KKK in Alabama recruiting to fight Islam
December 10th, 20150 KKK flyer being distributed in cullman and Decatur Alabama. ALABAMA - The KKK in Alabama is recruiting Americans "to fight the spread of Islam in our country." The Alabama chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Alabama) on Wednesday called on public officials to repudiate growing Islamophobia following reports...Pig’s head found outside Philadelphia mosque
PHILADELPHIA - A severed pig's head was found outside a Philadelphia mosque early Monday, and officials say it may have been thrown from a car window. The caretaker of the Al Aqsa Islamic Society found the pig's head near the front door about 6 a.m. early Monday. Surveillance video shows a red pickup truck slowing down in front of the...Muslim convenience store owner beaten in New York
NEW YORK - Cops arrested a man who attacked a Muslim store owner in Queens. The store owner, Sarker Haque, claims that suspect Piro Kolvani, 55, screamed that he would “kill Muslims” as he threw haymakers at the shop owner, but police and prosecutors have yet to charge him with committing a hate crime. Kolvani was charged with...
Ohio Muslim man murdered at family-owned Pizza shop
December 9th, 20150 AKRON, Ohio-- The Akron Police Department is looking for a woman who murdered a 21-year-old Muslim man during an armed robbery at a Pizza shop. Zakareia Husein was working at his family owned 'Premium New York Style Pizza' shop when he was shot during a robbery shortly before 11 p.m. on Monday, December 7, after an armed and disguised...
Woman attacks praying Muslims in California park
December 8th, 20150 Castro Valley, CA – It was supposed to be another normal Sunday at the park for Rasheed Albeshari and his friends, until they were attacked by a local woman because of their Islamic faith.Albeshari and his pals frequent Lake Chabot often, a quiet regional park in Alameda County. But around 4 p.m. on Sunday, December 6, they...Chicago cop won’t be charged for shooting man to death
Ronald JohnsonCHICAGO— A police officer will not be charged for shooting 25-year-old Ronald Johnson to death in an incident captured by a police car’s dashboard camera.Cook county State Attorney Anita Alvarez announced on Monday that she is not charging Officer George Hernandez in the killing of Ronald Johnson, an African American...Trump calls for “complete shutdown” of Muslims coming to the U.S.
TrumpNEW YORK — Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump called for a "complete shutdown" of Muslims entering the United States.In a statement, Trump cited anti-American sentiments in Muslim-majority countries as the reason behind his call. He also mentioned sharia law as a danger to American society. "Without looking at...Florida man arrested for vandalizing mosque
FLORIDA - Hours after a prayer group in Florida discovered their Islamic center had been broken into and vandalized, police arrested a man who had a history of anti-Islamic sentiment. The Islamic Center of Palm Beach was discovered vandalized on Friday, with several windows smashed and blood spattered in the prayer...Muslim sixth grader attacked by students who attempted to remove her hijab
NEW YORK - A Muslim girl was attacked at her New York middle school by three schoolmates who referred to the girl as a terrorist organization and tried ripping off her religious headscarf. The sixth grade girl from the Bronx was playing during recess when three boys allegedly went after her. The boys, who...
Attorney General Lynch to Muslim community: I stand with you
December 4th, 20150 Loretta LynchWASHINGTON — Attorney General Loretta Lynch said Thursday she stands with the Muslim community.Lynch warned that the Justice Department could take aggressive action against people whose anti-Muslim rhetoric “edges towards violence.”Speaking at Muslim Advocate’s 10th anniversary dinner, Lynch said since the terrorist...San Bernardino shooters may have been radicalized; wife pledged allegiance to ISIS
Syed Rizwan FarookWASHINGTON — A woman who joined her husband in killing 14 people in California apparently pledged allegiance to a leader of ISIS, two U.S. government sources said on Friday, as intelligence officials in her native Pakistan pressed the investigation overseas.Tashfeen Malik, 27, and her husband, Syed Rizwan Farook, 28,...Republicans press for refugee limits in U.S. spending talks
WASHINGTON - Conservative Republicans in the U.S. House of Representatives pushed ahead on Thursday with an effort to attach a crackdown on Middle Eastern refugees to a $1 trillion spending bill that must pass within days to avert a government shutdown. With negotiations over the spending package gearing up, House Democratic...Muslim Americans fear demonization of Islam after mass shooting
DEARBORN, MICH. - Muslim Americans fear their religion will be demonized and Islamophobia will spread after a young Muslim couple was accused of carrying out one of the bloodiest mass killings in the United States. Across the country, Muslim Americans responded with shock and outrage after a shooting in which...
U.S. authorities look for militant links to shooters in California mass slaying
December 3rd, 20150 CAIR holds a press confrence with Syed Rizwan Farook's brother in law - ReutersSAN BERNARDINO, CA — The couple accused of killing 14 people at a holiday party in Southern California had more than 6,000 rounds of ammunition and a dozen pipe bombs on them and elsewhere, authorities said on Thursday as they sought to determine if the...Texas sues U.S., relief agency, to block Syrian refugees
AUSTIN — A Texas state agency sued the U.S. State Department, a relief agency and others in federal court on Wednesday seeking to block the resettlement of Syrian refugees in the state, where a relief agency plans to bring Syrians within a week. The International Rescue Committee is set to relocate two Syrian refugee families to......
Republican candidates talk tough on ‘radical Islam’ after California attack
December 3rd, 20150 CALIFORNIA - U.S. Republican presidential candidates on Thursday rushed to describe a mass shooting in California as a sign that Americans are at risk from homegrown Islamic militants, seizing on the country's deadliest massacre in three years before a motive had been firmly established. Candidates spoke to the Republican Jewish...
Record number of residents apply for guns on Black Friday
December 2nd, 20150 NEW YORK - More U.S. residents applied to purchase handguns, rifles and other firearms from licensed dealers on Black Friday than any other day on record, according to Federal Bureau of Investigation data released this week. Black Friday, the day after the U.S. Thanksgiving Day holiday, is the traditional start of the U.S....ISIS online supporters include 300 Americans
Twitter is the "platform of choice" most widely used by the active core of American ISIS supportersWASHINGTON — Active online supporters of ISIS now include about 300 people identifiable as Americans, said a study by academic experts published on Tuesday.George Washington University's Program on Extremism said in the study that the...Trump drops 12 percentage points in poll
TrumpWASHINGTON — U.S. presidential hopeful Donald Trump's support among Republicans has dropped 12 points in less than a week, marking the real estate mogul's biggest decline since he vaulted to the top of the field in July, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll.Trump was the favorite of 31 percent of Republicans in a rolling poll in the......
At least three injured in shooting near Colorado Springs Planned Parenthood
Police officers secure a road near the Planned Parenthood center in Colorado Springs, Nov. 27COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Police on Friday swarmed an area around a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic in Colorado Springs, where a gunman opened fire, injuring three officers and an undetermined number of civilians, police and hospital...Obama tells Americans homeland is safe as millions set off on Thanksgiving travel
WASHINGTON/NEW YORK - President Barack Obama sought to reassure Americans they are safe as millions of people traveled on Wednesday for the Thanksgiving holiday, with security heightened at airports, New York City's parade festivities and other venues after the Paris attacks."Right now, we know of no specific and credible intelligence......
Boy donates money from his piggy bank to vandalized Mosque
PFLUGERVILLE, Texas -- A 7-year-old boy donated $20 from his piggy bank to a Texas mosque that was vandalized on Monday.The Islamic Center of Pflugerville was vandalized by someone who tore up a Quran and covered it in feces. Police are investigating the incident as a hate crime, possibly...Ahmed ‘the clockboy’ demands $15 million in damages
TEXAS - Fifteen million dollars and apologies from the mayor and police chief.That's what an attorney says the family of Ahmed Mohamed is demanding from city and school officials in Irving, Texas, or they say they'll file a civil suit.In September, 14-year-old Ahmed made international headlines when he brought a handmade clock to......