In the month following the election, extremists on Twitter exalted in the election of President-elect Donald Trump by circulating a number of memes and images, many of which targeted Muslims, in an attack on political correctness that mirrored a terrifying emergence of hate incidents.
Yesterday, I watched Hillary Clinton give a gracious concession speech, one that was filled with hope and a touch of reassurance. It was, in some ways, a celebration of our democracy and its stability, which depends on the peaceful transition of power.
Oklahoma state representative John Bennett of Sallisaw received the so-called National Defender of Freedom award from the anti-Muslim think tank Center for Security Policy (CSP).
A U.S. attorney announced this afternoon domestic terrorism charges against three men stemming from a plot to attack a mosque and apartment complex in Garden City, Kansas. The following statement is by Heidi Beirich, director of the Southern Poverty Law Center’s Intelligence Project:
The days surrounding the 15th anniversary of the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, have seen a stunning increase in what may be anti-Muslim hate crimes in the United States, ranging from arson to murder. In one case, a semi-truck driver appeared to deliberately drive his big rig into a Maryland mosque.
American Freedom Alliance gathering in L.A. showcases leading voices of the anti-Muslim movement.
Trump's national security speech came right out of the organized anti-immigrant and anti-Muslim lobby's playbook.
Authorities in Oklahoma are considering whether to file hate crime charges against a man accused of murdering his neighbor while out on bond on charges related to previously running over the victim’s mother with a car.
Donald Trump’s latest attack on Muslims - insulting the Gold Star parents of a soldier who was killed in Iraq in 2004 - has divided the anti-Muslim movement, which is firmly in the pro-Trump camp.
A remarkable level of vitriol has characterized the contest for president. And it’s showing no signs of letting up.
