For some reason, in spite of the fact that we have Donald “I am the least anti-Semitic person that you’ve ever seen in your entire life” Trump as our President, we seem to be experiencing a wave of anti-Semitic acts across the country. Last week, over 170 gravestones were toppled at an historic Jewish cemetery […]
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The new hate group next door… Ann Arbor’s American Freedom Law Center makes the SPLC “hate group” list
I may be wrong, but, a few years ago, when I interviewed Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) Senior Fellow Mark Potok about the activities of hate groups across Michigan, I don’t believe his organization, which monitors the activities of some 892 extremist groups across the United States, had identified any in our immediate region that […]
Posted in Ann Arbor, Civil Liberties Also tagged American Freedom Law Center, anti-Islam, David Yerushalmi, hate, Islam, Islamophobia, lawfare, racism, right-wing extremism, Robert Muise, Shariah, Southern Poverty Law Center, SPLC 15 Comments
Rallying football hooligans to the anti-Muslim cause in Europe
I’ve been meaning to pass along a link to this article on the so-called English Defense League for the past week or so. I find the intersection of football hooliganism and anti-Muslim violence to be both absolutely fascinating and completely terrifying. Here’s how the article begins. A middle-age, respectable looking man has emerged as a […]
Posted in Other, Politics Also tagged Alan Lake, anti-Islam, anti-Muslim violence, EDL, English Defense League, football, hate group gift shop, Islam, Islamophobia, potential for violence, soccer, tea party 14 Comments