Muslim family’s apartment set on fire
MARYLAND - A widowed Muslim mother and her two children are the targets of hates crimes in an apartment complex, after unknown culprits left hate-graffiti and then returned on another day and lit their home on fire. The incident took place in Windsor Mill. The Council on American-Islamic Relations on Friday said the family was...Trump concedes Obama born in U.S., falsely blames Clinton for rumors
Trump (Reuters)WASHINGTON — Republican Donald Trump finally acknowledged on Friday that President Barack Obama was born in the United States but accused Hillary Clinton of starting the so-called birther controversy, a charge that independent fact-checking sites have said is false."President Barack Obama was born in the United States....The internet thinks Hillary Clinton has a body double
NEW YORK - Hours after Hillary Clinton nearly collapsed at a 9/11 anniversary event last Sunday, internet users claimed that an elderly woman who wasn’t Clinton appeared outside of Chelsea Clinton’s $10 million luxury condo in Manhattan.Internet users had some doubts about the woman’s claims and began to investigate...Arrest made in arson at Florida mosque where gunman prayed
ORLANDO - A Florida man who investigators say posted anti-Islamic material on social media was arrested on Wednesday on charges of setting fire to a mosque attended by the gunman who committed the deadliest mass shooting in modern U.S. history, police said.The case is being prosecuted as a hate crime under Florida law, and the...Teen ‘doctor’ arrested on new charges in Virginia
STAFFORD, VA. — A Florida teenager accused of pretending to be a doctor faces new charges in Virginia after authorities say he fraudulently tried to buy a luxury car. Malachi Love-Robinson was arrested Friday and charged with identity theft and other fraud offenses after he attempted to purchase a Jaguar at a car dealership,...Walmart, Coke apologize for 9/11-themed display at Florida store
PANAMA CITY, Florida — A Walmart spokesman said a 9/11-themed display at a Florida store was designed and created by Coca-Cola. A photo of the display at the Walmart in Panama City, Fla. was posted to Twitter by user @online_shawn and immediately sparked outrage among online commentators who objected to the use of the Sept. 11, 2001...Clinton returns to campaign trail after scrutinized about health
NORTH CAROLINA — Hillary Clinton got back on the campaign trail on Thursday after taking three days off for pneumonia, and the Democratic presidential candidate faced a more challenging political landscape, with Republican rival Donald Trump rising in opinion polls. Senior Clinton aides said they always expected the race to the Nov....Fake bomb, Muslim attire used in Sept. 11-timed robbery plot
NEW YORK — A New York man has been arrested for plotting to rob a store around the anniversary of the Sept. 11 attacks in which he planned to wear traditional Muslim attire and display a fake bomb, federal officials said. Juneal Ali, 29, was arrested by police on Tuesday and charged with attempted robbery and conspiracy, a complaint...Muslims are now more disliked than atheists and homosexuals
WASHINGTON - Believing in ‘Allah’ is worse than believing in no god at all, according to a recent study that surveyed U.S. residents. The study from sociologists at the University of Minnesota who compared Americans’ perceptions of minority faith and racial groups found that Muslims are now more unpopular than both...Muslim Marine claims he was forced into a dryer and burned
WASHINGTON - A Muslim Marine said he was called a terrorist and ordered into an industrial clothes dryer multiple times by a drill instructor who then turned it on, burning him, according to an article published by The Washington Post.The treatment of recruits in the Marine Corps have been extinsevely investigated following the suicide...UPDATE : Police seek assistance in identifying man who set Muslim woman on fire
NEW YORK — Police released video Tuesday of a suspect in the attack. The video shows a man walking down a street, but it's hard to make out his face. In the suspected hate attack, a stranger set a Scottish Muslim tourist on fire while she was window shopping on New York's Fifth Avenue.The incident took place on Saturday...Mosque where Orlando shooter attended set on fire on eid
ORLANDO - The Florida mosque where Omar Mateen, who committed the deadliest mass shooting in U.S. history, prayed was damaged on Monday in an arson attack, investigators said. Mateen was killed by law enforcement officials after fatally shooting 49 people and wounding 53 others in a gay nightclub in Orlando in June.Local law...U.S. House votes to allow Sept. 11 families to sue Saudi Arabia
NEW YORK - The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation on Friday that would allow the families of victims of the Sept. 11 attacks to sue Saudi Arabia's government for damages, despite the White House's threat to veto the measure. The U.S. Senate in May unanimously passed the "Justice Against Sponsors of Terrorism Act," known...California woman sentenced for throwing hot coffee on praying Muslims
CASTRO VALLEY — A 51-year-old Castro Valley woman recently took a plea deal for throwing hot coffee on a Muslim man during a confrontation over his religion at a Castro Valley park last year, an incident that was caught on video and went viral on the internet. The AANews originally broke the story last year, when...Trump supporter attacks Muslim women with babies, rips off their hijabs
NEW YORK - An angry Trump supporter allegedly attacked two Muslim women who were pushing their baby strollers through Brooklyn. 32-year-old Emirjeta Xhelili yelled Islamophobic slurs at two Muslim women who were out on a walk with their babies near her Brooklyn home. “Get the f*ck out of here,” the woman yelled, according to......
Texas mattress store under fire for ‘disgusting’ 9/11 sale video
TEXAS - A Texas mattress store that used bedding to stage a mock collapse of New York City's Twin Towers in an ad for a Sept. 11 sale has come under a barrage of protests that described it as a tasteless pitch and called for the business to go bankrupt. In the social media video ad that has since been pulled by San Antonio's Miracle...Is Israel pushing for a Palestinian civil war?
Avigdor Lieberman.Division within Palestinian society has reached unprecedented levels, becoming a major hurdle on the path of any unified strategy to end Israel's violent occupation or to rally Palestinians behind a single objective. Newly-appointed Israeli ultra-nationalist, Defense Minister Avigdor Lieberman, understands this too...Hillary Clinton finally holds a press conference
NEW YORK — Hillary Clinton has finally broken her silence. The Democratic Presidential nominee held her first press conference in 278 days on Thursday, September 8. Of course, she used most of that time to chastised Republican rival Donald Trump for talking about things he learned in classified intelligence briefings, calling it...Lower Manhattan rebounds 15 years after Sept. 11 attacks
NEW YORK — Lower Manhattan's population has more than doubled and the number of children living there has tripled since just before the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks hit the financial district, a report on the neighborhood's rebirth showed. Employment growth in the area has equaled one in 10 of Manhattan's private sector jobs, with a more......
Texas schoolgirl shoots fellow student then kills herself
TEXAS — A 14-year-old girl shot and wounded a fellow student at Alpine High School in rural West Texas on Thursday and then died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound, the Brewster County sheriff told reporters. The wounded girl, thought to be 16, was taken to a local hospital and is expected to survive. No names have been released and...Man gets 15 years for attacking Somali cafe
NORTH DAKOTA — An American man who threw a Molotov cocktail through the window of a Somali restaurant in North Dakota was sentenced to 15 years in prison on Tuesday over what federal prosecutors said was an act of "hate violence." Matthew Gust, a 26-year-old of Grand Forks, North Dakota, pleaded guilty to arson and hate-crime......
Muslim man acquitted for shaking stranger’s hand and talking about ‘Allah’
September 8th, 20160 Muslet (center) with his attorneys. FLORIDA – A Muslim Man in Palm Beach has been acquitted from charges after a 65-year-old man believed he was a 'radical Muslim' who posed a threat on him during a brief encounter.50-year-old Yousef Mohammad Muslet was found not-guilty of burglary with a battery and battery on a...Man charged for following Muslim man home and attacking him
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. —A 37-year-old Canadian citizen of Egyptian heritage said he was confronted by an angry man and woman in a Wal-Mart parking lot, and then followed home where he was attacked in his driveway. The attack started as a flash-in-the-pan road rage incident about 5:45 p.m. Saturday in the West Lafayette Wal-Mart......