In April 2026, a wave of alarmist misinformation began washing over social media, falsely characterizing a small, long-established housing project in Little Rock, Arkansas, as an extremist “Islamic enclave” threatening to impose Sharia law. The project, known as “New Africa,” is a modest subdivision developed by the Islamic Center for Human Excellence in the John Barrow neighborhood. Despite the reality that the development has existed for nearly two decades and currently consists of just five houses—some of which are occupied by Christians—it was framed by online influencers as a dangerous, fast-growing threat. This narrative, fueled by anti-Muslim rhetoric, quickly migrated…

The morning of Tuesday at the St. Francis Eastside campus in Greenville, South Carolina, began with a jolt of terror that rippled through the hospital staff and the surrounding community. What should have been a routine day of providing medical care and healing was abruptly fractured by a 911 call reporting an active shooter on the premises. For those inside the facility, the world seemed to stop as the gravity of a potential violent threat set in, transforming a sanctuary of health into a site of profound uncertainty and fear. The psychological toll of such an alert, even for a…