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
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty June 26, 2017 For the first time in nearly 20 years, the White House has not hosted a dinner marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. Instead, U.S. President Donald Trump and first lady Melania released a statement on June 24 wishing “warm greetings to Muslims as they
Tolo News: Kabul residents said Eid was a good time for people to put their differences aside and to work towards building national unity Afghans, who celebrated the first day of Eid on Sunday, welcomed the fact that no security incidents were reported at mosques in the country during the morning’s key prayer services. This was
Washington Post: For the first time in nearly two decades, Ramadan has come and gone without the White House recognizing it with an iftar or Eid celebration, as had taken place each year under the Clinton, Bush and Obama administrations. In recent weeks, several former White House staff members told The Post they would usually begin
Samaa: Sunday is the first day of Eid ul Fitr as the crescent of Shawwal has been sighted in Saudi Arabia and other Gulf states, Arab media reported. “Sunday, June 25, is the first day of Eid Al-Fitr in Saudi Arabia” the Supreme Court announced, in a statement. Shawwal’s crescent moon was sighted on Saturday evening,