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Imprisoned Saudi blogger goes on hunger strike
Badawi is sentenced to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashesOTTAWA — Imprisoned Saudi blogger Raif Badawi has been on a hunger strike since Tuesday, Dec. 8, after being transferred to a "new isolated" prison, his wife, Ensaf Haidar, said on Thursday.Haidar, who lives in Canada where she and their three children were granted political...House passes “discriminatory” Visa Waiver bill
Participant nations in the Visa Waiver ProgramWASHINGTON — The House passed a bill that would restrict the travel of Iraqi and Syrian nationals to the United States, even if they are natives of nations whose citizens can enter the United States without obtaining a visa.The bill, which overhauls the Visa Waiver Program (VWP), was...Muslim home in Texas vandalized twice
Plano Texas, - A message is loud and clear in a neighborhood in Plano, Texas. Islam is not welcomed. A Muslim family who just moved into the neighborhood six weeks ago has been targeted with a hate crime after rocks smashed through their windows at least two times in the last week. The family said they believe that the people...Area leaders receive “Community Hero Awards”
Community Hero Award recipients DEARBORN— Local community leaders received awards recognizing them as "Community Heroes" at The Lava Lounge in Dearborn Heights on Monday, Dec. 7.Hosted by community activist Kimberly Ismail and presented by state Rep. George Darany (D- Dearborn), the award ceremony celebrated local business owners who...Elephant in the room: Terrorism and the U.S.-Gulf States alliance
President Obama with King Salman of Saudi Arabia.When it comes to existing discourse on efforts to counter radicalization and the subsequent extremism that arises, it appears that Western policymakers and media outlets want to address everything but the actual long-term causes. The elephant in the room being Gulf States (namely...Everybody condemned Trump, but xenophobia runs deep
Jeanine PirroEven Dick Cheney criticized Donald Trump. The Republican presidential candidate's call to ban Muslims from entering the United States went too far, even for far right ideologues. Despite the general atmosphere of xenophobia and skepticism of immigrants, Americans from both sides of the political spectrum came out to...CAIR office evacuated after foreign substance received in mail
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Muslim advocacy group Council on American-Islamic Relations said on Thursday its Capitol Hill office was evacuated by police after a foreign substance was received in the mail. The office received an envelope containing a note that read, "Die a painful death, Muslims" and a white powder, according to CAIR staff...Sam Baydoun appointed president of Dearborn Area Board of Realtors
Sam Baydoun (L) with Gary Reggish, the President of Michigan Realtors. DEARBORN — Sam Baydoun of Century 21 Curran & Christie, is the new president of the Dearborn Area Board of Realtors, replacing Al Makled of Remax Leading Edge. The Board held it general membership meeting on Tuesday December 8, at Byblos Banquet Hall. During...California Sikh temple vandalized in suspected hate crime
The graffiti included the word Islam and a reference to ISISBUENA PARK, Calif. — Police in Southern California have opened a hate crime investigation into the vandalization of a Sikh house of worship in Orange County that was defaced with Islamaphobic and gang graffiti. The graffiti was discovered on the exterior of the Gurdwara...
KKK in Alabama recruiting to fight Islam
December 10th, 20150 KKK flyer being distributed in cullman and Decatur Alabama. ALABAMA - The KKK in Alabama is recruiting Americans "to fight the spread of Islam in our country." The Alabama chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Alabama) on Wednesday called on public officials to repudiate growing Islamophobia following reports...
Muslim Americans praise Obama’s speech, with reservations
December 10th, 20150 "ISIL does not speak for Islam."DEARBORN — ISIS is a death cult of thugs that does not speak for Islam, President Obama said in a rare Oval Office address on Sunday.The speech was in response to the San Bernardino, CA shooting that left 14 people dead. The president sent a strongly worded message in defense of the Muslim community,...Pig’s head found outside Philadelphia mosque
PHILADELPHIA - A severed pig's head was found outside a Philadelphia mosque early Monday, and officials say it may have been thrown from a car window. The caretaker of the Al Aqsa Islamic Society found the pig's head near the front door about 6 a.m. early Monday. Surveillance video shows a red pickup truck slowing down in front of the...Muslim convenience store owner beaten in New York
NEW YORK - Cops arrested a man who attacked a Muslim store owner in Queens. The store owner, Sarker Haque, claims that suspect Piro Kolvani, 55, screamed that he would “kill Muslims” as he threw haymakers at the shop owner, but police and prosecutors have yet to charge him with committing a hate crime. Kolvani was charged with...
Ohio Muslim man murdered at family-owned Pizza shop
December 9th, 20150 AKRON, Ohio-- The Akron Police Department is looking for a woman who murdered a 21-year-old Muslim man during an armed robbery at a Pizza shop. Zakareia Husein was working at his family owned 'Premium New York Style Pizza' shop when he was shot during a robbery shortly before 11 p.m. on Monday, December 7, after an armed and disguised...
Woman attacks praying Muslims in California park
December 8th, 20150 Castro Valley, CA – It was supposed to be another normal Sunday at the park for Rasheed Albeshari and his friends, until they were attacked by a local woman because of their Islamic faith.Albeshari and his pals frequent Lake Chabot often, a quiet regional park in Alameda County. But around 4 p.m. on Sunday, December 6, they......
Chicago cop won’t be charged for shooting man to death
Ronald JohnsonCHICAGO— A police officer will not be charged for shooting 25-year-old Ronald Johnson to death in an incident captured by a police car’s dashboard camera.Cook county State Attorney Anita Alvarez announced on Monday that she is not charging Officer George Hernandez in the killing of Ronald Johnson, an African American...Trump calls for “complete shutdown” of Muslims coming to the U.S.
TrumpNEW YORK — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump called for a "complete shutdown" of Muslims entering the United States.In a statement, Trump cited anti-American sentiments in Muslim-majority countries as the reason behind his call. He also mentioned sharia law as a danger to American society. "Without looking at......
Florida man arrested for vandalizing mosque
FLORIDA - Hours after a prayer group in Florida discovered their Islamic center had been broken into and vandalized, police arrested a man who had a history of anti-Islamic sentiment. The Islamic Center of Palm Beach was discovered vandalized on Friday, with several windows smashed and blood spattered in the prayer...Muslim sixth grader attacked by students who attempted to remove her hijab
NEW YORK - A Muslim girl was attacked at her New York middle school by three schoolmates who referred to the girl as a terrorist organization and tried ripping off her religious headscarf. The sixth grade girl from the Bronx was playing during recess when three boys allegedly went after her. The boys, who...
Attorney General Lynch to Muslim community: I stand with you
December 4th, 20150 Loretta LynchWASHINGTON — Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Thursday she stands with the Muslim community.Lynch warned that the Justice Department could take aggressive action against people whose anti-Muslim rhetoric “edges towards violence.”Speaking at Muslim Advocate’s 10th anniversary dinner, Lynch said since the terrorist...San Bernardino shooters may have been radicalized; wife pledged allegiance to ISIS
Syed Rizwan FarookWASHINGTON — A woman who joined her husband in killing 14 people in California apparently pledged allegiance to a leader of ISIS, two U.S. government sources said on Friday, as intelligence officials in her native Pakistan pressed the investigation overseas.Tashfeen Malik, 27, and her husband, Syed Rizwan Farook, 28,......
‘Muslim Killers’ may just be American terrorists
December 4th, 20150 When the name of the San Bernardino shooting suspect was released, Arab and Muslim Americans felt a heavier sense of grief for the lost lives. The fear culture that politicians and media pundits have been nurturing for years is turning into an abyss of bigotry and hatred that threatens our communities. We are not guilty, and we...Al-Qaeda militants take over two south Yemen towns, residents say
Houthi rebels in a truck past a Ansar al-Sharia flag painted on the side of a hill, in Rada, Nov. 22, 2014.ADEN — Al-Qaeda fighters retook on Wednesday two southern Yemeni towns they briefly occupied four years ago, residents and local fighters said, exploiting the collapse of central authority in Yemen in its eight-month war. In an......
Kerry: Air strikes alone won’t defeat ISIS
John Kerry (C) participates in the OSCE Ministerial Council meeting in Belgrade.BELGRADE — Syrian and other Arab ground forces must be found to take on ISIS, Secretary of State John Kerry said on Thursday, saying the militant group would not be defeated by air strikes alone. Kerry was speaking hours after Britain began bombing ISIS...Putin to Turkey: Expect more sanctions for jet shoot-down
Putin.MOSCOW — President Vladimir Putin said Turkey's shooting down a Russian military jet was a war crime and that the Kremlin would punish Ankara with additional sanctions, signaling fallout from the incident would be long-lasting and serious. Minutes after Putin had finished speaking, his energy minister, Alexander Novak, said......
