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A federal judge in Hawaii on Wednesday halted the Trump administration’s revised travel ban on visitors from six Muslim-majority countries and refugees around the world, just a day before the executive order was to be implemented.
University of Pittsburgh School of Law dean will no longer appear on TV station, due to an alleged bias of a Middle Eastern professor who says he was passed over as a guest on a local CBS affiliate news show.
The U.S. court decision in blocking President Trump's travel ban without addressing the president's intent has become an explosive argument among legal experts.
President Donald Trump is set to issue a revised order that allows lawful permanent residents entry in the U.S. following a federal court's decision to halt implementation of the travel ban.
Anti-Muslim hate groups in the US have almost tripled since 2016. An alarming number of anti-Muslim hate groups have now tripled in the U. S. since last year.
Famous rapper Kanye West, who met with Trump in December, has change his tune about the U.S. President Donald Trump, following his travel ban targeting seven Muslim-majority countries.
Sara Farsakh and her friends sued Laguna Beach restaurant, Urth Caffe, for allegedly forcing them to leave the restaurant. Farsakh said they were kicked out because of their religion.
Muslim women filed a lawsuit against Urth Caffe for racial discrimination. If only they were not Muslim and not wearing hijabs, they could have stayed longer in the restaurant and were not asked to leave, according to Sara Farsakh, one of the women. She posted her sentiments and the incident in her social media platform to show the cafe's discrimination.
Kirsty Powell is suing the city and the Long Beach police department after a male officer forcibly stripped off her hijab from her. Powell claims she has become distressed and suffered humiliation as she was seen by other male officers and inmate without her headscarf.
Two Hindu teachers in Bangladesh were sentenced to jail after publicly insulting Islam. A mob of angry students and villagers attacked the teachers forcing them to lock up in a room. Insulting the religion in the said country will spark violence resulting to killings.
Swiss officials are reviewing information and legal framework to determine the immigration status of a Syrian family, after the family’s two boys stated that they have been refusing to shake their female teachers’ hands because it’s against their faith. The case has sparked a widespread debate as the officials are still in process to make a decision.
Women in Bosnia marched on a protest on Sunday, fighting against the ban of Hijab, the customary headscarves sported by Muslim women, when entering judicial institutions. Protest leaders are saying that the ban is an "attack" against Muslim identity.
