Dearborn, Michigan police fatally shot a man Saturday after he allegedly started a fire at a mosque and shot at law enforcement officers. The incident stemmed from a shooting in Detroit, the police chief told The Detroit News. At 1:18 a.m., Dearborn officers on patrol observed a fire at the Al-Huda Islamic Association on the […]
The Houston Museum of Fine Arts is launching a $3.5 million project to expand its Islamic art galleries that are part of its permanent collection. The project is slated to be unveiled next year. It will double the size of the Islamic art galleries to around 6,000 square feet, reconfiguring a space that now houses […]
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...
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 […]
The U.S. has asked to meet with energy companies operating in Algeria to see if more gas can be sourced from there, Reuters reports. Washington is intensifying efforts to find alternative gas supplies for Europe in case there is a disruption from the standoff between Russia and Ukraine. The European Union depends on Russia for […]
