Web Directory

» ADL Responds to Violence and Harassment
   Anti-Defamation League responses to incidents of violence and harassment against Arab Americans, Muslim Americans and other individuals or groups that are perceived to be of Middle Eastern descent. Also commentary from groups, ranging from civil rights gr
   http://www.adl.org/terrorism_america/adl_responds.asp

» American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee
   Includes hate crimes hotline, incident reporting, advice for educators and Arab-American parents, educational resources, and statements of support.
   http://www.adc.org/

» Amnesty International: The Backlash
   Statement by AI on the racist attacks against Muslim, Asian and Middle Eastern people.
   http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/ACT30/027/2001

» An Appropriate Response
   Information regarding the events of September 11, 2002, Middle East regional and cultural background, alternatives to war and American Arab civil rights
   http://www.kichu.com/elp/sept11.html

» Attack on America - Islamic Resource Center
   Provides reactions from Muslim leaders, a list of Muslim victims, news on the anti-Muslim backlash in US and information on Islam.
   http://islam.about.com/blattack.htm

» BBC News: Extra police to protect Muslims
   Police draft in more officers and take extra measures to protect UK Muslims from violent reaction to the US terror attacks.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1555162.stm

» BBC News: Pigs' heads left at Islamic centre
   Reports of vandalism and arson at mosques.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1556202.stm

» BBC News: Racist attack on Afghan taxi driver
   Police are investigating a racial attack in which remarks were made about the atrocities in the US which left an Afghan minicab driver paralyzed.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/1548981.stm

» BBC News: Scottish Muslims describe fears
   Muslims meet to draw up a plan to change attitudes, Sikhs report fears, too.
   http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/scotland/1553409.stm

» Bozeman Daily Chronicle: Bozeman minority residents accosted for color of skin
   Kathlenn O'Toole reports that at least two residents of this Montana community have suffered unprovoked attacks since the September 11th terrorist attacks.
   http://news.mywebpal.com/news_tool_v2.cfm?show=archivedetails&pnpid=311&om=0&ArchiveID=372691

» CNN: Arab-American community 'keeping its head down'
   Reports of death threats, attacks, and hate messages.
   http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/09/15/arab.american.backlash/index.html

» CNN: Bush denounces Muslim harassment
   Those directing their anger against Muslims in the wake of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon should be ashamed, President Bush said Monday.
   http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/09/17/gen.hate.crimes/index.html

» CNN: Hate crime reports up in wake of terrorist attacks
   Reports of hate crimes against Muslims and southeast Asians have risen exponentially across the U.S.
   http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/09/16/gen.hate.crimes/index.html

» CNN: Immigrants fear backlash to terror attacks
   The fear of a backlash cuts across several immigrant communities in the United States after reports that one Sikh in Phoenix, Arizona, and one Pakistani in Dallas, Texas, have been killed in what the police suspect could be hate crimes.
   http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/09/19/gen.hate.crimes/index.html

» CNN: Jewish, Arab groups join to fight 'backlash'
   Representatives of a dozen Jewish, Arab and community groups came together Wednesday to speak out against what they see as a surging racist backlash against Muslims and Arabs in the wake of the terrorist attacks on the United States.
   http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/09/19/rec.anti.arab.backlash/index.html

» CNN: Man questioned in shooting death of Sikh
   Police question a man in the shooting death of a gas station owner in Mesa, Arizona.
   http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/09/16/gen.mesa.shooting/index.html

» CNN: Mosque firebombed in Australia
   Molotov cocktails were thrown at a mosque in Brisbane, Queensland.
   http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/asiapcf/auspac/09/13/attack.australia.muslims/index.html

» CNN: Muslims targets in terror backlash
   Reports of an upsurge in anti-Muslim attacks all over Europe.
   http://www.cnn.com/2001/WORLD/europe/09/19/gen.muslim.attacks/index.html

» Cincinnati Enquirer: Muslim Criticizes Backlash
   Dr. Salem Foad explains what it is to be Muslim and why America should not stereotype an entire religion.
   http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2001/09/14/loc_muslim_criticizes.html

» Cincinnati Enquirer: Muslims say they can feel the hate
   The Ohio office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, which receives about two calls about threats or harassment against Muslims per week, received more than 70 calls September 12th.
   http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2001/09/14/loc_muslims_say_they_can.html

» Cincinnati Enquirer: Muslims urged to give aid
   Kevin Aldridge and Earnest Winston report that area Muslims have called on their community to donate blood, give money and pray for the victims of the terrorist attacks of September 11th. They plead with the public not to take out its anger on them.
   http://www.enquirer.com/editions/2001/09/13/loc_muslims_urged_to.html

» DC Indymedia: Arabs, Muslims, Others Face Violence and Harassment in D.C.-Area
   A summary of some of the recent incidents in the Washington D.C. area.
   http://dc.indymedia.org/newswire/display/13036

» Ethnic and Religious Profiling in America
   Anai Rhoads reports on incidents of abuse directed against Arab-Americans since 911.
   http://globalresearch.ca/articles/RHO211A.html

» OutLookIndia.com: Alone In The Crowd
   An article by Kamla Bhatt about hate crimes against Asians and the factors involved. [Free registration required to view.]
   http://www.outlookindia.com/full.asp?fodname=20011001&fname=Indian+Victims+%28F%29&sid=2&pn=1

» Rediff.com: Complaints of harassment of Muslims rising in Montreal
   Police in the Canadian city have received about 95 complaints of harassment and physical assaults from Muslims and members of the local Arab community in the past month.
   http://www.rediff.com/us/2001/oct/12ny31.htm

» Rediff.com: Now New Zealand Sikhs target of racial attacks
   Threats to Sikh gurdwaras (prayer halls) and the community by extremist organisations have been reported, also two Hindu temples have been vandalized.
   http://www.rediff.com/us/2001/sep/21ny5.htm

» Rediff.com: Sikh student shot at in US hate crime
   A college student reports being harassed and shot at while driving on a highway.
   http://www.rediff.com/us/2001/sep/26ny6.htm

» Seattle Post-Intelligencer: Community answers targeting of mosque
   Lewis Kamb reports that Jews, Christians, and Buddhists joined Muslims for an interfaith service at a mosque the day after an attempted arson, just one in a string of anti-Islamic acts reported in the area since September 11th.
   http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/attack/39088_mosque15.shtml

» Seattle Times: Beaten Sikh is out of the Hospital
   Relates two separate attacks on Sikh men, and sympathy forthem expressed by SeaTac residents.
   http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=sikh22&date=20011022

» Seattle Times: Understanding turbans: Don't link them to terrorism
   Includes an illustrated guide to turbans, in response to reports of attacks on Sikhs in the local area.
   http://archives.seattletimes.nwsource.com/cgi-bin/texis.cgi/web/vortex/display?slug=turban270&date=20010927

» St. Petersburg Times: In a country they love, a dose of hate
   A column by Mary Jo Malone about a local woman attacked because she is from Afghanistan.
   http://www.sptimes.com/News/092301/Columns/In_a_country_they_lov.shtml

» St. Petersburg Times: Mail brings slur, threat to citizen born in Iran
   In the second recent anti-Islamic incident in St. Petersburg, a family flees their home.
   http://www.sptimes.com/News/092301/SouthPinellas/Mail_brings_slur__thr.shtml

» The Muslim Council of Britain
   Includes news, incident reporting, fact sheets, and newsletters.
   http://www.mcb.org.uk/

» Tolerance, Civil Rights, and Justice in Wake of September 11 Tragedies
   Statement from the US Commission on Civil Rights urging Americans to resist the temptation to unfairly target the members of any ethnic or religious group. Includes hotline for reporting racial violence, and journalist's guide of facts about the Arab Amer
   http://www.usccr.gov/pubs/tragedy/main.htm

» United States: "We are Not the Enemy"
   Human Rights Watch reports on hate crimes after September 11 against Arabs, Muslims, and those perceived to be Arab or Muslim and the local, state and federal response to it.
   http://hrw.org/reports/2002/usahate/