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...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...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...Trump protests sweep the nation
NEW YORK — Demonstrators took to streets across the country for a second day on Thursday to protest Republican Donald Trump's election victory, voicing worries that Trump would strike a blow against civil rights. Trump's marquee buildings in New York and Washington were targets of protesters and police put up security fences around...How Clinton’s White voters melted away
WASHINGTON — The unraveling of the coalition that was supposed to carry Hillary Clinton to the White House had a lot to do with voters like Jim McAndrew in counties like Northampton, Pennsylvania. McAndrew, 69, a retired steel worker, voted Democrat in every presidential election for half a century. This year he stayed home. And...Trump and Obama set campaign rancor aside with White House meeting
WASHINGTON — President Obama and President-elect Trump met on Thursday for the first time, setting aside the deep rancor that dominated the long campaign season to discuss the transition to the Republican's inauguration on Jan. 20. Their 90-minute meeting in the White House Oval Office, with no aides present, took place just two...Police: Muslim student ‘fabricated’ getting attacked by man wearing a Trump hat
LOUISIANA - Lafayette police said a woman made up a story about two men attacking her and stealing her wallet and hijab on Wednesday. "During the course of the investigation, the female complainant admitted that she fabricated the story about her physical attack as well as the removal of her hijab and wallet...Muslim woman attacked and robbed in parking structure at San Diego State University
SAN DIEGO - A San Diego State University student was robbed in a campus parking structure, and said she was targeted because she was wearing a hijab, according to police investigating the crime.The young woman was in a stairwell in the Parking Lot #12 structure at 2:28 p.m. Wednesday when two men confronted...Muslim student in Louisiana attacked and robbed by Trump supporters
LOUISIANA - A Muslim woman was reportedly attacked and robbed of her wallet and hijab on a college campus in Louisiana. Authorities said the University of Louisiana student reported the alleged robbery Wednesday morning, and claimed one of the apparent attackers wore a white Donald Trump cap, according to The Advertiser. Her...Riots erupt in California following Elections
WESTWOOD, LOS ANGELES (KABC) -- Protests erupted overnight in the streets of Southern and Northern California after Donald Trump was projected to be the next president of the United States. Hundreds of students at UCLA left their dormitories and apartments, taking to the hallways and streets chanting "(expletive) Donald Trump," among...Clinton delivers concession speech following Trump victory
Republican Donald Trump stunned the world by defeating heavily favored rival Hillary Clinton in the U.S. presidential election, ending eight years of Democratic control of the White House and sending America on a new, uncertain path.A wealthy real estate developer and former reality TV host, Trump rode a wave of anger toward Washington...Syrian teen refugees beaten in Missouri
ST. LOIUS - Police are investigating a hate incident after four Syrian refugee teenagers were beaten while on a walk by a group of unidentified suspects. On Tuesday, police say four young Syrian refugees were attacked on the 1100 block of Hodiamont, just blocks from their apartment complex. According to an incident...Graffiti targets University of Minnesota’s Muslim Student Association
MINNESOTA –Vandals defaced a sign promoting the University of Minnesota’s Muslim Students Association, scrawling “ISIS” over a hand-painted mural on the Washington Avenue Bridge, which connects the east and west banks of the Twin Cities campus.The graffiti was discovered early Thursday morning and documented on social media,...Wife of Orlando mass murderer denies advance knowledge of attack
ORLANDO — The wife of the gunman who shot 49 people to death at a gay nightclub in Orlando, Florida, knew he had been watching jihadist videos but was unaware he planned to commit mass murder, she said in a New York Times interview published on Tuesday. Noor Salman, in her first extensive public comments since the June 12 shooting...
Starbucks accused of ‘promoting Islam’ with new holiday cups
November 3rd, 20160 SEATTLE - The revelation of the latest Starbucks holiday cup is being compared the colors the Arab league flag, with accusations that the coffee chain is “promoting Islam.Starbucks launched its limited edition green design on Tuesday by saying the cup was about developing ‘unity’ at a time of great division.It......
Militant groups say they are ready for ‘civil war’ if Trump loses
GEORGIA - Down a Georgia country road, camouflaged members of the Three Percent Security Force have mobilized for rifle practice, hand-to-hand combat training -- and an impromptu campaign rally for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump."How many people are voting for Trump? Ooh-rah!" asks Chris Hill, a...
Saudi student beaten to death at Wisconsin pizza shop
November 2nd, 20160 WISCONSIN - A University of Wisconsin student from Saudi Arabia was beaten to death outside a pizza shop by an unidentified, 6ft white man. Police has yet to declare the incident as a hate crime. Hussain Saeed Alnahdi was studying business administration at the University of Wisconsin Stout when he was attacked outside......
Snapchat filter may have caused accident that killed five
FLORIDA - Snapchat is under fire for potentially causing a fatal car collision that killed five people last week. A Snapchat video has emerged showing a 22-year-old driver and a female companion going 115 mph moments before his car caused a fiery crash in Tampa. Pablo Cortes III was driving westbound on a highway when he lost control...Attorney: California man who threatened to shoot up mosque is a ‘victim’
LOS ANGELES - The attorney of a California man who was arrested for threatening to shoot up a mosque said he is a victim of a ‘toxic political climate.’ Investigators allege that Mark Feigin, 40, called the islamic Center of Southern California twice last month, at one point threatening to kill its members because of his...Gun store won’t sell to Muslims, Clinton supporters
PENNSYLVANIA - a gun store owner in Jackson Center said that he does not feel safe selling guns to Muslims and Hillary Clinton supporters. Paul Chandler, the owner of Altra Firearms in Pennsylvania, says he turns these types of customers away at his door. The 54-year-old business owner posted a sign on the door of Altra...FBI re-opens Clinton’s email investigation
WASHINGTON - The FBI's head said on Friday that the agency would investigate additional emails that have surfaced related to Hillary Clinton's use of a personal email server to determine whether they contain classified information, adding that it is unclear how significant the new materials may be. In a letter to several U.S.......
Lawmakers raise privacy concerns over new hacking rules
WASHINGTON — On Thursday, a bipartisan group of lawmakers in Congress on Thursday asked the Justice Department to clarify how a looming rule change to the government's hacking powers could impact privacy rights of innocent Americans. The change, due to take place on December 1, would let judges issue search warrants for remote...U.S. charges 61 over India-based IRS scam
TEXAS — The Justice Department charged 61 people and entities on Thursday with taking part in a scam involving India-based call centers where agents impersonated Internal Revenue Service, immigration and other federal officials and demanded payments for nonexistent debts. The scam, which had operated since 2013, targeted at least......
Media companies want U.S. to force AT&T-Time Warner to share customer data
WASHINGTON - Media companies plan to ask U.S. regulators to force AT&T Inc (T.N) and Time Warner Inc (TWX.N) to share their trove of customer data if the telecom and content companies merge, fearing the combined behemoth would have an unfair advantage selling targeted mobile advertising, a handful of...Muslim family sues country club for rejecting their membership
CONNECTICUT- Co-founder of Edible Arrangements and his wife are suing a Connecticut country club for rejecting their membership application last year because they are Muslim. Kamran Farid and his wife, Kara, sued the Pine Orchard Yacht & Country Club in Branford in state court in August. He claimed it......