(Duke Chronicle) Other than one protester being removed, Linda Sarsour’s on-campus talk on “Islam and Intersectionality” took place on campus Monday night without issues — and with a heavy security presence. Sarsour, a prominent political activist who co-chaired the 2017 Women’s March […]
(Springfield Sun) Two Philadelphia men were arrested April 13 in connection with holdups at four banks over 10 days carried out by an armed robber disguised in a burqa, according to Springfield police. Daniel Weary, 27, and Victor Manson, 21, were arrested […]
(Chalkbeat) For the first time in its history, the Detroit school district will recognize a Muslim holiday. The school board Tuesday adopted the calendar for the 2019-20 school year that includes the observance of Eid al-Fitr on May 25, 2020, which would […]
(AP) Danish police have banned a second demonstration by an anti-Muslim provocateur in a neighborhood in Copenhagen with a large population of immigrants to avoid unrest. Police said Tuesday they are investigating an object resembling a hand grenade found in the square […]
(AP) A judge has rejected a move by Spirit Boeing Employees Association seeking to dismiss the lawsuit filed by a Muslim aerospace engineer alleging discrimination stemming from a party at a Kansas lake. U.S. District Judge Julie Robinson ruled Tuesday that there […]
(CNN) House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the president is “bankrupt of any ideas” whenever he accuses the Democratic Party of pushing an anti-Semitic agenda and flatly denied the party was growing more hostile to Jews. “We have no taint of that in […]
(AFP) Italy’s far-right Interior Minister Matteo Salvini signed a new directive Tuesday against charity vessels rescuing migrants off Libya, targeting the Italian ship Mare Jonio in particular. Salvini, head of the anti-immigrant League party, warned that the Mare Jonio and others must […]
(Free Beacon) The reelection campaigns for two freshman Democratic members of the House, Reps. Lucy McBath (D., Ga.) and Jahana Hayes (D., Conn.), failed to disclose large contributions received from the campaign of fellow freshman Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.). The contributions […]
(CBC) The minister responsible for Quebec’s proposed secularism law says there will be no exemption for Montreal, a day after city council unanimously denounced Bill 21. Immigration Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette said he welcomes the City of Montreal’s input as hearings begin on the […]
(Deutsche Welle) When Jenan Moussa, an acclaimed war reporter for the Arab TV channel Al Aan, received the contents of a smart phone from a “trusted source,” she immediately knew she had been handed a treasure trove. The phone, she says, belonged […]
(Daily Caller) The Nation of Islam’s research group Tuesday morning appeared to publish a video on Twitter that alleged 9/11 was a hoax orchestrated by the U.S. government. It was narrated by leader Louis Farrakhan in an attempt to demonstrate the group’s […]
(Free Beacon) Louisiana Attorney General Jeff Landry (R.), a former member of Congress and an Army veteran, claimed that freshman Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar (Minn.) has been fundraising for a terror-tied organization that has a “long history of financing terrorist groups such […]
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