Homeless man attacks Muslim woman on bus ride
November 23rd, 20160 URBANA — Urbana police have identified a 58-year-old homeless man as the offender who allegedly harassed a Muslim woman earlier this month by pulling off her head scarf on a Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District bus in Urbana, Illinois.Clifford Gottschall was already in custody in the Champaign County Jail when police alerted him...
Fifth grader brings air pistol on school bus, threatens to kill Muslim student
November 23rd, 20160 MINNESOTA - The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) is calling for increased protection of Muslim students statewide after an incident with two students from Afton-Lakeland Elementary School, where a fifth-grader allegedly threatened to shoot a Somali-American Muslim third-grade student.The fifth...
Police: Saudi student’s death “not a hate crime”
November 22nd, 20160 MENOMONIE — Police said they have identified a suspect in the death of 24-year-old UW-Stout student Hussain Saeed Alnahdi – but the man hasn’t been arrested nor has he been charged with a hate crime. His name also hasn’t been released to the public. Police Chief Eric Atkinson confirmed Monday the citations in the...
Muslim woman disqualified from boxing tournament because of hijab
November 21st, 20160 MINNEAPOLIS - The Council on American-Islamic Relations is speaking out after an Oakdale boxer was denied fighting in a match in Florida Sunday because she was wearing a hijab. CAIR says 16-year-old Amaiya Zafar was about to enter the ring at the Sugar Bert Boxing National Championships in Kissimmee when an official disqualified her...
Grand Rapids Taxi driver assaulted by Trump touting passenger
November 19th, 20160 GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — Police are looking for several witnesses to a possible hate crime against a taxi cab driver in downtown Grand Rapids. The Grand Rapids Police Department said the Grand Rapids Taxi driver, Yemaj Adem, was picking up five women outside The B.O.B. on Monroe Avenue just before 2:30 a.m. Saturday when a man...
California woman with lupus robbed, called a ‘hijab wearing b*tch”
November 18th, 20161 CALIFORNIA - A California woman who is being treated for lupus was robbed and mistaken for a Muslim woman because of her headscarf. Nicki Pancholy, a non-Muslim who lost her hair from treatments for the chronic autoimmune, returned to her car after a hike and found her car window smashed with a note left on it. “Hijab wearing...
Three teen girls charged with hate crime for attacking woman with “immigrant accent”
November 18th, 20160 BOSTON - Three 15-year-old girls have been arraigned after they allegedly assaulted a woman they thought was an immigrant on an MBTA train Nov. 7, Suffolk County district attorney Daniel F. Conley’s office said. The girls — two from Dorchester, one from Mattapan — were all charged with assault and battery with a dangerous...
ISIS threatens New York Thanksgiving parade
November 18th, 20160 NEW YORK — New York City police sought to reassure residents and tourists on Monday that they would be safe attending the city's Thanksgiving Day parade despite the militant group Islamic State calling on its followers to attack the event with trucks. The largest U.S. city has prepared for such attacks in the past and will be...
Poll: Americans want Trump to focus on healthcare first
November 18th, 20160 WASHINGTON — A recent poll shows what priorities Americans would set on the new president, but it does not measure exactly what people want him to do. A Kaiser Health Tracking Poll found in late October that most Americans want cheaper prescription drugs and access to larger networks of doctors and hospitals. Only a minority, 37...
NBA star LeBron James giving $2.5 million to Muhammad Ali exhibit
November 18th, 20160 WASHINGTON — LeBron James is donating $2.5 million to support a Muhammad Ali exhibit at the Smithsonian's new National Museum of African American History in Washington, D.C., the basketball star and the museum announced on Thursday. The Cleveland Cavaliers forward said he was a longtime fan of Ali, one of the most beloved sports...Trump taps Islamophobe Lt. Gen. Flynn as national security adviser
WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump has tapped retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn to become his national security adviser, a source with knowledge of the matter has revealed.The source told NBC Wednesday evening that Trump had settled on Flynn, who was also being considered for the secretary of defense post.Earlier in the evening,...High school prep students tell minorities to ‘sit in the back of the bus’
NEW YORK - A group of girls from St. Francis Prep in New York City, suggested that minority students should sit in the back of an MTA bus last Wednesday. “Aren’t you supposed to be sitting in the back of the bus now?” one girl said, according to a Facebook post. “Like Trump is president!” The report was posted on Facebook by...Two charged for assaulting, holding Muslim woman at gunpoint
NOEL, Mo. —19-year old Fatima Mohamed decided to have a quiet dinner at a park near her work when she had a one hour break on October 3.But as the woman, who wears Islamic attire, was driving back to work, she was cornered by a group of people who forced her out of her vehicle, assaulted her, fired shots in her direction and...Minnesota high school students show up to class in hijab
Minnesota - Dozens of female students at a high school in Minnesota stood in solidarity with a Muslim student who was feeling outcasted by showing up in hijab. A couple dozen Duluth East High School students took it upon themselves to fight growing anti-Islamic rhetoric by wearing the hijab on Wednesday. "We want to stand in...Trump surrogate says Japanese internment camps a model for ‘Muslim registry’
WASHINGTON - One of Donald Trump surrogate’s claimed Wednesday that the forced internment of Japanese Americans during World War II provided a “precedent” for the next administration creating a registry of Muslims living in the U.S. Carl Higbie, a former Navy SEAL and booster of the President-elect, told Fox News’ Megyn Kelly......
Obama: Trump will get wake-up call when he takes office
WASHINGTON — President-elect Donald Trump is in for a quick wake-up call and will have to adjust his temperament when he confronts the realities of his new job on Jan. 20, President Barack Obama said on Monday. In a news conference at the White House, Obama said the freewheeling Trump could not be as outspoken as he was during the...Driving while veiled: Georgia aims to ban Muslim women off the roads
GEORGIA - State legislators are aiming to ban Muslim women from wearing a burqa and other head coverings that might disguise their face when they are driving.House Bill 3, filed by state Rep. Jason Spencer, R-Woodbine, would subject female Muslim garb under the state’s anti-masking statute — which originally was aimed at the Ku...Trump advisor pushing for Muslim registry
WASHINGTON - An architect of anti-immigration efforts who says he is advising President-elect Donald Trump said the new administration could push ahead rapidly on construction of a U.S.-Mexico border wall without seeking immediate congressional approval. Kansas Secretary of State Kris Kobach, who helped write tough immigration laws in...Muslim girl terrified to return to school after classmate beats her, rips off hijab
MINNEAPOLIS – The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations is calling out a north metro middle school for what it calls a “lack of response” following an alleged incident where a Muslim girl’s hijab was pulled off.The girl had her headscarf forcibly removed by another student and thrown to the ground at......
Nasty note left at Muslim family’s doorstep
IOWA CITY, Iowa -- Iowa City Police are investigating a note someone left outside the home of a Sudanese-American family as a hate crime.The note said "You can go home now, we don't want n------ and terrorists here, #trump." Amar Samel and his family - who are Muslim - found the message late Friday night. Samel said his family...Trump’s pick of right-wing firebrand for White House job sparks outrage
WASHINGTON - Democrats, civil rights groups and even some Republicans slammed U.S. President-elect Donald Trump on Monday for choosing right-wing firebrand Stephen Bannon as a key aide, saying it would elevate the white nationalist movement into the top levels of the White House. Making his first......
High school student says classmate tried to rip off her hijab
LOS ANGELES - A 16-year-old Muslim student at El Camino High School says a male student attempted to yank off her hijab. Mariam Nomair said the day after Trump was elected president, a male student walked up to her as she was walking to class and tried to rip her hijab off of her head and she was called a terrorist. 'He...High school students leave note for Muslim teacher to “hang herself”
GEORGIA - A Gwinnett County high school teacher said she was left a note in class Friday telling her that her Muslim headscarf "isn't allowed anymore." “Why don’t you tie it around your neck & hang yourself with it...,” the note said, signed "America!" Mairah Teli, 24, who teaches language arts at Dacula High, said she......