Many of Michigan’s “uncommitted” voters are Arab Americans or Muslim Americans. A top Biden campaign official says they need to remember that Trump pushed a Muslim ban. The Listen to Michigan campaign fired back, accusing him of using Trump as a “human shield.” President Joe Biden’s has a problem in Michigan, and it remains unclear if his […]
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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 […]
Labour has seen ‘loss of trust’ among Muslim voters over Gaza – shadow minister
Labour’s shadow justice secretary said there had been a “sense of a loss of trust” in the Muslim community over the party’s stance on the conflict in Gaza. Shabana Mahmood, a shadow Cabinet minister and one of the most senior Muslim MPs, defended her party’s position as “strong” but acknowledged that trust needed to be […]
Biden aides meet in Michigan with Arab American and Muslim leaders, aiming to mend political ties
DEARBORN, Mich. (AP) — Top Biden administration officials were meeting Thursday with Arab American and Muslim leaders in Michigan in an effort to mend ties with a community that has an important role in deciding whether President Joe Biden can hold on to a crucial swing state in the 2024 election. He is facing increasing […]
White House officials to visit Michigan to meet with Muslim and Arab American community leaders
Senior Biden administration aides will travel to Michigan on Thursday to hear directly from Muslim and Arab American community leaders on their top issues and concerns, including, most notably, the Israel-Hamas war and civilian casualties in Gaza. The White House teased the upcoming visit to Michigan when President Joe Biden traveled to Detroit last week […]
Biden is sending aides to Michigan to see Arab American and Muslim leaders over the Israel-Hamas war
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden is sending several senior aides to Michigan to meet with Arab American and Muslim leaders, according to three people familiar with the matter, as his administration’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war frustrates members of a key constituency in a 2024 battleground state. Those making the trip for Thursday’s meeting […]
New mosque construction in India’s Ayodhya to begin in May, Muslim group says
By Shivam Patel NEW DELHI (Reuters) – As Hindu devotees prepare to inaugurate a grand temple to one of their holiest deities, India’s minority Muslims plan to begin building a new mosque in the same city later this year, hoping to make a fresh start after a bloody, decades-long dispute. Haji Arfat Shaikh, the head […]
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 […]
India court restores life prison sentences for 11 Hindu men who raped a Muslim woman in 2002 riots
NEW DELHI (AP) — India’s top court on Monday restored life prison sentences for 11 Hindu men who raped a Muslim woman during deadly religious rioting two decades ago and asked the convicts to surrender to the authorities within two weeks. The Hindu men were convicted in 2008 of rape and murder. They were released […]