Maryland Church ‘Heartbroken’ for Refugee Family Caught in Trump Ban
A “Welcome new neighbors” card sits on a kitchen table covered with a red, white and blue flowered tablecloth in a three-story townhouse in Columbia, Maryland. The living room is fully furnished, including a rocking chair. It is waiting for its family to come home. The calendar in one room shows February 8 … “because […]
ISIS Attempts to ‘Buy Allegiance’ Of Refugees
The Islamic State militant group (ISIS) is capitalizing on the desperation of refugees, attempting to buy their allegiance to bolster its own ranks, according to a new report released Monday. According to London-based anti-extremism think tank Quilliam, ISIS is engaging in efforts to recruit refugees in humanitarian camps, on migration routes to Europe, and in […]
White House and US judiciary fight over travel ban
A legal tussle between the White House and the US judiciary over a controversial travel ban returns to the federal appeals court today. Further submissions are to be presented, with President Donald Trump demanding the ban be reinstated. Meanwhile his Vice President Mike Pence has been making the case for the administration: “The American people […]
Trump’s travel ban: Covering the chaos
Over the past two weeks, the American media have been assigned a big story – an avalanche of executive orders from President Donald Trump. The bulk of the headlines were about the travel ban temporarily blocking travellers, including refugees, from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States. The resulting protests got a lot of […]
Booker on Muslims, Trump, and breaking Senate traditions | A Q&A
Sen. Cory Booker complete testimony against Senator Sessions (C-SPAN) During his two years in the Senate, Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) has made a mission of finding common ground with Republicans. But President Donald Trump has him sputtering with outrage, and sounding more like a partisan warrior that he never intended to be. Below, he discusses […]
Dozens attend interfaith march for ‘peace and decency’ in Paterson
Khaldiya Mustafa said there were times, particularly after 9/11, when she was afraid to leave her home alone out of fear that she would be discriminated against for being a Muslim American. At the time, she said, people told her to speak English instead of Arabic, to go back to her “own country” and…
View From Sudan: Muslim Hospitality and Generosity
Many Americans have never visited a predominantly Muslim country and may know relatively little about the faith of Islam. This is relevant in light of the Trump administration’s recent executive order attempting to reduce terrorist threats to the U.S. by halting the issuance of visas to travelers from seven…
Thousands Protest Globally Against Trump, Travel Ban
Protests erupted for a third straight week across the United States and beyond, targeting policies of U.S. President Donald Trump and criticizing his presidential demeanor. Late Friday, a U.S. federal judge temporary blocked the president’s executive order, signed January 27, that banned travelers from seven Muslim-majority countries from entering the United States. However, that didn’t […]
US court rejects bid to immediately restore travel ban
A US appeals court in San Francisco has denied an emergency motion filed by the justice department to reinstate President Donald Trump’s halted immigration ban. The decision from the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit means the ban will remain frozen throughout the weekend, and that a decision on a further request to […]
Trump Takes to Twitter to Blast Judge in Travel Ban Ruling
President Donald Trump on Saturday hurled fresh criticism at a federal judge who temporarily blocked the president’s ban on travel to U.S. territory from seven predominantly Muslim countries, warning that the ruling would allow “many very bad and dangerous people into our country.” Trump’s verbal fusillade targeted U.S. Judge James Robart, 69, a jurist in […]