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At least 66 incidents occurred between June 2022 and January 2024 in which a religious institution was targeted for its perceived support of LGBTQ+ people.
A student shares his story of acceptance and deradicalization.
Hate crimes against Muslim people have risen since Donald Trump won the Electoral College.
Despite threats of violence, the first sermon at an inclusive new Open Mosque near Cape Town, South Africa, was delivered without incident Friday.
Agencies linked to the Saudi government have distributed extremist literature to mosques and Islamic centers in Britain, an independent think tank said Tuesday. The Policy Exchange, timing its report to Saudi king Abdullah's state visit, said the material expressed a deep-rooted antipathy toward Western society, calling for violence against enemies of Islam, including women and gays who demand equal rights. ''Saudi Arabia is the ideological source of much of this sectarianism -- and must be held to account for it,'' the study said. ''Islamic institutions in the U.K. must clean up their act.''
"Death is the sentence," Farrokh Sekaleshfar said at the time, but now disowns the Pulse shootings.
Twitter questioned the logic of the president plugging his travel restrictions and a wall on the American-Mexican border as Egypt reels from violence.
A Florida man accused of setting fire to the mosque where the Orlando massacre gunman worshipped had numerous anti-Muslim and pro-Trump social media posts.
The St. Lucie County, Fla., Sheriff's Office released a surveillance video showing an explosive flash, then a man running from the Fort Pierce mosque attended by the killer of 49 people in Orlando, three months ago today.Â
A queer Englishman is combating Islamophobic setiments with a blog post that shows a more realistic image of Muslims.
Michael Jones, a new executive at the Tyler Clementi Foundation, wants to make it easier for queer people to walk into a church, synagogue, or mosque without fear.
At the behest of the Canadian prime minister's office, the network took down a tweet claiming the white nationalist accused of killing six people in a Quebec mosque was actually Moroccan.
Recent attacks on LGBT centers, mosques, and Jewish cemeteries highlight how different communities must stand together against hatred, writes HRC's Mary Beth Maxwell.
Three out imams are upending the idea that LGBT people are not welcome in Islam, while offering comfort and self-acceptance to congregations that seek a welcoming faith.
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A new video challenges the idea that Islam and tolerance are incompatible. It's the latest in a string of recent international headlines about Muslim acceptance of LGBT people.
