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Champlin Park High School teacher headlocks Somali student [VIDEOS]

Champlin Park High School industrial arts teacher Joe Hall is in hot water after video of him headlocking a Somali student on May 3 made its way onto YouTube.SEE ALSO: South High brawl: Video captures student saying, "Somalis just be getting knocked out!" The footage, visible below the jump, has pro ... More >>

Abu-Huraira Islamic Center apparently defies city of St. Anthony, buys property for mosque

SEE ALSO: St. Anthony council rejects Islamic center; "Islam is evil," says one opponentIn June, the St. Anthony City Council rejected the Abu-Huraira Islamic Center's request to open a multipurpose mosque on a 13,000 square-foot property zoned for light industrial use. Though council framed the rej ... More >>

Free hijabs: Islamic veils available tomorrow on Nicollet Avenue

SEE ALSO:-- Dianne's Fine Desserts harassed Somalis, used racial slurs, says CAIR-- Somalis walk off job at Minnesota dessert factory in protest of company's new burqa banThanks to a grant from the Minnesota Community Foundation totaling at least $5,000, free hijabs will be distributed Saturday afte ... More >>

Michele Bachmann on Ellison: 'He has long record of association with Muslim Brotherhood'

SEE ALSO:-- Michele Bachmann, Profiles in Courage: She runs away from, lies to CNN reporter [VIDEO]-- John McCain blasts Bachmann for 'sinister, degrading' Muslim Brotherhood fear-mongering [VIDEO]-- Bachmann's source for Muslim Brotherhood claim reportedly man Grover Norquist called a 'sick bigot' ... More >>

Dianne's Fine Desserts harassed Somalis, used racial slurs, says CAIR

The Council on American-Islamic Relations is preparing to file discrimination charges against Dianne's Fine Desserts for allegedly mistreating Somali workers. About 45 Somali workers walked off their work site because they refused to follow a new dress code mandating that workers roll up their skir ... More >>

St. Anthony council rejects Islamic center; "Islam is evil," says one opponent

Lori Saroya, executive director of Minnesota's Council on American-Islamic Relations, says her organization will ask the US Department of Justice to look into what went down at the St. Anthony City Council meeting last night.By a 4-1 vote, council rejected the Abu-Huraira Islamic Center's request to ... More >>

Rochester racists vandalize another Somali home with "KKK" and swastika tags

Last weekend, for the second time in just over a year, unknown vandals spray-painted "KKK" and a swastika onto the house of a Somali family in Rochester.Muslim civil rights leaders aren't taking the latest incident lying down. Lori Saroya, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relati ... More >>

St. Cloud School District admits anti-Somali discrimination, nears settlement with Department of Education

Owatonna Senior High School was the site of alleged discrimination.​The St. Cloud school district has almost completed an agreement with the U.S. Department of Education to end an investigation into anti-Muslim behavior at Apollo High School. In March 2010, the Council on American Islamic Relati ... More >>

Council on American-Islamic Relations, Ellison, celebrate Osama Bin Laden's death

​Heading off what we assume will be the inevitable attacks from right field about American Muslims not rejoicing in a sufficiently patriotic manner over the death of Osama bin Laden, the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations issued a formal statement today from the gro ... More >>

Keith Ellison defended by Baptist, Jewish leaders after Allen West attacks

Allen West: Constitutional principles for me, but not for thee.​Muslim Minnesota Rep. Keith Ellison just isn't American enough for Rep. Allen West. The Florida Republican told radio host Richard Peritz that Ellison is the "antithesis of the principles on which this country was established." Now, ... More >>

Sidney Elyea claims free speech right to slag on Muslims

Photo: RanoushFree speech or hate speech, that's the question​Sometimes this whole defense-of-free-speech thing is darned annoying. Here we are, for goodness sakes, watching some guy from Waite Park named Sidney Elyea saying he's well within his constitutional rights to post flyers on utility ... More >>

Anti-Muslim harassment draws Department of Education probe

Photo: Ranoush​The U.S. Department of Education has agreed to launch an investigation into anti-Muslim harassment at schools in St. Cloud and Owatonna, and the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations said it welcomed the news. "Decades after the beginning of the civil r ... More >>

CAIR MN unhappy with Muslims' treatment outstate, but what about Twin Cities?

So far, Muslim students in the Minneapolis and St. Paul schools have not come to CAIR with the kinds of complaints it hears from elsewhere in the state.

Torgerson's Ellison comments bring right-wing echo chamber calling

She was interviewed by a couple of people most folks have never heard of, Babe Huggett and Warner Todd Huston

Prosecutors say Anti-Muslim cartoons protected by Constitution

A man admits posting cartoons of Muhammed having sex with animals, and telling investigators that Muslims are "anti-Christian."

CAIR MN's Zikri denounces Torgerson's "anti-Islamic" rhetoric

The candidate running to unseat Keith Ellison ought to cool her rhetoric, says a spokeswoman for a leading Muslim-American group.

Lynne Torgerson denies attacking Keith Ellison's Muslim faith

In an interview, the Minneapolis lawyer defends her comments about Islam and Keith Ellison.

Ellison denounces Republican call for investigation of Muslim "spy" interns

Rep. Keith Ellison spoke on the House floor Monday to denounce four Republicans who called for an investigation into Muslim interns in Congress who they believe could be spies.

Muslims like us: Ellison targeted again for his religion

Don't trust the Ellison, he's really part of a secret underground Muslim spy network.

Offensive fireworks and nude Megan Fox

Wisconsin takes patriotism too far while Cody takes Fox's clothes off

'Run Hadji Run' fireworks at Wis. store not so patriotic after all

While Wisconsin is used to Minnesotans flocking over the border to get fireworks illegal in their own state, one store was bombarded with angry customers and Muslim groups who said their "Run Hadji Run" fireworks were flat-out racist.

Conservative columnist Katherine Kersten finds unlikely ally in the ACLU

The Strib's Kersten takes issue with church vs. state—but only when it involves Islam

Minn. rabbi calls for Muslim genocide, sparks outrage

A Minnesota rabbi is in hot water after a controversial piece in the latest issue of Jewish culture magazine Moment where he suggested that Jewish people should kill Arab men, women and children in addition to destroying their holy sites.

Long John Silver's MOA restaurant owner apologizes to Muslim family

Anti-Semitism Vs. Criticizing Israel

Silencing Peacemakers in the Middle East: Anti-Semiticism vs Critisizing Israel

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