Unknown vandals painted a swastika Wednesday on one of the doors of a mosque in Germany, according to a Muslim group. Turgut Ulker from Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs said similar attacks on mosques in Dortmund were carried out last month. These have increased recently and are worrisome to the Muslim community. Ulker demanded auth...
A Confederate monument that will be the centerpiece of James H. Berry Park in Bentonville, Arkansas, has drawn criticism from a Muslim civil rights group. The city’s planning commission on Feb. 1 unanimously approved the park’s development. The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organiz...
A court in a southern Indian state told Muslim students on Thursday not to wear hijab until it delivers a verdict on their petitions. The students had requested the court overturn a ban on hijabs or headscarves worn by Muslim women. The Supreme Court of India on Friday declined to hear the case. Hijab protests […]
In response to the killing of three civilians by the Israeli military, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, an affiliate with Fatah, called for a “general mobilization” of its fighters. It also called for the cancellation of the Oslo Peace Agreement. Eyewitnesses told Anadolu Agency an Israeli special forces member, hidden in a civilian vehicle, st...
Civil rights leader El Hajj Malik El Shabazz, also known as Malcolm X, called many Michigan communities home — Lansing, Mason and Flint. The home he lived in just outside of Detroit in Inkster recently received historical recognition. The house at 4336 Williams St. where he lived from 1952 to 1953 is now on the […]
Durham County Commissioner Nida Allam said she is helping keep her friends’ legacies alive with her run for Congress. Seven years ago, three Muslim college students were murdered in their Chapel Hill home by a neighbor. Yusor Abu-Salha, 21, Razan Abu-Salha, 19, and her sister Deah Barakat, 23, were shot dead. The killings were initially [&hell...
Police say a Muslim father was gunned down outside his home, across the street from a mosque in Brooklyn Wednesday. NYPD officers responded to a call in the 200 block of Forbell Street for a shooting around 1 a.m. Police found a man lying next to his car with a gunshot wound to his head. […]
The Florida Supreme Court on Thursday denied Gov. Ron DeSantis’ inquiry about redistricting a 200-mile congressional district linking Black neighborhoods. The state is in the midst of a redistricting process. The Republican governor wants to dismantle the north Florida seat held by Rep. Al Lawson, a Black Democrat. The goal is to make the redi...
The first convoy carrying U.S. military equipment and vehicles arrived at a military base in Romania Wednesday en route to the Mihail Kogalniceanu air base. The convoy is part of U.S. efforts to bolster NATO’s Eastern flank amid tensions between Russia and Ukraine. U.S. President Joe Biden pledged last week to send 1,000 soldiers to [&h...
A group of American truckers is planning a protest of COVID-19 vaccine mandates this weekend in Los Angeles, as well as a march to Washington DC. The Department of Homeland Security is warning U.S. law enforcement agencies to be vigilant. The protest could start as soon as this weekend in Los Angeles, the site of […]
