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29 Apr 2024 | Organizations

2024 Civil Rights Report: 8,000+ Anti-Muslim Bias Complaints

In April 2024, the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the largest American Muslim civil rights organization, published their annual civil rights report highlighting anti-Muslim bias complaints reported to them over the calendar year. Their 2024 annual civil rights report showed that CAIR received 8,061 total complaints nationwide during the 2023 calendar year, which marks the highest number of complaints that the civil rights group has ever recorded in their entire 30-year history. read the complete article

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04 Jan 2024 | Organizations

Factsheet: Hindu Swayamsewak Sangh (HSS)

Hindu Swayamsewak Sangh (HSS) is a right-wing Hindu non-profit organization registered in New Jersey. On its website, the group states its mission is “to organize a diverse and vibrant Hindu American society that can collectively address its challenges and contribute to the welfare of the world.” As of November 2023, HSS claims it has 220 Shakhas (branches) nationwide. HSS’s website venerates the early ideologues of Hindu nationalism, including those who praised Nazi Germany. Additionally, HSS has hosted prominent figures from the RSS, an Indian right-wing, Hindu nationalist, paramilitary volunteer organization. read the complete article

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20 Dec 2023 | Policy/Law

American Muslim Group Files Lawsuit to End FBI Watchlists

The post-9/11 racial profiling adage of “Flying While Muslim” has impacted millions of Muslims, Arabs and South Asians all over the world for the last two decades. To challenge the constitutionality of these secret government... read the complete article

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20 Nov 2023 | Terms/Tropes

Report: Anti-Palestinian Racism & Islamophobia in Gaza War Coverage

In November 2023, the Center for Security, Race and Rights at Rutgers University published a comprehensive report called “Presumptively Antisemitic: Islamophobic Tropes in the Palestine-Israel Discourse,” which examines how anti-Palestinian racism and Islamophobia have been... read the complete article

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03 Nov 2023 | Terms/Tropes

Report: Islamophobia Lower Among US Latinos

To understand how Latino people across America view Islam and Muslims, the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU) published an October 2023 report, which found that Latinos generally have lower levels of Islamophobia than other racial and ethnic groups in America today. read the complete article

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25 Aug 2023 | Organizations

Factsheet: Global Hindu Heritage Foundation

IMPACT: The Global Hindu Heritage Foundation (GHHF) is a Frisco, Texas-based Hindu non-profit organization. GHHF supports Hindu nationalist ideology and regularly publishes discriminatory, inflammatory, and intolerant content about Islam and Christianity. The group promotes anti-Muslim... read the complete article

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01 Aug 2023 | Law Enforcement

Factsheet: War on Terror

IMPACT: The Global War on Terror (GWoT) is an international military campaign launched by the United States under President George W. Bush following the September 11th, 2001 attacks by Al-Qaeda. Dubbed the ‘Forever Wars,’ this... read the complete article

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31 Jul 2023 | Policy/Law

Factsheet: War on Drugs: Surveillance

IMPACT: The US War on Drugs has used surveillance to aid in policing, curb the international drug trade, and enforce drug prohibition since 1971. Technologies and techniques used as part of the “war” include wiretapping,... read the complete article

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28 Jul 2023 | Law Enforcement

UN Finally Visits Guantanamo Bay Prison After 20 Years

The extrajudicial prison at Guantanamo Bay has been a global stain on America and our legal concept of “due process” for over 20 years because almost 800 Muslim men and boys disappeared there (many of them without ever being charged with a crime). read the complete article

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27 Jul 2023 | Organizations

Factsheet: Coalition of Hindus of North America (CoHNA)

IMPACT: Coalition of Hindus of North America (CoHNA) is a Marietta, Georgia-based Hindu right-wing advocacy organization known for targeting critics of Hindu nationalism and those who highlight the persecution of religious minorities, particularly Muslims and... read the complete article