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As friends gather for the family's funeral, they want the Salman Afzaal's family remembered as more than just victims of a heinous hate crime.
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The Oscar-nominated actor is launching an initiative on Muslim representation in movies, after a new study showed less than 10% of the top films between 2017 and 2019 depicted Muslims on screen.
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NPR's Ailsa Chang speaks with Jonathan Loeb, a senior crisis adviser and the lead author of Amnesty International's new report on the persecution of Uyghurs and other minority groups in Xinjiang.
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Most of the participants on a virtual city of Orlando panel on Muslim human rights said the Biden administration needs to take action fast on a number of issues affecting the Muslim community.
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There are calls for the Seminole County Tax Collector Joel Greenberg to resign after he posted a question on his Facebook page that critics are calling Islamophobic.
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As Orlando’s LGBT community and the city at-large reel from Sunday’s fatal Pulse nightclub shooting, Muslims here are grappling with backlash tied to the gunman behind the tragedy.
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Florida’s Former Governor Jeb Bush is pulling staff out of Miami and sending them up to New Hampshire. Then Islamophobia rears its ugly head in Titusville a mosque is vandalized. Governor Rick Scott says while he won’t be endorsing anyone before the GOP primary he does pipe up to say front runner Donald Trump captures the frustrations of the people.
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Islamic leaders in central Florida say Islamophobia is at an all-time high. That’s after a mosque was vandalized in Titusville less than a week ago. It’s one of the latest incidents in the past two months directed at Muslims in the area. 90.7’s Renata Sago spoke with local Imams and activists who are blaming the acts on anger and a narrow view of Islam. Read the latest from her conversation with 90.7's Nicole Creston during Morning Edition.
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Islamophobia is at an all-time high in central Florida according to the area’s Muslim leaders. 90.7's Renata Sago reports, as police search for a man who vandalized a mosque over the weekend in Titusville, Muslim leaders are looking for ways to quell fears of how people view the community.
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Imams stood with uniformed police this afternoon at a conference in Kissimmee. The purpose: to talk about a rise in hate crimes against Muslims, and as 90.7’s Renata Sago reports, to plan ways to keep all Americans safe from domestic and foreign terrorists.