Christian after officers conducted a welfare check on the juvenile.