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COPENHAGEN, Denmark (AP) — A shooting at a free speech event featuring an artist who had caricatured the Prophet Muhammad and a second shooting hours later outside a synagogue left two dead and five police officers wounded in Copenhagen, stirring fears that another terror spree was underway in a European capital a month after 17…
Policemen secure the area around a building in Copenhagen, Denmark, where shots were fired on February 14, 2015 outside the venue of a debate held on art and free speech. (MARTIN SYLVEST/AFP/Getty Images) Hours after a gunman opened fire at a Denmark cafe during a discussion about cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad, killing one person…
paging_filterFrom left, Yusor Mohammad, Deah Shaddy Barakat and Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha (Facebook) paging_filter Yesterday, an outspoken white atheist murdered three Muslim students in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. We don’t yet know for sure whether this was a hate crime or whether the killer, Craig Stephen Hicks, had some other motivation; police have said the crime…
Chapel Hill shooting ignites anger and sadness under #MuslimLivesMatter.
Journalists and netizens quickly investigated the suspect, discovering his Facebook profile, with an avatar proclaiming “Atheists for equality”, and a photo of a handgun, posted on January 21st. Radical “atheist” perspectives on his Facebook page have fuelled speculation that the attack is religion-motivated. Combat gear were also found included in his purported Amazon wish list….
Today in New York Magazine, Jonathan Chait discusses how hard it is to be a white man these days. In case you don’t have the time or moral energy to read his 5,000 word opus of angst, here’s a brief rundown. 1. If this article seems familiar, it’s because you’ve read it before. Not only that, but you’ve…
I was just having a pleasant Tuesday looking at funny videos on the internet when I noticed that someone’s name kept showing up on my feed. Jonathan Chait I brushed it off and tried to focus on other things but it, just kept popping up. Against my better interest, I clicked the link. And OH…
Well, this is just brilliant. Racist adverts promoting hatred against Muslims are currently being run on buses in San Francisco – but someone has started covering them up with anti-hatred messages from Marvel’s première Muslim superhero, Ms. Marvel. The adverts were purchased by the American branch of the Freedom Defence Initiative – who, here in…
Since 17 people were murdered in the Paris terror attacks that started with a massacre of cartoonists, staff, and police at Charlie Hebdo magazine almost two weeks ago, The New York Times has not deemed fit to print even one caricature by the French satirical weekly, citing Muslim sensitivities. But today the Times opened up her august…
main NEW YORK (CNNMoney) Fox News took time out of four broadcasts on Saturday to apologize for four separate instances of incorrect information that portrayed Muslims in a negative light. Several of the cases involved incendiary comments about “no-go zones” in Europe, where Islamic law supposedly supersedes local law and where non-Muslims fear to go….