(Frankfurter Rundschau) http://www.fr-online.de/wissenschaft/studie-ueber-muslime–respekt-schuetzt-vor-radikalisierung-,1472788,32938542.html
An estimated 4,500 Westerners have ditched home for the Islamic State or other Sunni jihadist groups in Syria or Iraq. Researchers at New America, a nonpartisan think tank in Washington, D.C., collected data on 474 of these cases. They found in news reports an unprecedented number of radicalized women sneaking across borders. One in seven…
Muslim students in California schools report being bullied and discriminated against at significantly higher rates than their peers, according to a study released Friday by the Council on American-Islamic Relations. The report is based on a 2014 statewide survey of more than 600 Muslim American students ages 11-18, who described incidents of discomfort in the…
PEORIA, Ill. (AP) — A jury has awarded $240,000 to two Muslim men who say they were fired from an Illinois trucking company after refusing to deliver alcohol. A judge found Morton-based Star Transport Inc. violated the religious beliefs of Mahad Abass Mohamed and Abdikarim Hassan Bulshale. A trial to determine whether they were entitled…
A Christian homeless shelter in Pennsylvania is in danger of losing federal funding because it won’t hire Muslim employees and won’t sign an anti-discrimination contract. The Grace Youth and Family Foundation’s Winter Relief Center is refusing to sign a government contract for $35,000 in funding from the Butler County Department of Human Services because of…
