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Ratko Mladic, Murderous ‘Butcher of Bosnia,’ Dies at 83

A general during the Balkan wars of the 1990s, he was convicted in the killing of some 8,000 Muslims at Srebrenica, Europe’s deadliest massacre since World War II.

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Ratko Mladic in Sarajevo in 1994. He was captured in 2011 and put on trial for genocide and war crimes.
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A mosque in Ohio was attacked for the third time. Members doubt Trump’s FBI will call it a hate crime

Latest attack happened amid Islamophobic blowback against Arab and Muslim Americans running for office

Nashid Shakir describes how assailants used wire cutters to break into the Westwood Islamic Community Center in the early hours of 3 August.

“They cut the wire and broke the window to get in. They broke into the office, too. It was total disarray,” says Shakir, a board member, and member, at the community center since the 1960s.

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© Photograph: Cincinnati Islamic Community Center

© Photograph: Cincinnati Islamic Community Center

© Photograph: Cincinnati Islamic Community Center

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Muslim Charity in Britain Faces Scrutiny for Possible Links to Hamas

British regulators are investigating Al-Khair Foundation after U.S. prosecutors accused a man affiliated with the group of funding terrorism.

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Marking Eid at an event organized in association with Al-Khair Foundation in London in 2017.
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Islamophobia’s Rise in Texas: ‘I Won’t Rest Until Every Muslim Is Gone’

Muslim communities have been growing for decades, particularly around Dallas. Now, conservatives want to roll up the welcome mat.

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Morning prayer at the Valley Ranch Islamic Center in Irving, Texas.
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With El-Sayed’s Victory Comes a Wave of Islamophobia

As Muslim politicians like Abdul El-Sayed in Michigan have become more prominent, they have experienced considerable bigotry. President Trump said Democrats were electing “jihadists.”

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Since Dr. Abdul El-Sayed’s victory in the Democratic Senate primary in Michigan last week, Republicans have embraced Islamophobic attacks and falsehoods.
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Trump Stokes Islamophobia by Calling Democratic Candidates ‘Jihadists’

Along with his comments about Muslim candidates, Mr. Trump spoke disparagingly of Somalis in the United States, saying “they’re not smart.”

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President Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Monday that “we have jihadists being elected all over the place.”
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