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April 16, 2019

US government, Texas city settle Muslim cemetery lawsuit

Federal authorities say they've reached an agreement with a Texas city that settles a lawsuit over the city's initial refusal to allow an Islamic group to develop a Muslim cemetery.

April 16, 2019

Omar raises $830K for re-election despite Trump backlash

U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar, who's engaged in an intensifying feud with President Donald Trump, has raised nearly $830,000 in the first quarter for her re-election campaign, according to campaign finance reports filed this week.

April 14, 2019

Yemeni-Americans to boycott NY Post over 9/11 front page

Yemeni-Americans are criticizing the New York Post over its front page last week that featured a photograph of the burning World Trade Center and a quote from Democratic Muslim Rep. Ilhan Omar that some say was dismissive of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

April 14, 2019

Qanta Ahmed: Ilhan Omar is a disgrace to Islam and doesn’t represent my Muslim religion

Rep. Ilhan Omar continues to be an embarrassment and a disgrace for me and other American Muslims with her outrageous, ignorant, anti-Semitic and now anti-American comments. She projects a distorted and patently Islamist interpretation of Islam – a religion that in reality stands for the values of justice, peace and ethical conduct.

April 13, 2019

Dems defend Omar after Trump retweets video against her

President Donald Trump weighed in Friday on the most recent controversy involving Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar, retweeting video edited to suggest that the Minnesota congresswoman was dismissive of the significance of the Sept. 11 attacks.

April 12, 2019

US drops appeal dismissing female genital mutilation charges

The U.S. Justice Department won't appeal a decision by a Detroit federal judge who threw out female genital mutilation charges against members of a Muslim sect.

April 10, 2019

Mohammad al-Issa: My advice to Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar

We share a responsibility to make things better.

April 6, 2019

CAIR warns of increasing Islamophobia after New York arrests

An advocacy group is warning of increased Islamophobia after a New York man was charged with threatening the life of a Muslim Congresswoman.

April 4, 2019

Texas bans clergy from executions after Supreme Court ruling

Texas prisons will no longer allow clergy in the death chamber after the U.S. Supreme Court blocked the scheduled execution of a man who argued his religious freedom would be violated if his Buddhist spiritual adviser couldn't accompany him.

April 2, 2019

Some North Dakota GOP lawmakers abstain from Hindu prayer

Some Republican North Dakota House members have abstained from an opening floor session prayer by a Hindu cleric.