NEW with Rowaida Abdelaziz: Jacob Beacher has been charged with a federal hate crime for breaking into & vandalizing the Islamic student center at Rutgers U. earlier this month. FBI agent estimated the damage at $40,000, including destroyed religious items.

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Read it here first: Jacob Beacher, 24, has been arrested after vandalizing and breaking into the Center For Islamic Life At Rutgers University. He is being charged with a federal hate crime. Those details and more with Matt Shuham huffpost.com/entry/rutgers-…

NEW: After being admitted as a refugee, the US government won’t let this Iraqi mom back home. Send your 2 children alone they said or forfeit your status. Trapped in Iraq facing death threats, she’s suing for right to come back. But time is running out. huffpost.com/entry/america-…

Our team spent long hours reporting on and around Columbia’s campus on Thursday & Friday. I want to clear some stuff up. I didn’t see a single instance of violence or aggression on the lawn or at the student encampment. The student-led protest was peaceful and often very quiet…

NEW: After being admitted as a refugee, the US government won’t let this Iraqi mom back home. Send your 2 children alone they said or forfeit your status. Trapped in Iraq facing death threats, she’s suing for right to come back. But time is running out. huffpost.com/entry/america-…

Huge congratulations to HuffPost's Rowaida Abdelaziz on winning the Wilbur Award of Excellence!
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It's for her excellent piece 'Most Funeral Homes Don't Know How To Bury Muslims. These Women Want To Change That.' Read it here:
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tfw when my athan goes off in the middle of a live zoom panel

Isra Hirsi, the daughter of Rep. Rep. Ilhan Omar Omar was suspended from Barnard College today. Columbia told HuffPost more suspensions are to come today. huffpost.com/entry/rep-ilha…

Google fires 28 employees after protest against contract with Israeli government cbsnews.com/news/google-fi…

some photos stay with you. this is one of them.

On 3/28 Minnesota Department of Education emailed & called me accepting me into the Holocaust & Genocide Working Group.

Yesterday they sent an email to all applicants letting them know who was accepted. I was on the list. Today, they emailed me saying that was “in error”. I was the ONLY Muslim woman.

Palestinian photojournalist MoTaz named one of Time's most influential people of 2024.

'His images offered a glimpse into Gaza that few in the international press—which has been all but barred from accessing the Strip—could rival.'

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“I was hoping to use my commencement speech to inspire my classmates with a message of hope,” Tabassum wrote in her statement. “By canceling my speech, USC is only caving to fear and rewarding hatred.”

Please read this great interview by Rowaida Abdelaziz huffpost.com/entry/usc-vale…

The New York Times ended its investigation into whether staffers leaked confidential information about its Gaza war coverage without any conclusive finding, Executive Editor Joe Kahn told staff. wsj.com/business/media…

With 11 days to go until DC's annual celebration of itself—the White House Correspondents Dinner—a group of Gaza reporters is urging colleagues to boycott, arguing: 'As journalists reporting from the belly of the beast, you have a unique responsibility.'
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5 months ago my cousin and his friends survived being shot by a hateful person with a gun. I’ll remember Cotton’s words when the next hate crime happens.