(AP) A Minnesota state legislator and a conservative group announced Tuesday that they are seeking ethics investigations into U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar for a range of alleged offenses. Steve Drazkowski, a Republican, and Judicial Watch both say Omar may have committed immigration […]
(AP) A group of American citizens and legal residents trying to bring their Iranian spouses and other family to join them in the United States has filed a federal lawsuit saying they are being unfairly blocked by the Trump administration’s travel ban. […]
(Al-Jazeera) Muslim political leaders and academics are set to gather in Washington, DC, on Tuesday for what is being billed as the first national gathering of Muslims in politics in United States history. The historic moment comes as President Donald Trump and […]
(Hill) President Trump took aim at Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) on Tuesday, deriding the congresswoman as a “lunatic” after video resurfaced of her protesting a Trump speech in 2016. “I watched just this morning this Tlaib from Michigan,” Trump said at Turning […]
(Free Beacon) Media outlets scrambled to prove false the accusation that Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn.) married her brother after President Donald Trump mentioned it, but none have been able to definitively reach an answer, largely due to Omar’s unwillingness to provide […]
(Chicago Tribune) A Muslim civil rights organization called on Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker to sign an executive order cracking down on hate speech by elected officials after a faux movie poster labeling four Democratic congresswomen “The Jihad Squad” was posted on the […]
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(Townhall) An August 2016 video of Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MI) being escorted out of then-candidate Donald Trump’s speech has resurfaced on social media. The video shows security guards removing Tlaib from the speech after interrupting the Republican nominee. “You guys are crazy!” […]
(NY Post) The Kazakhstan-born Brooklyn man who the feds say betrayed America — by becoming a top ISIS sniper in Syria — had come to the US through the diversity lottery, the head of US Citizenship and Immigration Services revealed in an […]
(Detroit News) A College Republican leader at the University of Michigan is blasting Miss World America beauty pageant officials for stripping her state title and barring her from a national competition because of provocative social media posts that spurred accusations of racism, […]
(National-UAE) While much has been made of the apparent security threat emanating from beyond America’s southern border by the White House and elsewhere, recent events show that it may actually be Canada that presents a greater terror concern to US soil. During […]
(HuffPost) The president of the United States stood tall and proud at his North Carolina rally as the crowd chanted loudly for him to deport Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.), one of the first two Muslim women in Congress. Just days before, Donald Trump had […]
(Politico) Reps. Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, both outspoken critics of Israel and its occupation of the West Bank, will be allowed into the country during a trip there in a few weeks, the Israeli ambassador said Friday, potentially heading off a […]
(PJ Media) Three years ago, most American newsrooms picked Ilhan Omar — despite her crawling Jew-hatred and evidence of an extensive criminal past — to be the transcendent face America needed to fight bigotry and federal corruption. Reporters apparently chose to lie […]
(Washington Times) Jewish Democrats brushed off Rep. Ilhan Omar’s Israel boycott resolution this week and instead kept their focus on their own resolution to denounce the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement. Ms. Omar, a vocal critic of Israel and a BDS […]
(Politico) The Trump administration is considering a virtual shutdown of refugee admissions next year — cutting the number to nearly zero — according to three people familiar with the plan. During a key meeting of security officials on refugee admissions last week, […]
(CNN) The US has transported an American citizen who is alleged to have been an ISIS fighter back to American soil from Syria in order to face trial for his alleged involvement with the terror group, according to two US officials familiar […]
(PolitiFact) For years, critics of Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., have raised questions about her marriages and made the explosive claim that she had married her brother. As Omar has become a frequent target of attacks by President Donald Trump, allies of the […]
(Daily Caller) President Donald Trump said that there’s “a lot of talk” that Rep. Ilhan Omar may have married her own brother on Wednesday, but added that he knows “nothing” about the allegation. This is the first time the president has commented […]
(Hill) Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) introduced a House resolution Tuesday that would reaffirm Americans’ rights to boycott “in pursuit of civil and human rights.” The resolution, co-sponsored by Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) and civil rights icon Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga.), comes ahead […]
(Free Beacon) Rep. Ilhan Omar (D., Minn) said in a recent interview that she doesn’t regret her past anti-Semitic remarks, but says she is “grateful for the opportunity” to learn how her words have affected others. Omar appeared on CBS This Morning […]
(AP) Democratic Minnesota congresswoman Ilhan Omar has submitted legislation that would force President Donald Trump’s administration to disclose details about how it shares the FBI’s watchlist of more than 1 million known or suspected terrorists with foreign countries. The legislation from Omar […]
(Jerusalem Post) Muslim organizations across the US reacted Monday night to US President Donald Trump’s controversial remarks about a group of four progressive congresswomen. “President Trump’s remarks today are a dangerous new low that will lead to more death threats on Congresswoman […]
(PolitiFact) President Donald Trump drew wide criticism July 14 for a tweet that told “‘progressive’ Democrat congresswomen” to “go back and help fix the totally broken and crime infested places from which they came.” Some commentators said Trump’s tweet was racist. It […]
(Hill) President Trump on Monday claimed Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-Minn.) is “never happy” and suggested she should leave the U.S. if she’s inclined to criticize it. In a lengthy diatribe on the South Lawn of the White House, Trump defended incendiary tweets from Sunday […]
(AP) Palestinians on Monday denounced President Donald Trump’s attack on U.S. Rep. Rashida Tlaib, accusing him of racism and saying it once again proves his bias against the Palestinian people. Tlaib, a Michigan Democrat and daughter of Palestinian immigrants, was one of […]
(Middle East Eye) A prominent Canadian Muslim advocacy group has declined an invitation to attend an upcoming US government conference on religious freedom because of President Donald Trump’s travel ban of several Muslim-majority countries. The National Council of Canadian Muslims (NCCM) on […]
(Washington Examiner) Rep. Ilhan Omar said she would not dignify with a response President Trump’s assertion that she is pro-al Qaeda. “I will not dignify it with an answer because I know that every single Islamophobe, every single person who is hateful, […]
(Jerusalem Post) Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib claims that “there is continued dehumanization and racist policies by the State of Israel that violate international human rights, but also violate my core values of who I am as an American.” In an interview published Saturday […]
(Reuters) A Berlin court has ruled that Germany’s foreign ministry should repatriate from Syria the German wife and three children of a suspected Islamic State fighter, in what a court spokesman said was the first such ruling against the government. The man’s […]
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(Hill) A federal judge in Michigan on Wednesday denied a government request to dismiss a revised lawsuit against President Trump’s travel ban. U.S. District Judge Victoria Roberts determined that the case the plaintiffs — four American Muslims and five organizations representing them — are […]
(Religion News) One of the world’s most prominent Islamic scholars is drawing criticism from some Muslims for participating in the State Department’s newly announced Commission on Unalienable Rights. Sheikh Hamza Yusuf, an influential Sunni leader who co-founded Zaytuna College, America’s first accredited […]
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(Bergen Record) A New Jersey bill that calls for prohibiting anti-Semitism at public schools and universities has stirred controversy because it would also label certain criticisms of Israel as prohibited activity. The bill, introduced by Senate President Stephen Sweeney and Sen. Robert […]
(IPT) A new short documentary by filmmaker Ami Horowitz gives an inside glimpse of what Muslim Brotherhood members really think. Horowitz traveled to Beirut, Istanbul, Cairo and California to speak with activists, as well as members on the streets in Egypt. Horowitz […]
(AFP) The captain of detained migrant rescue ship Sea-Watch 3, Carola Rackete, will sue Matteo Salvini for defamation after a tirade of insults from Italy’s far-right interior minister, her lawyer said Friday. “We have prepared the legal complaint against minister Salvini,” Alessandro […]
(CBC) A pre-election survey conducted for CBC News suggests Canadians are divided on immigration, with clear limits on the kind of migration they find acceptable. The government groups immigrants into three categories: economic, which are skilled workers and businesspeople, along with their […]
(Washington Examiner) The Trump administration has ended the surge of Muslim refugees into the United States during the Obama era, significantly boosting the percentage of Christians accepted into the country. At the end of the Obama administration, not only were more refugees […]
(Hill) An American Muslim advocacy group urged lawmakers to demand answers regarding a ProPublica investigation published Monday that found Border Patrol agents making racist and sexist postings in a private Facebook group. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said in a press release Tuesday […]
(TRT) A coalition of civil society groups took to the Saudi consulate in Los Angeles to protest Riyadh’s human rights abuses, including the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and the imprisonment of religious and civil society activists. Sunday’s event was organised by the […]
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(Sydney Morning Herald) Prime Minister Scott Morrison has gained an agreement from world leaders to put new pressure on Facebook and other social media giants to halt the spread of violent terrorism online in the wake of the Christchurch attacks in March. […]
(CNS) The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) is unhappy that President Trump’s immigration proclamation restricting entry to people from five Muslim countries did not feature substantively in Wednesday night’s first Democratic presidential debate. The organization is calling on Americans to urge the […]
(CBC) Quebec Premier François Legault says he doesn’t “really” believe Muslim women in the province who say they’ve been the target of Islamophobic incidents since the government passed a law making it illegal for some civil servants to wear religious symbols. Several Muslim […]
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(AP) In Scandinavia, there’s a new type of socially conscious liberal — that wants tighter restrictions on immigration. Left-wing parties in Denmark and Sweden that historically defended humanitarian values and generous welfare systems have shifted positions since Europe saw an influx of […]
(Anadolu) A coalition of rights organizations came together on Wednesday for an art installation depicting the effects the Muslim ban has had on American families. The ban was first enacted by President Donald Trump in 2017, and faced multiple legal setbacks until […]
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(NY Post) A New Jersey woman who was already busted for providing material support to ISIS went right back to her evil ways — even as she was supposed to be helping the feds fight the terror group, officials revealed Monday. Sinmyah […]
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