New Mexico Iraqi woman hurt in possible hate crime

June 13, 2014 ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — An Iraqi Catholic refugee who was assaulted in her Albuquerque apartment appears to be the victim of a hate crime by an attacker who yelled obscenities about Muslims, police said. According to Albuquerque police, a man last week forced his way into the home of Seham Jaber, shouting nasty

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Gym faces lawsuit over Muslim head covering

March 20, 2014   ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A gym in Albuquerque refused to let a Muslim woman wear her religious head covering when she tried to work out, according to a new lawsuit against the company. An attorney for Tarainia McDaniel, 37, recently filed the lawsuit in a New Mexico district court stemming from a

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