Video: Who will Muslims vote for?
Oumma.com’s short video analyzing patterns of the Muslim vote in France, and predicting who Muslims might vote for in the 2017 election. Click here to watch.
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French presidential election turns to question of identity
The race to become the next president of France is becoming a referendum on what it means to be French. As voters prepare to head to the polls Sunday for the Républicains’ primary—which could ultimately determine the next president—the rhetoric at rallies and debates has increasingly focused on whether France’s secular values are compatible with…
Post-election spate of hate crimes worse than post-9/11, experts say
What may seem like a dramatic rise in the number of hate harassment and hate incidents happening across the country in the wake of Tuesday’s general election is not in anyone’s imagination, experts say. There indeed has been a spike in the number of reports of such incidents, say representatives for two organizations that track…
FBI: Hate crimes against Muslims in US surge 67 percent
Number of anti-Muslim hate crimes rose in 2015 to the highest level since the aftermath of 9/11. Hate crimes against Muslims in the United States shot up 67 percent in 2015 to their highest levels since the aftermath of the September 11, 2001 attacks, according to new FBI statistics. Overall, 57 percent of the 5,850…
Attacks on Muslim Americans Fuel Increase in Hate Crime, F.B.I. Says
WASHINGTON — The F.B.I. reported Monday that attacks against American Muslims surged last year, driving an overall increase in hate crime against all groups. The data, which is the most comprehensive look at hate crime nationwide, expanded on previous findings by researchers and outside monitors, who have noted an alarming rise in some types of…