CALIFORNIA – Abdullah Hassan, the two-year-old who battled a degenerative brain disease and his mother sued the Trump administration to visit him in the hospital in the US, was buried on Saturday, December 29. “We are heartbroken. We had to say goodbye to our baby, the light of our lives,” Ali Hassan, the boy’s father, …
OAKLAND – A Yemeni mother who was earlier barred from traveling to the United States to visit her dying 2-year-old son due to the Trump administration’s Muslim travel ban has received a waiver to come to the States, her lawyer said Tuesday. Shaima Swileh’s lawyer, Saad Sweilem, told The Chronicle that she had been called …
Short Answer: They’re doing far more than most English-speaking media outlets are reporting. A core problem is the phrasing used to refer to refugees: “…many… are not considered refugees and they are not part of the UNHCR statistics. They are classified as “Arab brothers and sisters in distress”. Another key issue is the lack of established …
NEW YORK – The worldwide famous Irish-American actor George Clooney has come out swinging at the American President Donald Trump and how he treats Muslims and other American minorities, Irish Central reported on October 13. Trump was dealing in fear, Clooney said during his speech at Variety Magazine’s “Power of Women” event in Los Angeles: …
I came across Islam due to all of the coverage from the Muslim ban. I am a justice warrior for Equality and Equity for ALL. Initially, I was hesitant because people kept telling me lies about Islam and Islamophobic propaganda, which intimidated me. I didn’t feel I…
WASHINGTON – Immigrants, refugees, and American community activists rallied in Washington D.C. on April 25 as the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Hawaii to determine if President Donald Trump’s travel ban is legal. “Many Muslims and Somalis living in Minnesota have really been confused,” Jaylani Hussein, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations …
NEW YORK – In a gesture of support, interfaith demonstrators gathering in New York City to mark the one-year anniversary of President Donald Trump’s first “Muslim ban” formed a human chain of protection around Muslims as they knelt down in the public space for Friday prayers. “It’s practically important and symbolically important to stand with …
Though Donald Trump’s “Muslim ban” unleased a huge wave of Islamophobic attacks targeting Muslims, a new study has revealed that the same decision actually improved attitudes toward Muslim, as people viewed such bans as “un-American.”
Nancy Allen, a Christian librarian, a published author, and a member of a church choir from Conway, Arkansas, has been wearing hijab for almost two years, to support Muslim women
After the success of its mock-medicine curing Islamophobia, America’s largest civil rights group has released a sugar-free gum specially crafted to “ban bad breath, not Muslims.”
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