May 10, 2016 Citadel rejects hijab for Muslim student; family considers lawsuit The Citadel military college has decided a newly accepted Muslim student cannot wear her traditional Muslim headscarf if she enrolls.
May 9, 2016 Muslim student says yearbook falsely ID'd her as 'Isis Phillips' A Muslim high school student says she's saddened and hurt after being identified in her California high school's yearbook as "Isis Phillips." Bayan Zehlif has posted a photo on Facebook of what she says is her picture with the name "Isis Phillips" underneath it in the Los Osos High School yearbook.
May 3, 2016 Virginia county cancels classes Friday over Islam lesson backlash A Virginia county decided to shut down schools Friday amid security concerns after parental objections to a world geography lesson that including a teaching on Islam.
May 3, 2016 Muslim prayer room at Catholic high school in Michigan sparks debate Some parents outside Detroit were questioning a Catholic high school's decision to allow a special room for Muslim students to pray, Fox 2 reported Wednesday.
May 3, 2016 Alabama Islamic leader notifies FBI after unknown, suspicious contacts on social media A Muslim leader in Alabama says he's notified the FBI after mosque members received suspicious contacts on social media.
May 3, 2016 Muslim cabbie who says passenger attacked him awarded $350,000 A Muslim cab driver who said a passenger berated and physically attacked him over his religion was awarded $350,000 in damages by a federal civil jury.
May 3, 2016 Graduate assistant at Missouri accused of assaulting teen family member over not wearing hijab A University of Missouri graduate teaching assistant is accused of grabbing a teenage family member by the hair and pulling her out of school because she wasn't wearing a traditional headscarf worn by some Muslim women.
May 3, 2016 Donald Trump says he saw people cheering 9/11 attacks in Jersey City Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump says he saw people cheering the Sept. 11 attacks across the river in New Jersey — a claim officials strongly deny.
May 3, 2016 Carson says he would support government monitoring of any group deemed 'un-American' Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson says he would support government monitoring of any group deemed radical and "un-American." Carson made his comments Saturday when asked about rival Donald Trump's suggestion that he'd monitor American Muslims as part of the government's counterterrorism effort against Islamic State militants.
May 3, 2016 GOP front-runner Donald Trump says idea for Muslim-tracking database came from reporter Donald Trump says he didn't suggest creating a database to track Muslims in America, but instead was answering a question from a reporter about the idea.