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Trump surrogate says Japanese internment camps a model for ‘Muslim registry’
WASHINGTON - One of Donald Trump surrogate’s claimed Wednesday that the forced internment of Japanese Americans during World War II provided a “precedent” for the next administration creating a registry of Muslims living in the U.S. Carl Higbie, a former Navy SEAL and booster of the President-elect, told Fox News’ Megyn Kelly...Obama: Trump will get wake-up call when he takes office
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump is in for a quick wake-up call and will have to adjust his temperament when he confronts the realities of his new job on Jan. 20, President Barack Obama said on Monday. In a news conference at the White House, Obama said the freewheeling Trump could not be as outspoken as he was during the...UN: Arab Spring cost more than $600 billion worth of growth
November 17th, 20160 NEW YORK — A new report from the United Nations suggests that the turmoil in the years since 2010 has left a heavy economic imprint in the Arab region — in particular, leading to a net loss of $613.8 billion in economic activity, or about 6 percent of gross domestic product from 2011 to 2015. The commission noted that it was not...Turkey aims to fully secure borders early next year with Syria campaign
November 17th, 20160 ANKRA — Turkey aims to have fully secured its borders in the first half of next year, Defence Minister Fikri Isik said on Thursday, as Turkish-backed forces pursue a campaign to clear ISIS and Kurdish fighters from a strip of northern Syria. NATO member Turkey sent tanks, warplanes and artillery into Syria in August in support of...Yemen’s Houthis say they want to end war, form unity government
November 17th, 20160 HODEIDAH — Yemen's Houthi group said on Wednesday it was ready to stop fighting and join a national unity government, raising hopes of a resolution to a conflict that has killed more than 10,000 people. The announcement appeared to confirm the details of a deal set out by U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry a day earlier that he said...Sheikh who publicly supports Trump is a fraud
November 17th, 20160 DEARBORN — On Wednesday, the Supreme Islamic Shi'a Council of Beirut issued a press release declaring that the alleged Lebanese Sheikh Mohammad Haj Hassan, who is known for supporting Donald Trump, is not an Islamic scholar. The release stated that Haj Hassan, "has nothing to do with clergy, whatsoever", but is rather a distrustful...Arab American Detroit police officer dies
November 17th, 20160 DEARBORN — Hadi Mahmoud, 30, a Dearborn resident and police officer with the Detroit Police Department, passed away Monday, Nov. 7. Federal investigations and an autopsy are being conducted to determine the cause of death, according to Eddie Jawad, Mahmoud's uncle. Mahmoud was stressed the past two or three months and something had...Driving while veiled: Georgia aims to ban Muslim women off the roads
GEORGIA - State legislators are aiming to ban Muslim women from wearing a burqa and other head coverings that might disguise their face when they are driving.House Bill 3, filed by state Rep. Jason Spencer, R-Woodbine, would subject female Muslim garb under the state’s anti-masking statute — which originally was aimed at the Ku...British woman faces jail time in Dubai for reporting gang rape
November 16th, 20160 DUBAI - A British woman who was allegedly gang-raped by two men in Dubai faces jail after police accused her of "extra marital sex". The 25 year old claims she was attacked by fellow British tourists in October while on holiday in the United Arab Emirates (UAE).After she went to the authorities, she was arrested and charged with having...Trump advisor pushing for Muslim registry
WASHINGTON - An architect of anti-immigration efforts who says he is advising President-elect Donald Trump said the new administration could push ahead rapidly on construction of a U.S.-Mexico border wall without seeking immediate congressional approval. Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who helped write tough immigration laws in...Monroe teacher suspended following offensive assignment about ‘Miss Iraq Pageant’
November 15th, 20161 DETROIT (CBS Detroit) – A teacher in the Monroe County School district has been placed on administrative leave while school officials investigate a controversial assignment. A Facebook post shows that the high school teacher assigned students homework involving a Top 10 list allegedly by David Letterman. The “Top Ten...Muslim girl terrified to return to school after classmate beats her, rips off hijab
MINNEAPOLIS – The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations is calling out a north metro middle school for what it calls a “lack of response” following an alleged incident where a Muslim girl’s hijab was pulled off.The girl had her headscarf forcibly removed by another student and thrown to the ground at...Nasty note left at Muslim family’s doorstep
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Iowa City Police are investigating a note someone left outside the home of a Sudanese-American family as a hate crime.The note said "You can go home now, we don't want n------ and terrorists here, #trump." Amar Samel and his family - who are Muslim - found the message late Friday night. Samel said his family......
Canton police search for driver after hit and run kills two
November 15th, 20160 CANTON - Canton Township police were searching for a hit-and-run driver involved in a three-vehicle crash that resulted in the deaths of two pedestrians on Michigan Avenue at Lotz Road on Sunday evening. A 54-year-old Westland resident, Martin Lesinsky and a 45-year-old Inkster resident, were crossing the eastbound lanes of...Chef says he was beaten by Muslim men because he ‘looks like Trump’
November 15th, 20160 SWEDEN - While Muslims are facing a wave of attacks and insults as a result of Trump's election in the U.S., one man in Sweden claims the reverse effect happened to him. A Swedish chef was reportedly assaulted by three Muslim men who punched and kicked him in the face and head, sending him to the emergency room. Writing......
Trump’s pick of right-wing firebrand for White House job sparks outrage
WASHINGTON - Democrats, civil rights groups and even some Republicans slammed U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Monday for choosing right-wing firebrand Stephen Bannon as a key aide, saying it would elevate the white nationalist movement into the top levels of the White House. Making his first...High school student says classmate tried to rip off her hijab
LOS ANGELES - A 16-year-old Muslim student at El Camino High School says a male student attempted to yank off her hijab. Mariam Nomair said the day after Trump was elected president, a male student walked up to her as she was walking to class and tried to rip her hijab off of her head and she was called a terrorist. 'He...Man threatens to set Muslim woman on fire, forces her to remove Hijab
November 13th, 20160 ANN ARBOR, Mich. - A woman was forced to remove her hijab after a man threatened to set her on fire with a lighter near the University of Michigan campus in Ann Arbor. Ann Arbor police said the incident happened in the 600 block of East William near S. State Street between 5:30 and 7:00 p.m. Friday. Police said the man approached the...High school students leave note for Muslim teacher to “hang herself”
GEORGIA - A Gwinnett County high school teacher said she was left a note in class Friday telling her that her Muslim headscarf "isn't allowed anymore." “Why don’t you tie it around your neck & hang yourself with it...,” the note said, signed "America!" Mairah Teli, 24, who teaches language arts at Dacula High, said she......
Troy jogger attacks Iraqi neighbor, exposes himself
November 12th, 20160 TROY, Mich. (WXYZ) - A man in Troy was arrested after he allegedly yelled ethnic slurs at a woman and then exposed himself while out for a jog, according to police. The 64-year-old reportedly got irritated with the woman as she drove her vehicle behind him. Police said the jogger began to yell obscenities and ethnic slurs...Man assaults Muslim woman, uses hijab to choke her
CALIFORNIA - Esra Altun, a 19-year-old Muslim woman who wears a hijab had never felt unsafe at San Jose State University. But on Wednesday, as she was walking to her in an on-campus parking garage, she was assaulted by a white male. As Altun approached her car that afternoon, a man came up behind her in the third-floor of the......
Junior High students formed physical wall to block minority students
November 11th, 20160 DeWitt – Students at DeWitt Junior High School in Michigan allegedly formed a physical wall to block minority students from going to class on Wednesday morning. According to DeWitt Public Schools Superintendent John Deiter, the first racial incident began early in the morning, before most of the kids had even started showing...America’s liberals unleashed the Trump monster
November 11th, 20160 The Earth has been shifting under our feet for a while, but all liberals want to do is desperately cling to the status quo like a life-raft. Middle-class Britons are still hyperventilating about Brexit, and now middle-class America is trembling at the prospect of Donald Trump in the White House. And, of course, middle-class Americans......