University of North Carolina

Woman settles lawsuit over forced hijab removal at Mecklenburg County Jail The settlement includes policy changes and an undisclosed monetary amount. El-Ali's photograph has been removed from the jail's database.

September 24, 2025 Matthew Ablon

(WCNC) A Muslim woman has reached a settlement with Mecklenburg County over a lawsuit alleging jail officials violated her religious rights by forcing her to remove her hijab for a booking photograph. The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) announced the resolution of […]

Most American parents unaware China, Saudi Arabia, Qatar are major donors to US universities

October 30, 2021 Adam Kredo

(Free Beacon) A majority of American parents are unaware that China, Saudi Arabia, and Qatar are among the top financiers of U.S. universities and are worried that foreign cash is influencing what their children are taught in the classroom, according to a […]

UNC to update policies following complaint of anti-Semitism

November 26, 2019 Collin Binkley

(AP) The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has agreed to expand its anti-bias training and expressly forbid anti-Semitism in campus policies as part of an agreement with the U.S. Education Department following complaints about a March conference featuring a rapper […]

Dept. of Education stands firm that Duke-UNC joint program needs to ‘expand’ to include more religions beyond Islam

October 10, 2019 Justine Coleman

(Hill) The Department of Education maintained that the joint Duke University-University of North Carolina program needs to “expand” to include more religions beyond Islam to fulfill federal grant funding requirements. The department stood its ground that the consortium needs to diversify its […]

US is urged to end probe of Middle East studies program

September 27, 2019 Colin Bertier

(AP) The American Civil Liberties Union urged the Trump administration Friday to drop its investigation into a Middle East studies program the agency says has focused too much on the “positive aspects of Islam” and misused grant money to promote “ideological priorities.” […]

Feds cite Islam focus in review of Duke-UNC language grant

September 19, 2019 Collin Binkley

(AP) The Trump administration is threatening to cut funding for a Middle East studies program run by the University of North Carolina and Duke University, arguing that it’s misusing a federal grant to advance “ideological priorities” and unfairly promote “the positive aspects […]

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