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American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee - http://www.adc.org/
Includes hate crimes hotline, incident reporting, advice for educators and Arab-American parents, educational resources, and statements of support. |
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The Muslim Council of Britain - http://www.mcb.org.uk/
Includes news, incident reporting, fact sheets, and newsletters. |
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Tolerance, Civil Rights, and Justice in Wake of September 11 Tragedies - http://www.usccr.gov/pubs/tragedy/main.htm
Statement from the US Commission on Civil Rights urging Americans to resist the temptation to unfairly target the members of any ethnic or religious group. Includes hotline for reporting racial violence, and journalist's guide of facts about the Arab American community. |
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CNN: Muslims targets in terror backlash - http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/09/19/gen.muslim.attacks/index.html
Reports of an upsurge in anti-Muslim attacks all over Europe. |
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ADL Responds to Violence and Harassment - http://www.adl.org/terrorism_america/adl_responds.asp
Anti-Defamation League responses to incidents of violence and harassment against Arab Americans, Muslim Americans and other individuals or groups that are perceived to be of Middle Eastern descent. Also commentary from groups, ranging from civil rights groups to extremist organizations. |
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CNN: Bush denounces Muslim harassment - http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/09/17/gen.hate.crimes/index.html
Those directing their anger against Muslims in the wake of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon should be ashamed, President Bush said Monday. |
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United States: "We are Not the Enemy" - http://hrw.org/reports/2002/usahate/
Human Rights Watch reports on hate crimes after September 11 against Arabs, Muslims, and those perceived to be Arab or Muslim and the local, state and federal response to it. |
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Rediff.com: Sikh student shot at in US hate crime - http://www.rediff.com/us/2001/sep/26ny6.htm
A college student reports being harassed and shot at while driving on a highway. |
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CNN: Hate crime reports up in wake of terrorist attacks - http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/09/16/gen.hate.crimes/index.html
Reports of hate crimes against Muslims and southeast Asians have risen exponentially across the U.S. |
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An Appropriate Response - http://www.kichu.com/elp/sept11.html
Information regarding the events of September 11, 2002, Middle East regional and cultural background, alternatives to war and American Arab civil rights |
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Cincinnati Enquirer: Muslims urged to give aid - http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2001/09/13/loc_muslims_urged_to.html
Kevin Aldridge and Earnest Winston report that area Muslims have called on their community to donate blood, give money and pray for the victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11th. They plead with the public not to take out its anger on them. |
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Cincinnati Enquirer: Muslim Criticizes Backlash - http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2001/09/14/loc_muslim_criticizes.html
Dr. Salem Foad explains what it is to be Muslim and why America should not stereotype an entire religion. |
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CNN: Man questioned in shooting death of Sikh - http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/09/16/gen.mesa.shooting/index.html
Police question a man in the shooting death of a gas station owner in Mesa, Arizona. |
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St. Petersburg Times: In a country they love, a dose of hate - http://www.sptimes.com/News/092301/Columns/In_a_country_they_lov.shtml
A column by Mary Jo Malone about a local woman attacked because she is from Afghanistan. |
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Cincinnati Enquirer: Muslims say they can feel the hate - http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2001/09/14/loc_muslims_say_they_can.html
The Ohio office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, which receives about two calls about threats or harassment against Muslims per week, received more than 70 calls September 12th. |
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BBC News: Pigs' heads left at Islamic centre - http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1556202.stm
Reports of vandalism and arson at mosques. |
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Rediff.com: Complaints of harassment of Muslims rising in Montreal - http://www.rediff.com/us/2001/oct/12ny31.htm
Police in the Canadian city have received about 95 complaints of harassment and physical assaults from Muslims and members of the local Arab community in the past month. |
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CNN: Mosque firebombed in Australia - http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/09/13/attack.australia.muslims/index.html
Molotov cocktails were thrown at a mosque in Brisbane, Queensland. |
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Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Community answers targeting of mosque - http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/attack/39088_mosque15.shtml
Lewis Kamb reports that Jews, Christians, and Buddhists joined Muslims for an interfaith service at a mosque the day after an attempted arson, just one in a string of anti-Islamic acts reported in the area since September 11th. |
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CNN: Jewish, Arab groups join to fight 'backlash' - http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/09/19/rec.anti.arab.backlash/index.html
Representatives of a dozen Jewish, Arab and community groups came together Wednesday to speak out against what they see as a surging racist backlash against Muslims and Arabs in the wake of the terrorist attacks on the United States. |