Arab and Muslim Americans outraged by Trump’s plan to ban immigration from selected Arab nations
January 29th, 20170 DEARBORN— It did not take long for President Trump to deliver on campaign promises to bar Muslims and refugees from entering the United States. On the fifth day of his presidency, Trump signed a slew of anti-immigrant executive actions and intends at press time to order a suspension on refugees and visas for citizens of Syria and six...
Referee makes disturbing comment to Muslim basketball team
January 26th, 20170 MEMPHIS, TN - A basketball coach at the Pleasant View School at the Muslim Community Center in Memphis hoped to teach her students a life lesson after a confrontation with a referee on Sunday night before their game. The referee addressed the crowd, bringing Bilquis Abdul-Qaadir, who is the athletic director at the school, to...
Former FBI agent drafted original ‘Muslim Brotherhood’ bill
January 26th, 20170 WASHINGTON, D.C.- Islamophobic website WND reported in 2014 that John Guandolo, former FBI agent and reputed Islamophobe, “helped draft the...anti-Brotherhood bill,” The Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) reported Tuesday. The anti-Brotherhood bill refers to the “Muslim Brotherhood Terrorist Designation Act,” a...
Trump moves ahead with wall, puts stamp on U.S. immigration, security policy
January 26th, 20170 WASHINGTON - President Donald Trump on Wednesday ordered construction of a U.S.-Mexican border wall and punishment for cities shielding illegal immigrants while mulling restoring a CIA secret detention program as he launched broad but divisive plans to reshape U.S. immigration and national security policy. A draft executive order seen...
Trump expected to sign executive orders on immigration
January 26th, 20170 WASHINGTON — U.S. President Donald Trump is expected to sign several executive orders on Wednesday restricting immigration from Syria and six other Middle Eastern or African countries, according to several congressional aides and immigration experts briefed on the matter. In addition to Syria, Trump's orders are expected to...
Pew Research Center: Democratic support for Israel plummets
January 21st, 20170 WASHINGTON — A recent study by the Pew Research Center has shown that support for Israel plummeted nearly 25 percent among members of the Democratic party in the last nine months. Democratic party allegiance towards Israel has dropped 43 to 33 percent, according to the study. For decades, Democratic support for Israel has...
Executive actions ready to go as Trump takes office
January 21st, 20170 WASHINGTON — Donald Trump is preparing to sign executive actions on his first day in the White House on Friday to take the opening steps to crack down on immigration, build a wall on the U.S.-Mexican border and roll back outgoing President Barack Obama's policies. Trump, a Republican elected on Nov. 8 to succeed Democrat Obama,...
Pew Research Center: Democratic support for Israel plummets
January 20th, 20170 DEARBORN — A recent study by the Pew Research Center has shown that support for Israel plummeted nearly 25 percent among members of the Democratic party in the last nine months. Democratic party allegiance towards Israel has dropped 43 to 33 percent, according to the study. For decades, Democratic support for Israel has been...
Texas State Rep. sends letter to Muslims that questions their beliefs
January 19th, 20170 TEXAS - Texas Muslims have taken offense to a letter from a State Rep. that surveys their beliefs and questions if they support radical Islam. Just weeks into office, it appears State Rep. Kyle Biedermann, R-Fredericksburg, is concerned about Muslims first and foremost. He sent a letter to mosque leaders and Muslim student...
Homeless man charged for torching seattle mosque
January 19th, 20170 SEATTLE, WA - A homeless man suspected of setting fire to a Bellevue mosque on Saturday, January 14 was charged with second-degree arson Tuesday by the King County Prosecuting Attorney’s Office. Bail was set at $1 million. who has an extensive history of mental illness and property damage, was found in a parking lot behind the...
Wife of Orlando nightclub shooter arrested
January 19th, 20170 SAN FRANCISCO - The FBI on Monday arrested the wife of the gunman who killed 49 people at an Orlando gay nightclub last year, a massacre that intensified fears about attacks against Americans inspired by Islamic State, officials said. Noor Salman, 30, is being charged with obstruction of justice and aiding and abetting by providing...
Delta employees to receive diversity training
January 19th, 20170 ATLANTA - Delta Air Lines will begin diversity training for all of its flight crews after a series of publicized incidents in which passengers, including Muslims and African Americans, said they were discriminated against or treated uncivilly on its flights. Those incidents include a flight attendant appearing reluctant when a Black...
Trump meets with Martin Luther King III
January 19th, 20170 NEW YORK- On Monday, President-elect Donald Trump met with Martin Luther King III to discuss voting rights at Trump Tower after spending the weekend arguing with civil rights activist and U.S. Rep. John Lewis (D-Ga). Celebrate Martin Luther King Day and all the many wonderful things that he stood for. Honor him for the great man that...
Public education crisis felt in Dearborn schools
January 5th, 20170 Dearborn—For decades, Betsy DeVos test-ran privatization campaigns in Michigan before assuming her role as Donald Trump’s pick for Secretary of Education. Having funneled millions to lawmakers and the state Republican Party to assist in shepherding legislation that especially focused on privatizing education, the school of choice...
“This is for Trump:” Florida man attacks Hispanic gas station attendant
December 2nd, 20160 FLORIDA - Civil rights groups are calling for law enforcement officials to charge a white man for a hate crime, after he attacked a Hispanic gas station attendant in the name of Donald Trump.The Gainesville Sun reported that the incident occurred on Nov. 10 while the victim was cleaning the parking lot at a Gate Food Post store in......
Ohio man arrested for shooting Muslim teen
December 2nd, 20160 LAKEWOOD, Ohio -- A Muslim civil rights organization said that a 16-year-old Lakewood boy was subjected to anti-Islamic slurs and was shot for wearing an Islamic head covering. The boy did not suffer serious injuries after the weekend dispute. The man charged in the shooting, Denzel Johnson, 26, of Lakewood remains in jail. The...
Breitbart news calls Kellogg cereal “un-American” after it stops advertising with them
December 2nd, 20160 BATTLE CREEK - Tony the Tiger, Toucan Sam and Snap, Crackle and Pop are apparently "un-American," according to right-wing news agency Breitbart, owned by Donald Trump aid Stephen Bannon.The classic cereal company has pulled all their advertisements from the agency, claiming the outlet features, racist, sexist and anti-Semitic......
Las Vegas restaurant tells Muslim woman to remove her hijab
December 1st, 20160 LAS VEGAS - Strippers, hookers and drunks are welcome at las vegas restaurants. But one Las Vegas spot is taking issue with Muslim women.A Muslim woman is making allegations against a Las Vegas restaurant located on the strip, after employees asked her to remove her hijab. Louvenia Daan was at the Fireside Lounge, inside the...
New senate bill aims to ban anti-Israeli movement on college campuses
December 1st, 20161 ANN ARBOR - The BDS movement continues to grow at a fast rate, much to the discontent of university and college officials who continue to deny students' organized requests to divest from Israel. Now, a bill is headed towards the senate that aims to label any such movement as "Anti-Semism."The Senate is due to consider the...
Minority groups cause gun sales to hit record high on Black Friday
December 1st, 20160 NEW YORK - Americans stormed their local gun stores following their thanksgiving meals to load up on their second amendment rights. Guns were the hot ticket and interest in firearms on America's biggest shopping day seemed to hit its highest yet.The cause of the frenzy may be attributed to minority groups who fear they want to...
Supreme Court divided in immigration dispute
November 30th, 20160 WASHINGTON - A divided U.S. Supreme Court struggled on Wednesday with how to resolve a dispute over whether immigrants detained by the U.S. government for more than six months while deportation proceedings take place should be able to seek their release.The case takes on additional importance with the expectation that President-elect......
Trump appoints two more Islamophobes to team
November 30th, 20160 WASHINGTON - President-Elect Donald Trump’s white house is looking more and more like a Fox News program by the day. The President elect has appointed two more individuals to his team with a long history of hateful comments about Muslims. Katharine Gorka has been selected to be a part of his transition team that will meet...
North Carolina teacher allegedly assaults Muslim kindergartner
November 24th, 20160 RALEIGH, N.C. -- Charlotte’s public school system is investigating allegations that a kindergarten teacher singled out a 5-year-old student for harassment because he’s Muslim. The Council on American-Islamic Relations said Wednesday that the teacher grabbed the student by the neck at one point and called him a “bad Muslim boy”......
After criticizing the New York Times, Trump meets with staff
November 24th, 20160 NEW YORK — After President-elect Donald Trump went on a rant on Twitter about The New York Times and canceled a meeting with the newspaper's officials, he tweeted that was set for 12:30 p.m. Tuesday. "Mr. Trump's staff has told us that the president elect's meeting with The Times is on again," Eileen Murphy, a Times spokeswoman,...
Mobile device makers seek avenues to disable phones while driving
November 24th, 20160 WASHINGTON — The U.S. Transportation Department issued voluntary guidelines for makers of mobile devices, asking them to help keep eyes on the road by developing a "driver mode" that would disable some distracting functions in moving cars. The guidelines also ask manufacturers to make it easy to pair mobile devices with in-vehicle......
