Hate and Hate Crimes

Articles and Commentaries

• DOJ investigating murder of Israeli Embassy staffers as a hate crime and terrorism by Hannah Rabinowitz CNN

• Nearly half of 2,500 anti-Christian hate crimes in Europe were in France, report says by Madalaine Elhabbal Catholic News Agency/The Catholic World Report

• New York City’s Laboratory for Hate by Emily Benedek Tablet\

• Anti-Jewish hate crimes reported in NY last year accounted for almost half of all hate crimes by Hannauh Sartsohn The Jerusalem Post

• Educators say special needs, developmental disabilities on rise, blame screen time, pandemic by CathNews New Zealand

• NYPD reports 45 antisemitic incidents last month, 57% of all hate crimes in the city by NY Jewish Week

• Man charged with hate crime in killing of homeless person in Sylmar by Cindy Von Quedno KTLA

• What goes into a hate crime? Don’t assume you know. by Simran Jeet Singh Religion News Service

• Marian shrine in Cameroon desecrated; four icons destroyed by Ngala Killian Chimtom Crux

• Utah coach says team was shaken after experiencing racist hate during NCAA Tournament by Tim Booth Yahoo

• Facing Hate in Berlin by Daniel-Ryan Spaulding Tablet

• Tracker: Over 400 Attacks on U.S. Catholic Churches Since May 2020 by Catholic Vote

• The ugly, inescapable return of the Swastika by Alvin H. Rosenfeld The Tablet

• Man guilty in Black transgender woman’s killing in 1st federal hate crime trial over gender identity by James Pollard The Associated Press

• Northern Ireland has Catholic leading its government for the first time in history by Michael Kelly Our Sunday Visitor

• Grandson of Munich massacre victim assaulted in Berlin in alleged hate crime by Toby Axelrod Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• D.C. Police arrest Lyft driver who allegedly assaulted Chabad rabbi, now say it was possible hate crime by Ron Kampeas Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• A rising South African cricket star dedicated an award to Israel. Then he was investigated for hate speech. by Jacob Gurvis Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• Suspect Arrested, Charged with Hate Crime After Antisemitic Assault on Elderly Jewish Couple in Beverly Hills by Brian Fishbach Jewish World

• Bad Medicine .A wave of open Jew-hatred by medical professionals, medical schools, and professional associations in the wake of the Hamas slaughter suggests that a field entrusted with healing is becoming a licensed purveyor of hatred by Ian Kingsbury and Jay P. Greene Tablet

• Mourners in heavily Palestinian Chicago suburb remember Muslim boy killed as kind and energetic by SophiaTareen, Claire Savage, and Melissa Perez-Winder The Associated Press

• Taking Names After 10/7 by Morton Schapiro Jewish Journal

• 19-year-old charged with hate crimes in reported attack on Israeli student at Columbia U. by Luke Tress Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• Day 2 of Eradicate Hate Summit focuses on violent extremism by David Rullo The times of Israel

• Berlin Police Investigating Assault on Israeli Tourist as Potential Antisemitic Hate Crime by Combat Antisemitism

• 5 killed, including 2 Jewish pilgrims, in shooting attack on historic Tunisian synagogue by Ron Kampas Jewish Telegraphic Agency

• Hate crimes targeting religions on rise in Canada; crimes against Catholics up 260% by Francois Gloutnay Detroit Catholic

• Asian Americans are anxious about hate crimes. TikTok ban rhetoric isn’t helping by Brian Fung, CNN

• Germany: Arsonists set fire to earthquake donations by Middle East Monitor

• Wheeling man charged with hate crime after allegedly painting swastikas on Elmhurst church by ABC7 Chicago

• Naperville man accused of defacing campaign signs with swastika stickers charged with hate crime by Suzanne Baker Naperville Sun/Chicago Tribune

• The Gods of Hate by Father  Joseph Chamblain, OSM

• Man Charged with Hate Crimes Following Vandalism Arrest at Catholic Church in Flushing by Bill Miller Tablet

• Uganda: Four things to know about the Ebola outbreak by Doctors Without Borders

• An interfaith group in Oregon is behind one of nation’s strictest gun control measures by Alejandra Molina Religion News Service

• Four arrested on suspicion of crimes targeting Jews in New York by Julia Robbins The Jerusalem Post

• Grand jury issues hate crimes, firearms charges on Buffalo mass shooting suspect by Reuters

• Man Charged with Another Hate Crime in Newport Beach by Colin Campo The Courier/HaumaToday

• Grand Rapids church won’t remove gay deacon, votes to appeal denomination’s order by Yonat Shimron Religion News Service

• 11 Artists and Activists on the State of Trans Rights Around the Globe by GQ

• LGBTQ youth of faith retell their stories to inspire others by CathNews New Zealand

• Advocates condemn killing of Mississippi transgender woman by The Associated Press/Bismarck Tribune

• Priest prays for vandal after 'hate crime' causing thousands in damages, assaulting employee by Emma Colton Fox News

• Two Florida men charged with federal hate crime after reportedly attacking Black man by Krystian Hajduczka ABC8News

• Woman accused of hate crimes after allegedly attacking 4 people with pepper-spray and making anti-Asian remarks in NYC by Rob Frehse and Aya Elamroussi CNN

• Avowed antisemite, white supremacist kills 10 in Buffalo, NY, supermarket shooting by Reuters/The Jerusalem Post

• Palestinian gunman kills 5 in 3rd attack in Israel in a week by Ilan Ben Zion The Associated Press

• Vandalism at Italian parish near downtown LA investigated as hate crime by Angelus

• USCCB reports 95 attacks on U.S. Catholic churches since May 2020 by J-P Mauro Aleteia

• Hate crime charges filed in Puerto Rico transgender killing by The Associated Press

• Suspect in stabbing of rabbi now facing hate crime charges by The Associated Press

• Muslim family killed in 'premeditated' truck attack by BBC

• French archbishop condemns attack on Catholics by UCA News

• 49 people, including Anglican leader, killed in attacks on eastern Congo villages by Jean-Yves Kamale Crux

• Brooklyn Diocese reports attacks on crucifix, statue over three-day period by Catholic News Service/Crux

• Officials say arson caused fire that destroyed landmark Catholic church by Gina Christian Catholic News Service/Crux

• Fundamentalists suspected in vandalism of Catholic church in Brazil by Eduardo Campos LimaCrux

• Six arrested in burglary of an Arkansas Buddhist temple, in what may be a nationwide spree by Yonat Shimron Religion News Service

• Why France is losing one religious building every two weeks .According to the most recent figures from France’s central criminal intelligence unit, 877 attacks on Catholic places of worship were recorded across the country in 2018 alone. by Catholic News Agency

• Virgin of Guadalupe mural, St. John and Mary statues vandalized in California Catholic churches by Alejandra Molina Religion News Service

• In New York, interfaith coalition makes common cause against rising tide of hate by Yonat Shimron Religion News Service

• US Sikh community traumatized by yet another mass shooting by Casey Smith and Luis Andres Henao Religion News Service

• The history of police killing children in America .Ma’Khia Bryant, Adam Toledo, and law enforcement’s long tradition of policing and brutalizing Black and brown children by Maryam Gam Vox

• Russia, China, Myanmar recommended for State Department list of religious freedom violators. The U.S. Commission on Religious Freedom highlighted atrocities against Rohingya Muslims by Myanmar’s military, persecution of Jehovah’s Witnesses by Russia’s government and China’s detention of millions of Uighurs and other Muslims. by Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service

• Civil rights group sues Facebook over anti-Muslim posts by Alejandra Molina Religion News Service

• Egypt: Islamic State executes 62-year-old Coptic Christian by Independent Catholic News

• Indonesia’s cardinal praises national response to suicide bombing by Nirmala Carvalh Crux

• Suicide bomb hits Palm Sunday Mass in Indonesia, 14 wounded by Niniek Karmini and Yusuf Wahil The Associated Press/Crux

• Why is it so hard for America to designate domestic terrorism and hate crimes? by Rashawn Ray Brookings

• Stigmas on race, gender and sex overlap in Atlanta slayings by Lindsey Whitehurst and Michelle L. Price The Associated Press

• Racism is behind anti-Asian American violence, even when it’s not a hate crime by Pawan Dhingra The Conversation

• NYPD investigating as daughter of late Irish American senator accused of hate crime by Irish Central

• Homes of Christians bulldozed in Pakistan by CathNews

• Why is it so hard for America to designate domestic terrorism and hate crimes? by Rashawn Ray Brookings

• EXPLAINER: Why Georgia attack spurs fears in Asian Americans by Christine Fernnando and Terry Tangen The Associated Press

• Asian Americans grieve, organize in wake of Atlanta attacks by Terry Tanf The Associated Press

• Tabernacle Desecrated and Cathedral Vandalized in Argentina - Bishop Schedules Adoration Prayer in Reparation by Jesus Cartiras Est Catholic News World

• Texas priest helps town reconcile after a hate crime by Nathanial Hunter. U.S.Catholic

• Archdiocese of Panama warns of abortion group claiming ‘Catholic’ title by Catholic News Agency

• Catholics press for further changes to Scotland’s controversial hate crime bill by Catholic News Agency

• Attacks on ancient religious sites in Ethiopia kill hundreds, reports say by Fredrick Nzwili Religion News Service

• Mayor in Spain removes cross from convent, throws it in dump by Inés San Martín Crux

• Hundreds reportedly dead after massacre at Oriental Orthodox church in Ethiopia by CNA /The Catholic World Report

• The Mass Murder of Nigerian Christians.The world is determined to look away from a horrific campaign of killings being perpetrated in Africa under the name of Islam by Rabbi Abraham Cooper and Rev. Johnmmie Moore Tablet

• Hate crimes in US reach highest level in more than a decade by Michael Balsamo Associated Press

• Two churches in Washington state burn in apparent arson attacks by Jonah McKeown Catholic News Agency

• Hate crime deaths reach all-time high, despite chronic underreporting by imran Jeet Singh Religion News Service