Hillary Clinton declares victory in Democratic race
June 8th, 20160 CALIFORNIA Hillary Clinton declared herself the Democratic Party nominee for U.S. president on Tuesday, embracing her role in history as the first woman to lead a major party in a race for the White House. The former first lady, U.S. senator and secretary of state celebrated her victory in the nominating race over rival Bernie Sanders...
9-year-old Muslim girl bullied for wearing hijab
June 6th, 20160 FLORIDA - A nine-year-old Muslim girl and her mother in Florida are speaking out about being bullied by other kids because of their faith. Living in Florida, Tiffany Rivera knew there was a risk her daughter would be bullied by other kids. In an article that appeared on fusion.net, the mother and daughter described their...
Trump: A Muslim judge would be biased
June 6th, 20160 TrumpWASHINGTON - Donald Trump is standing by comments he made against U.S. District Court Judge Gonzalo Curiel, the judge presiding over a Trump University lawsuit, telling CBS' "Face the Nation" that Curiel's Mexican heritage prevents him from acting fairly on the bench."He is a member of a club or society, very strongly pro-Mexican,...
Muslim man beaten outside of mosque
June 6th, 20160 NEW YORK - A Muslim man is hospitalized with face and rib fractures after being attacked by three men outside a mosque in Queens, according to police and CAIR-NY. Mohamed Rasheed Khan, 59, was leaving the Center for Islamic Studies on Jamaica Avenue on Wednesday night when the attack occurred, CAIR said on Sunday. Police are looking...
Muslim woman in burqa attacks family with their American Flag
June 3rd, 20160 ATLANTA - A family in Lawrenceville, a suburb of Atlanta, said they were attacked by an unknown Muslim woman wearing a full burqa simply because they were flying an American flag for Memorial Day. Amina Ahra, 30, was arrested on two counts of simple battery after being accused of attacking a mother and daughter at their home. Dami...
4,700 Syrian refugees approved resettlement to U.S
June 3rd, 20160 WASHINGTON - The United States has approved 4,700 Syrian refugees who are awaiting resettlement to the country, while an additional 7,900 are awaiting security review, U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson said on Thursday.Johnson, speaking to a homeland security advisory panel at the Department of Homeland Security, was...
U.S. intelligence officials fear Trump will spill secrets
June 2nd, 20160 WASHINGTON - Some U.S. intelligence officials are concerned that Donald Trump's "shoot from the hip" style could pose national security risks as they prepare to give him a routine pre-election briefing once he is formally anointed as the Republican presidential nominee. Eight senior security officials told...
Bride at 15: Arab American’s story of forced overseas marriage causes controversy
June 2nd, 20160 CHICAGO – An Arab American woman’s horrifying story of being forced by her mother to travel to Palestine at the age of 15 to get married and having to plot an escape back to the U.S. is causing controversy. Yasmine Koenig, who was recently adopted by foster parents, originally shared her story...
UCLA shooter had ‘kill list,’ woman on list found dead
June 2nd, 20160 LOS ANGELES - The man accused of fatally shooting a University of California, Los Angeles, professor in a murder-suicide had written a "kill list" that included a woman who has been found dead in Minnesota, Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck said on Thursday. Investigators found the list while searching the suspect's home in...
Israel is making things awkward in the Democratic Party
June 1st, 20160 WASHINGTON - As presidential candidate Bernie Sanders presses to have the Democratic party adopt a pro-Palestinian stance, his rival Hillary Clinton has remained noticeably tight-lipped on the subject, showing the balancing act she is playing in a shifting party.Sanders has been given five of the 15 seats on the party...
Army veteran goes on Memorial Day weekend shooting rampage
May 31st, 20160 HOUSTON - Police have identified the suspect in the west Houston mass shooting as a 25-year-old former soldier from California who has served in Afghanistan, even as the death toll has reached two.Dionisio Garza III of San Bernardino county, who was shot dead by a SWAT officer, had previously served in the military and was...
Slaying of Colorado prison chief in 2013 ordered by neo-Nazi gang
May 29th, 20160 Tom ClementsDENVER — The murder of Colorado's prison chief by a white supremacist ex-convict in 2013 was ordered by leaders of a neo-Nazi gang, the Denver Post reported on Friday, citing newly released documents.The disclosures came in a report by the Texas Rangers, who conducted their own probe into the slaying after the suspect in...
Military college allows Muslim woman to wear Hijab
May 27th, 20160 NORTHFIELD, Vt. - The nation's oldest private military college will, for the first time, allow an incoming freshman to wear a Muslim headscarf. Officials at Norwich University say the school will allow the hijab as part of the student's Corps of Cadets uniform. The female student had requested the...
Airport screening made 70,000 miss American Airlines flights this year
May 26th, 20160 NEW YORK - Airport screening delays have caused more than 70,000 American Airlines customers and 40,000 checked bags to miss their flights this year, an executive for the airline told a U.S. congressional subcommittee on Thursday. A shortage of staff and a surge in air travelers have created a nightmare...
Clinton faces major setback with Email scandal
May 26th, 20160 WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton broke government rules by using a private email server without approval for her work as U.S. secretary of state, an internal government watchdog said on Wednesday. The long-awaited report by the State Department inspector general was the first official audit of the controversial......
Trump agrees to debate Sanders, after Clinton declines
May 26th, 20160 LOS ANGELES - Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Bernie Sanders on Thursday explored staging an unconventional U.S. presidential debate in California that would sideline Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton. The two men -- a billionaire and a democratic socialist -- expressed interest in a televised...
High school cancels ‘Hijab Day’ after flood of complaints
May 26th, 20160 BOSTON - Students from the Arabic Club at Medford High in the city of Medford, about a 15-minute drive north of downtown Boston, planned a “World Hijab Day” early this semester. The annual event was created to promote awareness and understanding of Muslim women who wear the headscarf as an expression of their......
City manager resigns after asking staff to map Muslims in the area
May 26th, 20160 WASHINGTON - A former city manager in Washington state wanted to map out the exact locations in which Muslim residents lived over terrorism concerns, according to an independent investigation. The inquiry into James “Donny” Payne was conducted after a complaint about his behavior while he was interim manager for the city of SeaTac...New York man arrested for ‘providing support to Islamic State’
NEW YORK - A former plumbing assistant from New York City was arrested on Tuesday and charged with providing material support to Islamic State by trying to help an undercover law enforcement official travel to Syria to fight with the militant group. Sajmir Alimehmeti, a 22-year-old from the Bronx borough, was charged in a criminal...
Republican senator apologizes to Muslims from deathbed
May 20th, 20160 UTAH - Bob Bennett, a former Republican senator from Utah who died earlier this month after suffering with pancreatic cancer , spent his final days of life reaching out to Muslims at his hospital and apologizing for Donald Trump. He reportedly asked his wife and his son Jim from his deathbed, “Are there any Muslims in the...
Bullying against Muslims reaches an all-time high at schools
May 19th, 20160 Muslim students might just be facing the hardest challenge of their lives, Islamophobia in schools. A prime example is Bayan Zehlif, the California student who was identified with the name “Isis Philips,” instead of her real name in the yearbook last week. She received her senior high school yearbook only to find that she had......
Man sics his five dogs on Muslim neighbor’s toy dog
May 19th, 20160 FLORIDA- On Monday, a naked man called his neighbor a “Muslim terrorist” and released his five dogs to tear apart the man’s Brichon Frise. Jackie Hammock, 72, hated his neighbor, Azard Baksh, and had formerly threatened him. Hammock came to his front door, entirely naked, cussing and releasing his...
Pennsylvania teen hit with new Islamic State-related charges
May 19th, 20160 PENNSYLVANIA - A Pennsylvania teenager indicted for supporting Islamic State was hit with fresh terrorism charges on Wednesday, as U.S. prosecutors accused him of posting online the names of approximately 100 U.S. military members and exhorting his followers to kill them. Jalil Aziz, 19, used his Twitter......
U.S. airlines forecast busy summer travel, warn of longer lines
May 19th, 20160 WASHINGTON - Summer travel on U.S. airlines is expected to reach an all-time high this year, trade group Airlines for America said on Wednesday, adding to concern that travelers could face even longer airport security lines. About 231 million passengers will fly on U.S. airlines from June through August, up 4...
Trump: ‘Sanders should run as an independent’
May 18th, 20160 WASHINGTON - Ever since Donald Trump became the presumptive Republican nominee for president, he's been focusing most of his attacks on his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, and imploring her challenger to enter the race as an Independent. "Bernie Sanders is being treated very badly by the Dems," Trump tweeted on Monday. "The system......
