Tag: Muslim

  • Police Investigating Possible Hate Crime After Teenage Syrian Refugee Beaten On Trolley

    Police Investigating Possible Hate Crime After Teenage Syrian Refugee Beaten On Trolley

    Detectives are reviewing video footage that corroborates a teenage Syrian refugee’s report of being attacked on a San Diego trolley by a man shouting epithets about the victim’s ethnicity, a police spokesman said Thursday.

  • Survey Finds Muslim Students in California Are Subject to Bullying

    By Erik Anderson A new survey by the California branch of the Council on American-Islamic Relations found that half of the Muslim American students who responded are subject to some form of bullying or bias at school. The survey was distributed by the group to California mosques, and tried to pinpoint incidents of bias-based bullying…

  • Islamophobia Declining, But Still Potent

    CAIR Map detailing anti-Islamic legislation. | Photo Credit: Jill Replogle By Jill Replogle A national Islamic civil rights group says it’s noted a “small, but highly welcome” decrease in discrimination against American Muslims and actions designed to create fear of Islam. But it also found dozens of examples of legislation it considers anti-Islamic and more…

  • Suspicion From 9/11 Tragedy Remains For San Diego Muslims

    By Amita Sharma Rawya Emalt believes non-Muslims gave her harsh stares after 9/11. | Photo Credit: Amita Sharma   Ground zero of some of the distrust between Muslims and the larger community might just be in Clairemont, where two of the 9/11 hijackers lived at the Parkwood Apartments. The apartments are now condos with picture-book,…