Republican Governor Bobby Jindal of Louisiana is standing by his claims that there are “no-go zones” around Europe. Despite both the retraction by Fox News earlier in the week and denouncements of the claims by both American and British leaders, Jindal claims that there are “no-go zones” in Europe. During a recent visit to London,…
The Gultepe Mosque in northern Rotterdam received a threat letter this week. Part of it reads: “You can’t trust anyone anymore, so leave now, when you’re still able too. Because death is in your mosques.” And: “You are the most ungrateful and disgusting people in the world. Your own your own schools, shops and butchers,…
Sophia Pearson for Bloomberg: “Muslim groups seeking to revive a lawsuit over a New York City Police Department surveillance program of mosques and businesses faced tough questions from appeals judges about terrorism and skepticism from an attorney for the city about the program’s very existence. Several Muslims sued New York in June 2012 in Newark, New Jersey, federal court claiming police…
Lauren French for POLITICO: “Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi announced in a closed-door meeting Tuesday she would name the first Muslim lawmaker to the House’s Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence. Carson would be the first Muslim to serve on the committee and was the second Muslim to be elected to Congress. He already serves on the…
PRESS RELEASE: “The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today applauded a unanimous ruling by the U.S. Supreme Court that a Muslim inmate in Arkansas be permitted to grow a beard in accordance with his religious beliefs. That decision overturned a state prison policy banning beards. The…
