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Hateful Message Scrawled On PA Mosque, Officials Call For Increased Security Hateful Message Scrawled On PA Mosque, Officials Call For Increased Security
Hateful Message Scrawled On PA Mosque, Officials Call For Increased Security Islamic relations officials are calling for increased security at a Pennsylvania mosque where a hateful message was scrawled. The word "terrorist" was written by vandals on the entrance door of the Khair Community Center in Phoenixville, prompting a call to action by CAIR Philadelphia. “In today’s hateful, dehumanizing rhetoric against Muslims, the kind of vile attacks and speech we have seen directed against Khair Community have become all too common," said Dr. Ahmet Tekelioglu, CAIR-Philadelphia Executive Director. "Our office has received an unprecedented number of civil right…

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by Cecilia Levine
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'Go Back To Your F*cking Country': NJ Woman Attacks Young Muslim Sisters, Authorities Charge 'Go Back To Your F*cking Country': NJ Woman Attacks Young Muslim Sisters, Authorities Charge
'Go Back To Your F*cking Country': NJ Woman Attacks Young Muslim Sisters, Authorities Charge A New Jersey woman getting her nails done smacked a young Muslim girl in the head and told her and her sister to “go back to your f*cking country,” authorities charged. She then cursed out the young teens’ mother, they said. Nancy Jones, 59, of Clifton, was charged with a trio of bias crimes after investigators identified her in connection with the April 30 attack at New Natural Nails on Lakeview Avenue, Passaic County Prosecutor Camelia Valdes and Clifton Police Chief Thomas Rinaldi said in a joint announcement. Both U.S.-born girls – one 13, the other 15 -- were wearing hijabs at the…

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by Jerry DeMarco
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Caller Threatens Rape, Bombing At NJ Palestinian Center Caller Threatens Rape, Bombing At NJ Palestinian Center
Caller Threatens Rape, Bombing At NJ Palestinian Center VIDEO: Clifton police provided extra security while investigating a deluge of threatening phone calls Tuesday to the Palestinian American Community Center. “Is this the terrorist community center?” the caller asked during one of more than 30 exchanges with staff that began before noon and continued until nearly 6 p.m. Referring to himself as “Jebediah,” the caller said he lived “next to” the Lakeview Avenue center and was going to “beat your f*****g ass.” “You Palestinians blow up children and behead them,” he said at one point. “I'm going to come rape you and give you a taste of your own …

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by Jerry DeMarco