The Guardian (UK): Shakila Zareen’s asylum application was initially approved after her husband shot her, but it was later denied under Donald Trump’s new US migration policies. When Shakila Zareen learned that her husband planned to kill her, she fled to her mother’s house. A few hours later, she was alone in the living room when her
Daily Beast: Saturday’s bombing of a Minnesota mosque was just one violent incident in a long string of them. When will they get the attention they deserve? If a Christian church in America were bombed in what the state’s governor labeled an “act of terrorism” and countless other churches were intentionally burned to the ground over the past
The Huffington Post: Minnesota’s governor on Sunday called the early morning bombing of a mosque in Bloomington an “act of terrorism.” “What a terrible, dastardly, cowardly act was committed,” Gov. Mark Dayton (D) said during a visit to the Dar al-Farooq Islamic Center. “It is a criminal act of terrorism.” The FBI is leading the investigation into the
Press TV July 26, 2017 American Muslims say they have experienced deep suspicion about their faith since Donald Trump took office in January, a survey shows. Almost three-quarters of US Muslims see Trump as unfriendly toward them, shows a Pew Research Center report released Wednesday. The Pew survey, which is its third on American Muslims
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty July 19, 2017 Six Afghan girls who were initially denied U.S. visas to attend a robotics competition in Washington, D.C., have won a medal at the international event. The Afghanistan team was awarded a silver medal for “courageous achievement” at the event, which ended on July 18. The award recognized teams that exhibited
Press TV July 18, 2017 The number of Islamophobic incidents in the United States nearly doubled in the second quarter of 2017 compared with the same period last year following the election of President Donald Trump, according to a leading Muslim advocacy group. More than 940 anti-Muslim hate crimes and bias incidents were reported between
Press TV / July 8, 2017 The US state of Hawaii has issued an order allowing grandparents and other family members of citizens hailing from six Muslim-majority countries to travel to the United States. The Friday court order is a renewed bid by Hawaiian officials to defy President Donald Trump’s travel ban on Muslims. In
Press TV June 30, 2017 The United States begins implementation of President Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban on nationals from six Muslim majority countries despite a great deal of opposition to the plan. The ban went into effect on Thursday night, after the Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to go forward with it, handing
Press TV June 29, 2017 The administration of US President Donald Trump has defined new criteria for visa applicants from several Muslim countries and is set to implement them on Thursday, according to a US State Department memo. Under the department’s new set of rules, citizens of Iran, Syria, Sudan, Somalia, Libya and Yemen would
Press TV June 27, 2017 Amnesty International has condemned the US Supreme Court ruling that partially reinstates President Donald Trump’s controversial travel ban on 6 Muslim-majority countries. The prominent international human rights group urged the US Congress on Monday to nullify the top court’s ruling that allows Trump’s executive order to take effect until it