Florida islamic center is removed as a polling site after complaints and threats

For years, the Islamic Center of Boca Raton, Fla., served as a polling station for Palm Beach County voters.Since at least the year 2010, citizens have cast their votes within the pastel green walls of the mosque, whether it was for a presidential primary, a municipal election or a special primary. Last week, however, the …

Counterprotests allowed in Köln during Democracy Rally against Turkish coup

Approximately 40.000 people with Turkish roots gathered in the German city of Cologne on Sunday to denounce the failed July 15 coup in Turkey and show solidarity for Turkish people and government. While this organization called “Democracy Rally against Coup” was rallying in Cologne, four counter-protests were allowed to take place elsewhere in the city, …

Code Pink activist carrying a banner that read “Boycott Israel” was taken off the floor by security

Code Pink, a non-governmental organization describes itself as women-initiated grassroots peace and social justice movement, tried to protest Israel for supporting Palestinian human rights at the DNC (Democratic National Convention). Code Pink entered the convention halls to urge delegates to “support justice for Palestine.” They held banners that said “Free Palestine” or “Building Settlements Prohibits …

Tokyo attacker who killed 19 disabled people was motivated by the Nazi ideology of eugenics

Satoshi Uematsu, the 26-year-old man who killed 19 disabled people in a care facility for the disabled near Tokyo on Tuesday, expressed admiration for Nazi ideology during a stint in a psychiatric hospital in February. According to an official in Sagamihara, Kanagawa Prefecture, Uematsu discussed his attraction to the Nazi ideology of eugenics, which sees …

Canadian officials deny that Abdirahman Abdi’s death at the hands of several officers had anything to do with race

The Ottawa Police Association is denying Abdirahman Abdi’s death at the hands of several officers Sunday had anything to do with race. Abdi died after, according to witness accounts, cops pepper sprayed him, hit him with batons, and punched him in the head and neck. However, despite the denial of racial problems by police officials …

“Islamist terrorism has arrived in Germany” says Bavarian premier

Horst Seehofer, Bavarian state premier and leader of the Christian Social Union (CSU), attends a news conference and said that “Germany must face the fact that Islamist terrorism has arrived and respond with tougher security and tighter immigration policies.” However, German officials say two of the assailants in the spate of attacks within Germanyhad links …

US air strikes in Syria killed at least 77 innocent civilians mistaken for Isis fighters

According to the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, at least 56 civilians were killed in strikes in Toukhan, north of the Isis stronghold of Manbij on Tuesday, and 21 were killed in air strikes on Manbij itself on Monday. The Observatory said the dead from Tuesday’s air strike included 11 children. The total number …

“All Muslims in the US should be monitored” says American politician

On 15 July 2016, Newt Gingrich, an American senior politican and political consultant, said in an interview with Fox News that all Muslims in the United States should be tested to see if they believe in Sharia Law. “Let me be as blunt and direct as I can be. Western civilization is in a war. …

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