Tag: Muslim

White House pushes back on GOP attacks on Muslim judicial nominee

WASHINGTON — The White House is slamming three Republican senators for leveling what it deems to be “cruel and Islamophobic attacks” at a Biden judicial nominee as part of a larger “smear effort” to discredit the man, who would be the first Muslim American judge to serve on the federal appeals court if he is […]

Indian state’s polygamy ban divides some Muslim women

By Rupam Jain NEW DELHI (Reuters) – Shayara Bano heaved a sigh of relief on Wednesday at the enactment of a law banning polygamy in her small Indian state, the culmination of a years-long effort including her own case before the nation’s Supreme Court. “I can now say that my battle against age-old Islamic rules […]

Biden officials meet with Muslim and Arab American community leaders in Michigan

Biden administration officials traveled to Dearborn, Michigan Thursday for private meetings with Muslim and Arab American community leaders, as the president seeks to repair relations with a key constituency upset about his support for Israel’s war efforts in Gaza. Abbas Alawieh, a Lebanese American and a Democratic strategist, said he was honored to attend the […]

Karim Benzema sues French minister over Muslim Brotherhood allegations

Football star Karim Benzema has filed a defamation lawsuit against France’s interior minister who accused him of having links to the Muslim Brotherhood. Gerald Darmanin said in October that Benzema had “a notorious link” to the Brotherhood — a pan-Arab Islamist group which came to power in Egypt following elections a year after the 2011 […]