Facebook Live beating “sickening”: Chicago police Classify as a Hate Crime

January 6, 2017 Article

Chicago police have arrested four people in connection with a Facebook Live video that showed a teen with special needs being beaten and tortured. Chicago’s top cop also called the video sickening. An 18-year-old white man was backed into a corner, his mouth taped shut as his assailants taunt the special-needs teen… cutting his clothes

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Philippines kills leader of Islamic State-linked militant group in clash

January 6, 2017 Article

Philippine security forces killed the leader of a militant group supporting Islamic State in a clash early on Thursday, the country’s police chief said, warning [...]

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Former Porn Star Jenna Jameson’s Rants on Muslims and Islam

January 5, 2017 Article

Jenna Jameson has built a following through her work in the porn industry in the United States and has over 650,000 Twitter followers apart from other social media reach outlets. Known in the porn industry and a household name to many men watching their TV screens late at night whilst their partners were asleep, Jameson

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‘Meet the Real Housewives of ISIS’ Splits Opinions

January 5, 2017 Article

The BBC aired a trailer for the comedy ‘Real Housewives of ISIS‘ which featured women in hijabs apparently within the Islamic State and curtailed of their rights. Sketches involved Muslim women wearing suicide vests and one lamenting on how her husband liked 40 virgins and why he did not like her alone. Other scenes highlighted

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Charleston church gunman tells jury he is not mentally ill

January 5, 2017 Article

Dylann Roof addressing the jury at the sentencing phase of his trial Wednesday… saying, “there’s nothing wrong with me psychologically.” Roof is facing possible execution for the 2015 massacre of nine African-American congregants of a Charleston, South Carolina church. In his opening statement, the white supremacist explaining he’s representing himself so lawyers don’t present evidence

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New Year attack on woman in India’s tech hub prompts police probe

January 5, 2017 Article

A brazen attack in India’s tech hub caught on camera. Surveillance video in Bengaluru showing two men on a scooter pulling up to a woman [...]

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How stories about Muslim cashiers refusing to sell alcohol go viral

January 3, 2017 Article

The popularity of news articles about Muslim cashiers refusing to serve customers buying alcohol is no accident. Part of the success owes to sensational headlines. And to the insular online networks built on the narratives of anti-Muslim ideologues and the far-right which help these stories find a larger audience. On December 28, 2016, the Sun

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How stories about Muslim cashiers refusing to sell alcohol go viral

January 3, 2017 Article

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Gunman kills 39 in Istanbul nightclub, manhunt under way

January 1, 2017 Article

A gunman opened fire on New Year revellers at a packed nightclub on the shores of Istanbul’s Bosphorus waterway on Sunday killing at least 39 [...]

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Islamic State attacks Iraqi police near Najaf, kills seven

January 1, 2017 Article

Islamic State attacked an Iraqi police checkpoint near the southern city of Najaf on Sunday, killing seven policemen as government forces in the north made [...]

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