(VOA) On a few days over the last year, federal agents approached travelers at several U.S. airports — flights bound for or connecting to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, Frankfurt, Germany, and Dakar, Senegal. The officials — part of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement […]
(MLive) New York Democratic congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez whirled through Michigan last weekend, stopping for selfies, giving impassioned speeches and stumping for gubernatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed. Ocasio-Cortez is a rock star in progressive circles, maybe only behind Bernie Sanders, who also endorsed […]
(IPT) When Linda Sarsour speaks, a senior Egyptian Muslim Brotherhood official apparently likes what he hears. Gamal Heshmat shared an anti-Israel video by Sarsour on his Facebook page last Friday. In it, Sarsour glosses over Hamas’ role coordinating the “Great March of […]
(Canadian Press) It’s been more than two years since work began on revising the controversial study guide for Canada’s citizenship test, but the federal government says it needs more time to work on the publication and has no set timeline for release. […]
(WFTS) Security officers escorted a local activist out of President Trump’s campaign event in Tampa Tuesday night. “We came in and wanted to voice our concerns on different topics he was actually touching on,” said Aida Mackic. Mackic is the Interfaith and […]
(WXYZ) A small team of air marshals, as part of the “Quiet Skies” program, are looking for behaviors like abnormal awareness of surroundings, excessive fidgeting or perspiration, and rapid eye blinking, according to a bombshell report by the Boston Globe. And it’s […]
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(Atlanta Journal-Constitution) An Iranian-American’s five-month jail sentence was reduced after he filed an appeal accusing a Sandy Springs judge who sentenced him of harboring anti-Islamic bias. Municipal Court Judge Sharon Dickson recently came under fire for remarks she made during Fazial Azizan’s […]
(Hill) The Trump administration is facing the first legal challenge to its travel ban on nationals from five Muslim-majority countries following the recent Supreme Court ruling that upheld the ban. Muslim Advocates, Lotfi Legal LLC, the Immigrant Advocacy & Litigation Center PLLC and Public […]
(PRI) On July 26, 2016, a young girl stepped up to the mic at a meeting of the San Diego Unified School District Board of Education. “Good evening. My name is Sohaila Gebaly,” she said. “I’m going to 6th grade. I love […]
(Breitbart) New York congressional candidate Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez on Sunday urged Michigan voters to elect a “posse” of progressive candidates to help the democratic socialist “throw down” in Congress. Appearing alongside Women’s March co-founder Linda Sarsour and Democrat Michigan gubernatorial candidate Abdul El-Sayed, Ocasio-Cortez […]
(IPT) If you ask the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) and its media allies, terrorists ensnared by FBI sting operation[s] are victims of entrapment; they’re mentally ill; or both. Media coverage, such as a recent Cleveland Plain Dealer article about a sting […]
(Detroit News) Three doctors accused of cutting the genitalia of prepubescent girls want key charges dismissed, arguing that a law banning female genital mutilation is unconstitutional. The request, filed Friday in federal court, is the first legal challenge to a 22-year-old law that […]
(Global News) A crowd of angry Torontonians confronted a man who held up an anti-Islam sign at the site of the Danforth Avenue shooting, with one of them eventually throwing the man into a fountain. Video of the Friday afternoon incident shows […]
(IPT) While polls show him lagging in third place in a three-candidate primary, Abdul El-Sayed promises to shock the political world Aug. 7 by becoming Michigan’s Democratic nominee for governor. He’s running an ambitious campaign that mirrors the success political novice Alexandria […]
(Houston Chronicle) A five-week capital murder trial came to a swift ending Thursday when a Harris County jury took less than an hour of deliberations to convict a Jordanian immigrant of killing his son-in-law and orchestrating the slaying of his daughter’s close […]
(FrontPage) We can all relax now: the Associated Press reported Tuesday that “authorities say no link to terrorism in Toronto rampage that left 2 dead, 13 injured.” Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale declared: “At this stage, based on the state of the […]
(Toronto Sun) The man who has presented himself as the point of contact for the family of Faisal Hussain is a professional activist who has reportedly committed himself to “framing a new narrative of Muslims in Canada” and creating a “national political […]
(Hill) New York Governor Andrew Cuomo (D) on Monday compared President Trump’s hard-line immigration policies to “a jihad.” Cuomo, who is facing a challenge from the left in his campaign for reelection in November, drew the parallel during a visit to Puerto Rico. “This administration is on […]
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(IPT) Two of the American Muslim community’s most notable anti-Semites recently teamed up for an online fundraiser benefiting the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) San Francisco chapter and a group called MPower Change. Despite claiming to be advocates for the Palestinian cause, […]
(Odessa American) The Odessa waiter whose story about being called a terrorist by a customer spurred national attention last week now admits it was all a hoax. The waiter, Khalil Cavil, 20, admitted he wrote the racist note himself in a Monday […]
(PJ Media) On Saturday, the left-wing smear organization the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) attacked Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg for suggesting that some forms of Holocaust denial could be acceptable on Facebook. Tragically, the left-wing group did not mention a key source […]
(Toronto Star) Organizers protesting an anti-Islam demonstration in Toronto say five of their delegates were arrested during the rally Saturday on University Ave. The event, hosted by PEGIDA, an organization for “Patriots of Canada Against the Islamization of the West” — according […]
(CBC) A husband-and-wife team are hosting a discussion Saturday aimed at exploring how gender shapes their experience as Muslims. The discussion, titled Being Muslim: The Gendered Experience, is part of the Vancouver Biennale — a bi-annual city-wide public art exhibition. The discussion will be a safe space for interested people to share […]
(WGME) A new effort to ban female genital mutilation on the state level has taken shape in Maine. A political action committee has filed paperwork to begin the process of getting the question on the November ballot. While FGM is illegal federally, […]
(Delaware News Journal) Muslim Advocates, a national legal advocacy organization, sent a cease-and-desist letter to Wilmington demanding an investigation into alleged discrimination at a public pool, training for staff and actions “to remedy the harm to the community.” The letter, sent Thursday, comes […]
(WGME) A group in Maine is trying to get a referendum on next year’s ballot to outlaw female genital mutilation in Maine. Thursday, the Prevent FGM in Maine Political Action Committee filed a request to collect signatures with the secretary of state’s […]
(PJ Media) On Wednesday, PJ Media discovered that the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) — a notorious left-wing smear organization — had silently removed Omar Mateen, the radical Islamic terrorist responsible for the deadliest Islamic terror attack since September 11, 2001, from […]
(Religion News) When Imam Arjan Abu Sa’ad turned on the news to see reports of toddlers being pulled from their families and detained in cages after crossing the U.S. border, he was shocked. “I never thought I would see that in America,” he […]
(Al-Arabiya) Experts who recently testified at a US Congressional hearing looking into the Muslim Brotherhood have lauded Republican efforts into reviving a bill designating the group as a terrorist organization but said that much more needs to be done. Last week, several […]
(AP) The Arizona chapter of the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights group on Wednesday condemned a congressman for appearing at a London rally in support of a jailed far-right British activist. Rep. Paul Gosar recently spoke at a rally supporting the jailed […]
(Boston Globe) Tahirah Amatul-Wadud, a candidate for Congress, is difficult to miss on the cracked sidewalks of Main Street on a 96-degree day. A blue hijab is wrapped around her head and a yellow abaya falls to her feet as she pops […]
(Fox) Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s recent re-election is fueling concerns about his growing powers not just in Turkey but here in the U.S., according to experts who believe he’s determined to spread his controversial brand of Islamist-nationalistic fervor through a network […]
(Roll Call) Democratic Rep. Keith Ellison wants Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos to ask about the website’s sale of white nationalist propaganda and toys. Ellison, who is running for Minnesota attorney general, sent a letter to Bezos asking about the sale of literature published […]
(Courthouse News) A federal judge Tuesday considered whether a bullying policy aimed at fighting Islamophobia at one of the largest school districts in California violates the civil rights of students of other faiths. U.S. District Judge Cynthia Bashant heard arguments about whether […]
(CBC) A now-disqualified United Conservative Party candidate is defending racist and anti-Islam comments he made on social media that prompted his removal from the southern Alberta ballot. The posts, in which he calls the religion an “evil cult,” came to light only days before party […]
(AP) A liberal woman of color with zero name recognition and little funding takes down a powerful, long serving congressman from her own political party. When Tahirah Amatul-Wadud heard about Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s stunning upset over U.S. Rep. Joe Crowley in New York’s […]
(Reuters) A representative of U.S. President Donald Trump raised the case of jailed British anti-Muslim activist Tommy Robinson with Britain’s ambassador to the United States following lobbying by the right-wing Breitbart.com website, according to a British government source and a pro-Robinson campaigner. […]
(Delaware News Journal) A Wilmington pool manager, under fire for asking children in an Arabic summer camp to exit the pool for wearing cotton, disputed on Monday accusations that her actions were discriminatory. Glenda Pinkett, a seasonal city employee, acknowledged there is no […]
(HuffPost) Rep. Debbie Dingell implied Saturday that Muslim Abdul El-Sayed, a fellow Democrat seeking the party’s gubernatorial nomination in Michigan, would face more obstacles because of his faith in the general election than the candidate she supports. Dingell, like virtually all of […]
(Delaware News Journal) After several children in an Arabic summer camp were asked to leave a public pool, ostensibly for wearing cotton while swimming, Wilmington officials will review the city’s pool rules and their enforcement. A meeting planned for Monday follows an apology from […]
(MLive) Outside of an agriculture business in rural Michigan, a candidate for governor unveiled his rural agenda with the sun shining, surrounded by supporters as an eagle dipped and soared overhead. The campaign moment was archetypal, but the candidate at its center […]
(Delaware News Journal) It’s the fourth year Tahsiyn A. Ismaa’eel has taken children, participants in her summer Arabic enrichment program, to the Foster Brown public pool in Wilmington. But this year marked the first time some of her elementary schoolers were asked […]
(Reuters) Sam Brownback, the U.S. ambassador for international religious freedom, complained to the British ambassador in Washington, D.C., about the treatment of an English right-wing activist who is in jail for disrupting a trial, according to three sources familiar with the discussion. […]
(CNS) The U.S. should designate the Muslim Brotherhood — or at least some of its factions — for terrorism, experts told a congressional panel on Wednesday, weighing in on a long-running debate about the threats posed by the Islamist movement. Experts testifying […]
(Conservative Review) On Wednesday, the Texas Court of Appeals, affirming the trial court’s ruling, dismissed entirely the defamation lawsuit filed by Mohamed Mohamed on behalf of himself and his 15-year-old son, Ahmed Mohamed. Ahmed caused a bomb scare by bringing a hoax […]
(IPT) A who’s who of anti-Israel radical leaders in the U.S. Muslim community mourned last week’s death of Ishaq al-Farhan, the co-founder of Jordan’s Muslim Brotherhood political wing, the Islamic Action Front (IAF). “May God have mercy on the thinker, the Islamic […]
(Washington Post) The mayor of Hagerstown, Md., apologized Wednesday for his Facebook comments that upset many residents by referring to London’s mayor as a “terrorist.” Sadiq Khan is the first Muslim elected mayor of the city of London. He approved protesters’ request […]
(Washington Times) The Muslim Brotherhood still poses a significant global threat and ought to be officially designated a terrorist group by the Trump administration, a trio of experts told Congress on Wednesday. The Islamist group has long been a polarizing force in […]
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