After California shooting, fears of Muslim harassment rise
A severed pig’s head was left outside a mosque in Philadelphia. An Islamic center in Florida was defaced. A Sikh temple in California was vandalized by someone who mistook it for a mosque and left graffiti that included a profane reference to the Islamic State group.
AP Poll: Republicans wary of immigration from Middle East
With his call for blocking Muslims from entering the United States, Donald Trump may be tapping into deep concern among Republican voters about allowing Middle Eastern immigrants into the country, according to a new Associated Press-GfK poll.
Legal experts agree: Trump’s proposal unconstitutional
Donald Trump’s call to block all Muslims from entering the United States is not only unconstitutional, but also impossible to carry out, legal experts said Tuesday.
Donald Trump’s comments escalate GOP rhetoric on Muslims
Amid fear of terrorism, the Republican candidates for president for months have escalated their rhetoric about the place of Muslims in the United States.
Cabinet secretary urges US to avoid suspicion of Muslims
Vilifying and casting suspicion on American Muslims would threaten counterterrorism efforts and is un-American, the Homeland Security secretary said Monday.
Mayor bans Trump after candidate suggests blocking Muslims
A Florida mayor says he’s banning Donald Trump from his city after the Republican presidential candidate called for the U.S. to stop Muslims from entering the country.
Liberty president calls for armed Christian campus
Liberty University President Jerry Falwell Jr. urged students, staff and faculty at his Christian school to get a permit to carry a concealed weapon on campus to counter any copycat attack like the deadly rampage in California just days ago.
US Muslims struggle with how they should condemn extremism
By now, the tableau has become tragically familiar: American Muslims standing before a bank of cameras, condemning an attack linked to Islamic extremism.
GOP rhetoric on Muslims seen as having little cost
Some leading Republican presidential candidates seem to view Muslims as fair game for increasingly harsh words they might use with more caution against any other group for fear of the political cost.
French Muslims complain of ostracism after Paris terror attacks
Riding the Paris Metro to the city’s Grand Mosque for prayers, Samia Mahfoudia says people shoot sideways looks at her “almost as if they were saying ‘Get off.'”
US Muslims face backlash after Paris attacks
Muslims around the U.S. are facing backlash following the deadly attacks in Paris, including vandalism to mosques and Islamic centers, hate-filled phone and online messages and threats of violence.
Trump and Carson’s attacks on Muslims worry some GOP elders
The candidates atop the GOP presidential field are ramping up political attacks aimed at Muslims, a move designed to appeal to hardline conservatives.
Kathleen Parker: Carson and Trump’s clueless demonization of Muslims
In the spirit of charity prompted by Pope Francis’s visit to the United States, let’s not call them bigots.
Our View: Muslim population should not be subject of unfair speculation
In the immediate aftermath of Saturday’s arrest of two former Mississippi State students who the FBI says were trying to leave the U.S. to join The Islamic State in Syria, there have been some who have turned a suspicious eye to the parents of the two young suspects as well as the Islamic Center of Mississippi, located just off the MSU campus, and the large Muslim student population at the university.
To fight extremism, Obama calls on US to embrace its Muslims
In the fight against violent extremism, President Barack Obama has argued the U.S. has one thing going for it that Europe doesn’t: a long tradition of warmly embracing its immigrants, including Muslims.
Muslims protest weekly’s prophet cartoon; 4 killed in Niger
Muslim anger flared over a French satirical weekly’s latest caricature of the Prophet Muhammad.
Paris attack raises fears of support surge for extreme right
A day after terror struck Paris, Europe’s far-right and anti-immigrant parties pressed home the message that has fueled their resurgence: The continent’s rising numbers of Muslims are dangerous.
Israel on alert as Jewish, Muslim holiday coincide
Israeli police were on high alert today to avert possible clashes as Jews and Muslims prepare to observe their faith’s major holidays of Yom Kippur and Eid al-Adha, which overlap this year for the first time in more than three decades.
End of NYPD Muslim surveillance applauded
Muslim groups and civil liberties advocates applauded the decision by New York Police Department officials to disband a controversial unit that tracked the daily lives of Muslims as part of efforts to detect terror threats, but said there were concerns about whether other problematic practices remained in place.
Library’s ‘Muslim Journeys’ continues this week
The Columbus-Lowndes Public Library at 314 Seventh St. N. continues its series of program and exhibits on Islamic history and culture this week with two