Attacks on mosques appear to have become more frequent and threats against Muslims more menacing since the terrorist attacks in Paris and the shooting in San Bernardino. “A pigs head at a mosque in Philadelphia, a girl harassed at a school in New York, hate mail sent to a New Jersey mosque … I can’t…
“On Friday a man drove toward four soldiers part of the Sentinel operation, charged with protecting the Valence mosque. After issuing warnings, they were forced to use their weapons, injuring the driver. One of the four soldiers was hurt. A mosque attendee was also hit in the leg by a stray bullet and was helped…
French investigators found jihadist propaganda material on Saturday in the computer of a man who drove his car into troops guarding a mosque in southern France on New Year’s Day but said it did not prove he had links with any terrorist groups. “The inspection of his computer led to the discovery of jihadi propaganda…
The driver, 29, was seriously injured when the soldiers shot at him, but according to a government statement, his injuries are not life threatening. Authorities said the man was taken to a hospital, where his wife had arrived to visit him, but he had yet to be questioned and his motives are still unknown. Local…
Demonstrators ransacked a Muslim prayer hall and set fire to copies of the Koran on the French island of Corsica on Christmas Day, in an attack condemned by the government. The violence came amid heightened security measures for the holiday, and nationwide fears after the November 13 attacks by jihadists that killed 130 people. Manuel…
