Clinton faces major setback with Email scandal
May 26th, 20160 WASHINGTON - Hillary Clinton broke government rules by using a private email server without approval for her work as U.S. secretary of state, an internal government watchdog said on Wednesday. The long-awaited report by the State Department inspector general was the first official audit of the controversial...
Trump agrees to debate Sanders, after Clinton declines
May 26th, 20160 LOS ANGELES - Republican Donald Trump and Democrat Bernie Sanders on Thursday explored staging an unconventional U.S. presidential debate in California that would sideline Democratic front-runner Hillary Clinton. The two men -- a billionaire and a democratic socialist -- expressed interest in a televised...
High school cancels ‘Hijab Day’ after flood of complaints
May 26th, 20160 BOSTON - Students from the Arabic Club at Medford High in the city of Medford, about a 15-minute drive north of downtown Boston, planned a “World Hijab Day” early this semester. The annual event was created to promote awareness and understanding of Muslim women who wear the headscarf as an expression of their...
City manager resigns after asking staff to map Muslims in the area
May 26th, 20160 WASHINGTON - A former city manager in Washington state wanted to map out the exact locations in which Muslim residents lived over terrorism concerns, according to an independent investigation. The inquiry into James “Donny” Payne was conducted after a complaint about his behavior while he was interim manager for the city of SeaTac...New York man arrested for ‘providing support to Islamic State’
NEW YORK - A former plumbing assistant from New York City was arrested on Tuesday and charged with providing material support to Islamic State by trying to help an undercover law enforcement official travel to Syria to fight with the militant group. Sajmir Alimehmeti, a 22-year-old from the Bronx borough, was charged in a criminal...
Republican senator apologizes to Muslims from deathbed
May 20th, 20160 UTAH - Bob Bennett, a former Republican senator from Utah who died earlier this month after suffering with pancreatic cancer , spent his final days of life reaching out to Muslims at his hospital and apologizing for Donald Trump. He reportedly asked his wife and his son Jim from his deathbed, “Are there any Muslims in the...
Bullying against Muslims reaches an all-time high at schools
May 19th, 20160 Muslim students might just be facing the hardest challenge of their lives, Islamophobia in schools. A prime example is Bayan Zehlif, the California student who was identified with the name “Isis Philips,” instead of her real name in the yearbook last week. She received her senior high school yearbook only to find that she had...
Man sics his five dogs on Muslim neighbor’s toy dog
May 19th, 20160 FLORIDA- On Monday, a naked man called his neighbor a “Muslim terrorist” and released his five dogs to tear apart the man’s Brichon Frise. Jackie Hammock, 72, hated his neighbor, Azard Baksh, and had formerly threatened him. Hammock came to his front door, entirely naked, cussing and releasing his...
Pennsylvania teen hit with new Islamic State-related charges
May 19th, 20160 PENNSYLVANIA - A Pennsylvania teenager indicted for supporting Islamic State was hit with fresh terrorism charges on Wednesday, as U.S. prosecutors accused him of posting online the names of approximately 100 U.S. military members and exhorting his followers to kill them. Jalil Aziz, 19, used his Twitter...
U.S. airlines forecast busy summer travel, warn of longer lines
May 19th, 20160 WASHINGTON - Summer travel on U.S. airlines is expected to reach an all-time high this year, trade group Airlines for America said on Wednesday, adding to concern that travelers could face even longer airport security lines. About 231 million passengers will fly on U.S. airlines from June through August, up 4...
Trump: ‘Sanders should run as an independent’
May 18th, 20160 WASHINGTON - Ever since Donald Trump became the presumptive Republican nominee for president, he's been focusing most of his attacks on his Democratic rival, Hillary Clinton, and imploring her challenger to enter the race as an Independent. "Bernie Sanders is being treated very badly by the Dems," Trump tweeted on Monday. "The system...
Sanders wins Oregon, splits Kentucky with Clinton
May 18th, 20160 KENTUCKY - After splitting wins in contests on Tuesday, Democrats Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders head into the final stretch of a longer than expected and sometimes acrimonious battle to represent their party in November's White House election. Clinton narrowly edged out Sanders in Kentucky, a state where she had not been expected...
Boston men jailed for Trump-inspired hate crime
May 17th, 20160 Scott Leader and Steve LeaderBOSTON — Two Boston brothers accused of urinating on and beating a homeless Mexican man and telling police "Donald Trump was right: All these illegals need to be deported," were sentenced to prison on Monday, prosecutors said.Scott Leader, 38, and Steve Leader, 30, had previously pleaded guilty to...
“Muslim-Jewish” couples anger New York neighborhoods
May 15th, 20160 NEW YORK - Youtube personality Karim Metwaly teamed up with Alaaldeen Shehadeh and Moe Zahrieh for a video that has garnered nearly 1.3 million views since being posted last week. Last month, Shehadeh and Zahrieh made a similar video together for their YouTube channel MoeLaddin, just without the women. This time, Shehadeh,...
Man pleads guilty to ripping off woman’s hijab on southwest flight
May 13th, 20160 WASHINGTON – A North Carolina man pleaded guilty Friday in the U.S. District Court in New Mexico to ripping off a Muslim woman’s headscarf on a flight from Chicago to Albuquerque, New Mexico in December 2015. Gill Parker Payne, 37, of Gastonia, pleaded guilty to one count of using force or threat of force to intentionally......
HRW: Syrian refugees beaten, shot by Turkish border guards
ANKARA — Turkish border guards have beaten and shot Syrians trying to reach Turkey, Human Rights Watch (HRW) said on Tuesday, as fighting in the border province of Aleppo intensifies threatening to force more people to flee.HRW said in March and April, five people, including a child were killed and 14 were seriously injured as a...Minnesota men worked hard to help ISIS
Three Somali-American men accused of trying to assist Islamic State put a lot of effort and planning into their attempts to travel overseas to fight with the militant group in Syria, and they also talked openly of killing people, prosecutors said on Wednesday.Minnesota residents Mohamed Farah, Abdirahman Daud and Guled Omar are charged...
Nevada candidate Sbaih aiming to be the first Arab immigrant in Congress
May 11th, 20160 Jesse Sbaih with his familyLas Vegas has often been called the “City of Lights” but these days Jesse Sbaih is shining just as brightly. His story is one of hard work, dedication and giving back to the community. He also could be making history later this year as the first Arab American immigrant and Muslim American immigrant to...Sanders beats Clinton in West Virginia
Bernie SandersWASHINGTON - U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders defeated Hillary Clinton on Tuesday in West Virginia's primary, winning over voters deeply skeptical about the economy and signaling the difficulty Clinton may have in industrial states in the general election. The loss slows Clinton's march to the......
Polls show Clinton and Trump in virtual tie
May 11th, 20160 Donald Trump's support has surged and he is now running nearly even with Democrat Hillary Clinton among likely U.S. voters, a dramatic turnaround since he became the Republican party's presumptive presidential nominee, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll released on Wednesday. The results could signal a close fight between the two...Military college won’t let Muslim woman wear Hijab
CHARLESTON, S.C. — An American Muslim student admitted to the Class of 2020 Corps of Cadets at The Citadel will not be allowed to wear a religious headscarf with the military college's standard uniform.In a statement released by Citadel President Lt. Gen. John Rosa, the decision to reject the request......
Florida man sentenced for threats against mosques
Martin Alan SchnitzlerTAMPA — A Florida man was sentenced to one year and one day in prison for threatening to bomb two mosques and shoot their congregants, a federal hate crime, shortly after November's deadly attacks in Paris, U.S. Justice Department officials said on Monday.Martin Alan Schnitzler, 43, of Seminole, pleaded guilty in...Arizona student arrested for exposing genitals in yearbook
ARIZONA - An Arizona prosecutor will not press criminal charges against a Phoenix-area high school student arrested for exposing his penis in a football team photograph published in the school’s yearbook, police said on Wednesday.The case against Hunter Osborn, 19, will be dropped after the Maricopa County......