Dozens of Afghani troops gone missing in the U.S.
WASHINGTON - Forty-four Afghan troops visiting the United States for military training have gone missing in less than two years, presumably in an effort to live and work illegally in America, according to a report by Reuters. Although the number of disappearances is relatively small -- some 2,200 Afghan...Deadly Hurricane Matthew strikes
ORLANDO - Matthew, the first major hurricane threatening a direct hit on the United States in more than 10 years, blasted the Bahamas on Thursday as it headed for Florida after killing at least 140 people in the Caribbean, mostly in Haiti. Matthew, carrying winds of 140 mph (220 kph), pounded the...College man charged for attacking Middle Eastern student
PENNSYLVANIA – A former Penn State University student has been charged with ethnic intimidation for attacking a student because he was “Middle Eastern.” Nicholas Tavella, 20, entered an open guilty plea on for charges stemming from a December 2015 incident in which he allegedly attacked a student based...U.S. government condemns new Israeli Jewish settlement plans
PALESTINE - The United States sharply criticized Israel on Wednesday over plans to build a new Jewish settlement in the West Bank that it said would damage prospects for peace with the Palestinians and contradicted assurances made to Washington. The White House and State Department "strongly condemned" Israel's decision to advance a...Indiana jail provides halal diet after Muslim inmate’s lawsuit
LEBANON, Ind — An Indiana jail that was sued by a Muslim inmate announced that it is now providing a diet that follows Islamic dietary laws.The Boone County Sheriff’s Office said its jail has adopted a six-week halal meal plan for Muslim inmates. The development comes after a federal judge granted the American Civil Liberties...Teacher tells student she can’t take exam unless she removes Hijab
QUEBEC — A Muslim student in Quebec was told by her instructor that she couldn’t take a test unless she temporarily removed her hijab.The incident occurred two weeks ago at College de Maisonneuve. School spokeswoman Line Legare told media outlets that a biology teacher asked the young woman...Attorney: Father’s murder of daughter was not an ‘honor killing’
CLEVELAND - The attorney for a man accused of “executing” his daughter said the idea that it was a “Muslim honor killing” is “racist and offensive.”Jamal Mansour, 63, is accused of shooting his 27-year-old daughter Tahani Mansour twice in the head and killing her in the small town of Rocky River. He is charged with...Muslim man wearing traditional clothing punched in D.C.
WASHINGTON - Rashid Dar was walking with his brother in Washington D.C., when a man he didn't know approached him and punched him in the throat, all without saying a word.Dar, a researcher at Brookings, was about to finish up a sermon he was set to give. "I believe I was attacked for the way I was dressed," he said.The...North Carolina man kills uncle over business dispute
FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina -- A man in the city of Fayetteville is being charged for brutally murdering his uncle and business partner. Detectives identified the victim as Fahd Mjalli, 41, of Fayetteville. Police said he was the uncle of the suspect, 32-year-old Mohammed Alradai.Alradai and Mjalli got into an argument...
Muslim women seize the mic in ‘Hijabi World’ film
September 30th, 20161 Screening at the Montclair Film Festival. (L-R): Mohamed Alsiadi, Halimah Mahmoud, Sohyla Sayedahmed, Hamna Saleem, Dina Sayedahmed, Newark Mayor Ras Baraka, Julie Winokur, Tim Raphael, Marisol Conde-Hernandez, Sahar Sayedahmed. NEWARK — At a time when Islamophobia is on the rise, young Muslim Americans, especially...Facebook tells U.S. judge it takes terroristic threats seriously
NEW YORK - Lawyers for Facebook Inc on Tuesday sought to assure a U.S. judge overseeing lawsuits by victims of militant attacks in the Middle East that it took a "zero tolerance" approach to any communications that may promote terrorist threats or activity. The comments came after U.S. District Judge...FBI: ISIS dismantling in Middle East, but growing threat in U.S.
WASHINGTON – The United States is likely to face a higher risk of IslamicState-inspired attacks over the next two years as the group loses land in the Middle East, a top official with the Federal Bureau of Investigation said on Wednesday."I'm fairly convinced that 2017 and 2018 in the homeland will be...Congress passes funding bill averting government shutdown
WASHINGTON - The U.S. Congress approved a stop-gap funding bill on Wednesday that averts a looming federal government shutdown and provides urgently needed money to help battle an outbreak of the Zika virus. Passage of the bipartisan legislation came shortly after Republicans and Democrats ended a...Lawmakers may change September 11 law after rejecting veto
WASHINGTON -U.S. lawmakers expressed doubts on Thursday about Sept. 11 legislation they forced on President Barack Obama, saying the new law allowing lawsuits against Saudi Arabia could be narrowed to ease concerns about its effect on Americans abroad. A day after a rare overwhelming rejection of a...Man who killed daughter had threatened suicide
CLEVELAND -- Rocky River police received at least three previous calls in the past six years from the home where 63-year-old Jamal Mansour murdered his daughter Tahani Mansour. Tahani Mansour, 27, was shot twice – including once to the head – about 1:15 a.m. Tuesday inside the family's house. She died at Fairview......
Teen kills father, shoots teacher, 6-year-old at elementary school
SOUTH CAROLINA - A 14-year-old South Carolina boy shot and killed his father then drove to an elementary school playground where he wounded two children and a teacher with a handgun before being tackled by a firefighter who held him for police, authorities said on Wednesday. The suspect, whose name has not been released, was accused...
Ohio man murders daughter
September 28th, 20160 CLEVELAND - A 63-year-old father is facing charges for killing his 27-year-old daughter. Police said that Jamal T. Mansour murdered his daughter Tahani Mansour in her bedroom on Tuesday, September 27, around 1:15 a.m., when he shot her twice in the head. The victim’s brother called 911, telling police his sister had been......
Tennessee schools to remove Islam from textbooks
TENNESSEE - State educators are removing a majority of Islamic related history lessons, following complaints the old teachings were too friendly toward Islam.The State Board of Education has released draft revisions to Tennessee's social studies standards for kindergarten through high school. Critics said...Civil rights group claims New York bomber denied fundamental rights
NEW YORK - The American Civil Liberties Union said it will temporarily provide legal counsel for the man suspected of detonating a bomb in the heart of New York City that injured 31 people earlier this month, as concern builds over the suspect's lack of access to a lawyer.Ahmad Khan Rahami, a 28-year-old naturalized U.S. citizen, has...Poll: Clinton wins first debate
NEW YORK - Republican Donald Trump vowed on Tuesday to hit rival Democrat Hillary Clinton harder in the next U.S. presidential debate after she put him on the defensive by accusing him of being racist, sexist and a tax dodger during their first matchup. Trump, a real estate mogul making his first run for public office, praised himself...Israeli Prime Minister meets with Clinton and Trump, West Bank wall praised
WASHINGTON – U.S. Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton both on Sunday met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.Trump relayed a message that if elected, the United States would recognize Jerusalem as the capital of Israel, the campaign......
Turkish man arrested for deadly mall shooting
WASHINGTON - Authorities on Sunday were still working to determine what prompted a 20-year-old man to open fire in a Washington state mall, killing five people.Police arrested the suspected gunman, Arcan Cetin of Oak Harbor, Washington, on Saturday. Police said he was taken into custody without incident in Oak Harbor, some 30 miles (...Muslim man burned after car gets firebombed in hate attack
Philadelphia - A Muslim man has suffered from severe burn injuries after a driver threw a firebomb into his vehicle and fled the scene, in what is being reported as a hate crime. A man in northern Philadelphia is wanted for throwing a firebomb into the occupied car. The assailant allegedly screamed “there you go, Muslim!” as he......
Disabled Muslim Army veteran accused of being ‘terrorist,’ raided by bomb squad
Mohamed Abbas, a disabled U.S. Army veteran working at the Department of Defense’s Marine Department Maintenance Command Production Plant, was accused by a co-worker of threatening to blow up the base following the San Bernardino attack in December 9, 2015.The following day, he reportedly went to work...Sikh man causes scare at mall
PENNSYLVANIA- Passersby in a shopping center in Northampton County immediately called the police on a Sikh man, thinking he was Muslim because of the kirpan he was carrying. Harpreet Singh Khalsa, 33, said he was the victim of racial profiling, but police believed that the people who called did the right thing.They received many......