US elections: Trump and Rubio clash over Islam ‘hate’
US presidential hopeful Donald Trump has doubled down on previous comments about Islam, saying there is “tremendous hatred” towards Americans from Muslims. Asked on Thursday during a televised debate in Miami, Florida, if he meant all Muslims, the frontrunner to be the Republican party nominee for president said: “I mean a lot of them.” Trump […]
Minnesota DPS apologizes for issuing ‘offensive’ license plates
The Minnesota Department of Public Safety said Tuesday a license plate that read “FMUSLMS” should never have been issued and the plates would be revoked immediately. According to Fox 9, a Snapchat photo of the license plate was shared over the weekend on the Facebook page of Somali community activist Haji Yusuf. Yusuf told Fox […]
Offensive license plate kicks up controversy in Minnesota
MINNEAPOLIS—A man from Big Lake has spent the past two days trying to clear his name after an offensive license plate that disparages Muslims was spotted last weekend in St. Cloud and linked to a pickup truck he owns. Chad Betland, a truck aficionado, bought a gray 1987 Chevrolet from a Foley man last summer. […]
Why I stopped wearing the hijab
As an Arab and Muslim woman who wore the hijab for 16 years, I am accustomed to experiencing hostility toward my religious and ethnic identity. In particular, the covering of my hair seemed to draw out the worst in strangers, from the waitress at the restaurant taking my order and demanding to know if I […]
Missouri Man Pulls Gun On Muslim Family: ‘You, Your Wife And Your Kids Have To Die’
A Missouri man allegedly threatened a Muslim family while they were out looking for a home, according to police. The 72-year-old is alleged to have told the family they needed to die. The father of the family is from Jerusalem and the wife is from Iraq. The couple said they’re raising their four children in […]
Steven Bannon, Ben Carson Put Their Ignorance Of Islam On Display
Interviewed on the SiriusXM satellite radio show Breitbart News Daily yesterday, token brain surgeon Ben Carson told Breitbart Executive Chairman Steven K. Bannon that devout Muslims who embrace American democracy are “schizophrenic.” Embedded above, the interview focused on Carson’s plans to wage ‘civilizational jihad’ against the so-called Islamic State. Reflecting a profound and deliberate ignorance […]
Ben Carson: If Muslims Love America They Must Be ‘Schizophrenic’
Ben Carson isn’t a psychiatrist, but he likes to play one on the radio. In an interview he gave on Breitbart News Daily today, he told host Stephen Bannon that Muslims would have to be “schizophrenic” if they wanted to embrace American values like democracy while adhering to Islamic doctrines. This may come as quite […]
Chicago area’s Muslim youth fight stereotypes, suspicion
GLENVIEW, Ill. — Aasiyah Bhaiji knew the boys in her class were just clowning around, but their words stung just the same. As they headed inside from an ultimate Frisbee game at Springman Middle School in Glenview, Ill., one of them wrapped his team’s colors around his head like a turban. “Are you trying to […]
Trump on Obama: ‘Maybe he feels comfortable’ at a mosque
TRENTON — Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump appeared to question President Obama’s visit to a Baltimore mosque Wednesday, at one point saying “maybe he feels comfortable” at the Muslim house of worship. Obama spoke about the importance of religious tolerance during his visit to the Islamic Society of Baltimore, his first trip to a mosque […]
The Trump Effect: Muslim Man Beaten, Hospitalized in Philadelphia For Speaking Arabic
In a supposedly post-racial America, a Muslim immigrant found himself in an emergency room this weekend after being brutally beaten for speaking Arab on a Philadelphia street. Amine Aouam, who moved to the United States from Morocco seven years ago, says the attack “was obviously a hate crime.” Another instance of the “Trump Effect”? Speaking […]