May 16, 2019 Man to stay jailed over talk about avenging mosque attacks A federal judge has ruled a New York man will remain in custody in Montana pending his June 24 trial over charges that he lied to authorities about discussions he had about joining the Islamic State group and attacking random people to avenge shootings at two New Zealand mosques.
May 16, 2019 Muslim prison guard accuses Georgia agency of discrimination A Georgia prison guard who recently converted to Islam says the state Department of Corrections won't allow her to wear a hijab at work.
May 15, 2019 Muslim groups apologize for video: Mistake 'ours to own' Muslim leaders in Philadelphia are apologizing for an event last month at which children were captured on video speaking in Arabic about beheadings and the liberation of Jerusalem's most sensitive holy site.
May 14, 2019 Iranian students protest college's compulsory hijab policy and 'morality' enforcers Students of Tehran University demonstrated on Monday against the institution’s policy of coercing women to wear hijabs. They scuffled with counter-protesters.
May 14, 2019 Connecticut mosque blaze being investigated as arson, fire chief says A fire that broke out at a Connecticut mosque on Sunday during the holy month of Ramadan is being investigated as arson, fire officials said.
May 13, 2019 Trump cites Ramadan as time of 'hope, tolerance and peace' President Donald Trump is celebrating the month of Ramadan as a time when people join forces in "pursuit of hope, tolerance and peace."
May 12, 2019 Kentucky imam, 2 others charged in murder-for-hire plot The head of a Lexington, Ky. mosque and two other men are accused of seeking out a hitman to kill two people the men claimed owed them money.
May 10, 2019 The Latest: Cardinal rebukes Farrakhan, priest over speech The Latest on Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan's speech denying allegations of anti-Semitism, misogyny and homophobia (all times local): 7:30 p.m. Chicago Cardinal Blase Cupich (blayz SOO'-pich) has condemned what he called anti-Semitic statements made by Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan at a Roman Catholic church on the city's south side.
May 10, 2019 Farrakhan delivers insult while denying he's anti-Semitic Nation of Islam leader Minister Louis Farrakhan says despite assertions by Facebook when it banned him from its platform, he is not a hater of Jewish people, not a misogynist nor a homophobe.
May 9, 2019 'Call me,' Trump tells Iran as tensions flare President Donald Trump has a message for Iran's leaders as tensions flare over the Islamic Republic's nuclear program: "Call me."
