Tag: Hate Crimes
California man accused of making bombs, threatening to kill Muslims released on bail
A Muslim advocacy group Thursday raised concerns about the release on bail of a man charged with making threats to Richmond’s Muslim community. This comes after William Celli, 55, pleaded not […]
Police investigating possible hate crime near McMaster
Six McMaster University students have moved out of a house in Westdale after a series of alarming incidents — including a knife being stuck into a wall of their house […]
Police search for men who sprayed anti-Syrian graffiti throughout Calgary train station
Police are hoping the public can help identify two men believed to be involved in a racist graffiti spree that targeted Calgary’s Tuscany CTrain station Thursday night. Investigators are calling […]
Woman wearing hijab attacked in ‘hate crime related assault’ in Mississauga
Police are searching for a suspect in connection with a “hate crime related assault” of a 26-year-old woman wearing a hijab in Mississauga on Tuesday. Peel Regional Police said the […]
Dorval mosque targeted by anti-refugee phone threat
The president of a West Island mosque playing a major role in the effort to welcome refugees has expressed concerns after receiving a telephone threat. “Someone called and said ‘we are going to […]
Cold Lake Mosque vandalized, again
The Mosque in Cold Lake, Alta. was vandalized with the words ‘Go Home’ written on the glass of the front door sometime overnight Friday, police say, and it’s not the first […]
Texas Anti-Islam group publishes addresses of Muslims and ‘Muslim sympathisers’
An anti-Islam group which staged an armed protest outside a Dallas Islamic centre has posted names and addresses of Muslims and “Muslim sympathisers” on its Facebook page, adding to growing […]
YouTube murder threats against Arabs case sees Quebecer granted bail
MONTREAL-A man has been granted bail after being charged in connection with a YouTube video in which someone wearing a Joker mask says one Arab would be murdered in Quebec […]
Here’s A List Of Anti-Muslim Acts Reported In The U.S. Since The Paris…
In the United States, the Paris attacks have prompted governors in 31 states to declare they will stop or otherwise oppose accepting additional Syrian refugees. The attacks have brought renewed […]
Muslim women accosted on TTC, racist graffiti scrawled on GO train
Two Muslim women were accosted and verbally assaulted on a Toronto subway train on Wednesday night, the TTC said, and anti-Muslim graffiti was found on a GO Transit train. TTC […]
A Toronto Woman Bundled Up In A Scarf Was Assaulted For Wearing A “Hijab”
Kayla Gerber said the assault happened on Monday, on her way back from a friend’s house. She said she wasn’t wearing a hijab, but she was bundled up in a […]
Quebec mosque linked to controversial Muslim leader vandalized
MONTREAL – Police are investigating after someone reportedly vandalized a mosque run by controversial Muslim leader Adil Charkaoui. READ MORE: Montreal’s Collège de Maisonneuve says Adil Charkaoui allowed back to […]
Montreal man charged with inciting hatred after anti-Muslim video emerges
Montreal police have charged a 24-year-old man in connection with a video posted on YouTube that shows someone in a Joker mask threatening to kill Muslim people in Quebec. Jesse […]
‘Frightening’ attacks leave Ontario Muslims shaken
Muslims in Toronto say a string of potential hate crimes that have struck southern Ontario in the days following the horrific Paris attacks are unacceptable in Canada. On Monday, Toronto […]
Man in Joker Mask Vows to Kill ‘One Arab a Week’ Across Quebec
Montreal police are investigating a chilling video in which a man wearing a Joker mask threatens to kill “one Arab a week.” “As of next week, there will be murders […]
Calgary mosque broken into as Muslim Council denounces Paris attacks at vigil
After Imam Syed Soharwardy denounced last Friday’s co-ordinated attacks in Paris, and the subsequent backlash against Muslims across the world at a candlelight vigil in Calgary, he discovered a northeast […]
Mosque fire in Peterborough was hate crime, say police
PETERBOROUGH, ONT.-A fire set deliberately at a mosque in Peterborough, Ont., in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in Paris is being investigated as a hate crime, police said Monday. […]
Muslim woman attacked outside of her children’s school in Flemingdon Park
Toronto police say they are treating a brazen assault on a Muslim woman near an elementary school in the Flemingdon Park area as a hate crime. The woman was picking […]
Ottawa police warn Muslims women of reports of verbal abuse
Ottawa police are asking Muslims to report “all forms of abuse” after three Muslim women reported being verbally harassed by strangers while wearing a head scarf, including one incident at […]
Muslim convert attacked while wearing niqab in Toronto
Her roots in Canada stretch back through her francophone mother to the 1600s. Last week, wearing her Islamic face veil – the niqab, which has become a central issue in […]