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Stabbing outside California mosque leads to hate crime charges

Written on 12 Dec, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 3 comments

Police arrested a Southern California man on hate crime charges after he allegedly stabbed a Muslim man who was leaving a mosque with his family. [KABC] On Saturday night, John Matteson, 29, and an unidentified suspect tried to enter a... (Continue reading)

California mosques threatened with genocide

Written on 28 Nov, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 14 comments

Three California mosques have received an anonymous letter stating President-elect Donald Trump will “do to you Muslims what Hitler did to the Jews.” [SF Gate] San Jose police launched an investigation into the threatening letter Thursday night after the imam... (Continue reading)

“Isis” makes appearance in California school yearbook

Written on 9 May, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 26 comments

A 17-year-old Southern California high school student is disgusted that she was misidentified in her yearbook as “Isis Phillips.” The student, Bayan Zehlif, is Muslim and is pictured in the yearbook wearing a hijab. [CBS LA] Susan Petrocelli, the principal... (Continue reading)

Iraqi refugee taken off California flight

Written on 18 Apr, 2016 in Daily Briefs, Featured | 35 comments

Southwest Airlines escorted an Iraqi refugee off a flight in Los Angeles after another passenger became alarmed when she heard the man speaking in Arabic. Federal investigators later determined the man posed no threat, but the Iraqi-American man is accusing... (Continue reading)