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July 5, 2017

Town agrees to settle lawsuits after denying plan for mosque

A town in New Jersey has agreed to settle two lawsuits over its denial of a proposed mosque.

July 5, 2017

Leader of Connecticut mosque detained, faces deportation

A Connecticut imam has been detained by U.S. immigration agents and faces deportation to Pakistan.

July 5, 2017

Federal judges ask if travel ban is biased against Muslims

For the second time in a week, government lawyers will try to persuade a federal appeals court to reinstate President Donald Trump's revised travel ban — and once again, they can expect plenty of questions Monday about whether the ban was designed to discriminate against Muslims.

July 5, 2017

Unease about white supremacy grows after Portland stabbings

The man police say fatally stabbed two other men who tried to shield young women from an anti-Muslim tirade on a light-rail train makes his initial court appearance in a Portland, Oregon, courtroom.

July 5, 2017

Battle over Massachusetts town's proposed Muslim cemetery grows

A dispute over a proposed Muslim cemetery in a small Central Massachusetts town is deepening, as the state attorney general and the U.S. attorney’s office have intervened, warning local officials they could be violating civil-rights laws.

July 5, 2017

Orlando mosques beef up security, fearing retaliation in wake of massacre

Muslims showed up warily and in reduced numbers for the first Friday prayers since the nightclub massacre here, as some mosques stepped up security and hired armed guards.

July 5, 2017

ISIS supporter sentenced to prison in Muhammad cartoon contest attack

An American-born Muslim convert convicted of supporting the Islamic State group and helping to plot a 2015 attack on a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest in Texas was sentenced Wednesday to 30 years behind bars.

July 5, 2017

Imam comes clean about Michigan man's claim that mom died due to travel ban

A man in Dearborn, Mich., who claimed his mother died because of President Trump's travel ban -- preventing her from returning to the U.S. for medical treatment -- lied to the media, it has since emerged after the leader of a nearby mosque spoke out.

July 5, 2017

Group calls for FBI investigation after Muslim teen found hanging from tree in Seattle

The Washington chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations is calling for the FBI to investigate the death of a Muslim teenager who was discovered hanging from a tree.

July 5, 2017

Muslim veterans vow to protect Jewish cemeteries amid anti-Semitic threats

Following the desecration of hundreds of graves at Jewish cemeteries and wave after wave of hoax bomb threats at Jewish community centers and day schools around the nation, Muslim veterans are offering their support and vow to protect these places of worship.