(LA Times) For months, hundreds of religious parents have regularly rallied outside a Maryland school board building, aghast at [a] curriculum featuring books that portray LGBTQ+ families to elementary school kids. Waving American flags, they have chanted against “indoctrination” of children. They’ve […]
(Bergen Record) A New Jersey mayor who was abruptly disinvited from a White House Eid celebration in May was not on the federal terrorism watchlist at the time when the U.S. Secret Service denied his security clearance, his attorneys said in a […]
(Politico) A Muslim Democratic mayor from New Jersey plans to sue the Biden administration seeking to end a federal terrorism watchlist which he has previously said unfairly targets Muslims — including himself this spring at the White House. More details of the […]
(LA Times) The Department of Homeland Security has opened an investigation into the federal government’s use of a little-known law to disproportionately prosecute and imprison migrants from Muslim-majority countries. A Times investigation published late last month revealed the disproportionate nature of the […]
(Anadolu) A leading Muslim group on Saturday condemned the desecration of the Quran outside the Turkish House in New York City, which houses Türkiye’s consulate general and UN mission. “We condemn this apparent attempt to desecrate the Quran — a sacred text […]
(AP) The Muslim call to prayer will ring out more freely in New York City under guidelines announced Tuesday by Mayor Eric Adams, which he said should foster a spirit of inclusivity. Under the new rules, Adams said, mosques will not need […]
(Miami Herald) It will be a long time if ever before Durell Sims tastes real freedom, but an appeals court has validated one freedom: the ability to grow a bushy beard behind bars. In the latest twist in litigation that has lasted […]
(Lexington Herald Leader) The Fayette County Detention Center is changing its rules regarding religious clothing after a complaint from a Muslim woman who was told to remove her hijab while being processed at the jail. The new policy will allow people to […]
(Seattle Times) Seattle Muslim leader Farid Sulayman said it was the usual drill for him last month when he flew to California to chaperone a youth basketball tournament. Checking in online proved impossible. At the ticket counter, he got a boarding pass […]
(Middle East Eye) The largest body of lawyers in the United States has passed a resolution condemning Islamophobia and calling on Congress and the United Nations to implement similar resolutions combating anti-Muslim sentiment. The American Bar Association (ABA)’s House of Delegates passed […]
(Shawnee Mission Post) The Kansas chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations is calling on the city of Roeland Park to reject a definition of antisemitism that has been adopted by other local governments in recent months. The Roeland Park City Council […]
(KNTV) Religious freedom or officer safety? That’s the question at the heart of a dispute between the Bay Area’s Muslim community and the Santa Clara County Sheriff’s Office. The issue at hand began when a deputy forcibly removed a religious headwear, a […]
(Lexington Herald Leader) A Muslim woman has alleged she was forced to take off her hijab after being arrested by a University of Kentucky police officer and taken to the Fayette County Detention Center. Now a national civil rights organization is calling […]
(Middle East Eye) Belgium summoned the United Arab Emirates (UAE) ambassador in Brussels on Friday, following reports of the Gulf state’s alleged involvement in a smear campaign that sought to link at least 1,000 individuals in Europe to the Muslim Brotherhood. The […]
(Anadolu) A leading Muslim group in the US urged President Joe Biden and Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson to condemn the Quran burning in Sweden. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said it encouraged Biden and Kristersson “to clearly disavow anti-Muslim bigotry […]
(Jerusalem Post) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), a self-declared Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, condemned “war crimes” being committed against Palestinian civilians in Jenin refugee camp on Monday and called on the United States to take “concrete action to stop […]
(Anadolu) The largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization in the US has expressed shock at the recent disclosure of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)’s secret surveillance and listing of Muslims in the country since the 9/11 attacks. Gadeir Abbas, a […]
(Anadolu) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) on Monday condemned “war crimes” against Palestinian civilians in Jenin refugee camp in the occupied West Bank, calling on the US to “take concrete action to stop the Israeli government’s escalating human rights abuses.” “We […]
(Detroit News) At the meat business he runs in Hamtramck, Mo Islam fields requests from Muslims to butcher and prepare animals in the manner their religion requires. He usually expects plenty of business when families ask to process sacrificial meat, often from […]
(Detroit Free Press) Facing criticism from some elected officials in metro Detroit, Hamtramck Mayor Amer Ghalib is defending a resolution he supported that banned the display of LGBTQ+ and political flags from city property. The six-member Hamtramck City Council voted unanimously last […]
(ECC Union) The Council on American-Islamic Relations’ Los Angeles office released a statement Friday, June 16, condemning El Camino College’s official response to the controversy surrounding a graduation speech by the outgoing student government president. Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) LA-based director […]
(Washington Times) The Senate confirmed the first Muslim female judge Thursday, helping President Biden fulfill his promise to make the federal bench more diverse. Nusrat Choudhury was approved 50-49 to the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York. Sen. […]
(CT Examiner) After hearing concerns from the Waterbury Muslim community, the Board of Education voted 9-1 on Tuesday to modify the academic calendar to recognize Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha as school holidays. About 50 local Muslim community members attended the meeting, […]
(USA Today) Muslims have a long history in the United States that dates back to the time of slavery, with adherents of Islam believed to have served in every war since the Revolutionary War. And while the religion is often associated with […]
(Jerusalem Post) Deborah Lipstadt, United States special envoy for monitoring and combating antisemitism, knows that there are Jewish leaders who are upset about the way her historic Combating Antisemitism Strategy was launched a few weeks ago at the White House, but she […]
(Washington Times) Tensions between Muslim parents and Montgomery County Public Schools over the Maryland district’s mandatory LGBTQ books escalated after a Democratic official compared the families to white supremacists. The Council on American-Islamic Relations demanded an apology for “offensive and disparaging remarks” […]
(NY Post) The nation’s largest American-Muslim advocacy group ripped into CUNY’s leadership as “dishonest” and “cowardly” for calling a law school graduate’s incendiary commencement address “hate speech” — claiming it was cleared by the school’s administrators. The New York chapter of the Council […]
(Anadolu) A coalition of dozens of advocacy groups called on the White House Friday to apologize to a Muslim American mayor who was disinvited from an Eid ceremony just moments before it was to begin. Mohamed Khairullah, the longtime Muslim mayor of […]
(Jewish Insider) Several Jewish organizations on Tuesday questioned the White House’s decision to reference the Council on American-Islamic Relations in a fact sheet released last week alongside the U.S. national strategy to counter antisemitism. “We don’t agree with every decision the White […]
(MLive) A woman is threatening a lawsuit after she says she was forced to remove her hijab, a traditional Islamic head scarf, for a booking photo at Kent County Correctional Facility. The 22-year-old Grand Rapids woman on Tuesday, May 30, filed notice […]
(Breitbart) The Republican Jewish Coalition (RJC) blasted President Joe Biden’s new antisemitism strategy on Thursday, as it emerged that it was crafted with help from the antisemitic Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR). The strategy excludes extreme criticism of Israel from the definition […]
(Middle East Eye) On 12 May, the City University of New York (CUNY) School of Law live-streamed its commencement ceremony where Fatima Mohammed was speaking. The student was draped in the famous Palestinian keffiyeh. But just hours after the graduation ceremony, the […]
(Washington Times) Muslim parents and Moms for Liberty have at least one thing in common: Both are alarmed about the infusion of LGBTQ books and other materials in school classrooms and libraries. Muslim families are raising their political profiles as they join […]
(JNS) Of 60 federal grants, worth $15 million, given to Muslim organizations in 2022, $2 million went to groups “controlled by Islamists or involved in Islamist networks.” That’s according to a May 3 article by Sam Westrop in Focus on Western Islamism. […]
(Religion News) When Devin Brooks reported for training in West Virginia early last year for his new security guard gig at the U.S. Department of State, he was pulled aside and told his beard violated the agency’s facial hair policy. The news […]
(MLive) Ayilah Yaseen walked into an interview last month hoping to land an internship, but she left embarrassed and shaken, according to a federal religious discrimination complaint submitted Wednesday. The Oakland University student was to interview with Naji Gebara, the CEO of […]
(Anadolu) The White House held a listening session Wednesday on Islamophobia, during which high-level Biden administration officials met with leaders from the American Muslim community. The event followed a White House reception Monday hosted by President Joe Biden for Eid al-Fitr, a […]
(CNN) The Muslim mayor who was turned away from an Eid reception at the White House on Monday said he believes it was due to racial profiling. When asked by CNN whether racial profiling was a factor, Mohamed Khairullah, the mayor from […]
(AP) A New Jersey mayor who was blocked from attending a White House celebration this week with President Joe Biden to belatedly mark the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan called Tuesday for the administration to end the federal “watch […]
(Patch) There is now a “Muslim Heritage Month” in the Garden State. Last weekend, Gov. Phil Murphy signed a joint resolution, SJR105/AJR194, which names the month of January as “Muslim Heritage Month” in New Jersey. The designation aims to “promote awareness and […]
(AP) The U.S. Secret Service said Monday it blocked a Muslim mayor from Prospect Park, New Jersey, from attending a White House celebration with President Joe Biden to belatedly mark the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Shortly before he […]
(Religion News) Loud chants carried through the main plaza at Baruch College in the early afternoon on Thursday (April 20) as a group of around 40 students protested near the Office of Student Life. The students, a majority of them Muslim, were […]
(Al-Jazeera) Growing up in the United States, Selaedin Maksut would skip school on Eid to go to the mosque, attend festivities with his family and celebrate one of the most joyous days for Muslims across the world. While he said he never […]
(Time) When Abdullah Hammoud was elected mayor of Dearborn, Michigan, last year, he became the city’s first ever Muslim and Arab American leader. This week, he is making history once again — this time, by making Dearborn the first U.S. city to […]
(KARE) With the stroke of a pen, the more than 20 mosques throughout Minneapolis are now allowed to publicly broadcast the Adhan, the Islamic call to prayer, five times per day throughout the year. Mayor Jacob Frey officially signed the new ordinance […]
(Detroit Free Press) After 10 p.m. on a recent Saturday night in Dearborn, crowds started to form around the downtown area in the western part of the city near Michigan Avenue. Organized by city officials for the Islamic month of Ramadan, a […]
(Religion News) President Joe Biden has appointed Mazen Basrawi as a senior adviser and White House liaison to American Muslim communities, making good on a campaign promise to fill a slot eliminated by former President Donald Trump, according to a spokesperson for […]
(Sahan Journal) The Minneapolis City Council unanimously voted Thursday morning to pass an ordinance allowing the public broadcast of the Islamic call to prayer five times a day year-round. Mosques were previously allowed to broadcast the adhan, or Islamic call to prayer, […]
(Star-Telegram) An Arlington Republican who faced backlash after voting against a resolution celebrating the Muslim holy month of Ramadan says he has since met with Arlington’s mayor and members of the Muslim community and apologized. State Rep. Tony Tinderholt last month posted […]
(Washington Times) Complaints involving bias against American Muslims fell 23% in 2022, the Council on American-Islamic Relations reported Tuesday, 5,156 versus 6,720 the year before. The overall decline, CAIR said, “is the sharpest single-year change” since 2017, when a 32% increase in […]
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