Tag: Islam

The Not-Talking Cure

Sam Schulman · December 9, 2016 7:15 am

An American Muslim group is upset about the German chancellor's stance. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)

National Security

Merkel expresses support for burka ban

Kyle Feldscher · December 6, 2016 5:54 pm

Kerry lamented Friday that technology has allowed the quick spread of false information. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

National Security

Kerry: People can’t tell ‘what’s real and what isn’t’

Joel Gehrke · December 2, 2016 8:23 pm

A group of lawmakers, including Minnesota's Keith Ellison, sent a letter Thursday urging Obama to rescind a program launched in response to the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks that included a registration component for men from primarily Arab and Muslim countries. (AP Photo/Lauren Victoria Burke)

Dems ask Obama to block Muslim registry

Nicole Duran · December 2, 2016 1:56 am

The now-deceased 18-year-old Ohio State University student that police say was behind Monday's campus attack expressed fear in an August interview about practicing his religion in public as a Muslim. (AP Photo/John Minchillo)

National Security

Ohio State attacker was ‘scared’ to pray in public as a Muslim

Anna Giaritelli · November 28, 2016 10:50 pm

The photocopied letter sent to Islamic centers in Long Beach, Claremont and San Jose addresses Muslims as the "children of Satan," calls them "vile and filthy people" and advises them to "pack your bags and get out of dodge." (Screenshot)

National Security

California mosques threatened by letters praising Trump

Daniel Chaitin · November 27, 2016 2:38 pm

As appealing as the symbolism may be, Ellison is still a problematic choice. He has a long history of actual extremism that ought to make him unfit for the position. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

Beltway Confidential

Ellison’s extremism wrong for the DNC

Oren Litwin · November 23, 2016 12:00 pm

The Justice Department announced on Tuesday it is suing Bernards Township, N.J., because it denied zoning approval for the Islamic Society of Basking Ridge to build a mosque on land it owns. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Justice Dept. sues NJ township for rejecting mosque

Kelly Cohen · November 22, 2016 9:59 pm

Turkey’s Erdogan Continues Harsh Repression of Political Opponents

veli-sirin, Stephen Schwartz · November 21, 2016 1:08 pm

"Clearly there are some aspects of that faith that are problematic and we know them; we've seen it," Priebus said. (AP Photo/John Locher)

National Security

Priebus: Some aspects of Islamic faith are ‘problematic’

Ryan Lovelace · November 20, 2016 2:36 pm

President-elect Trump's team is denying media reports and protesters' claims that he plans to make Muslims register with the government. (AP Photo/Richard Shiro)

Report: Trump ‘never advocated’ for Muslim registry

Anna Giaritelli · November 18, 2016 1:53 am

Trump PAC spokesman: Japanese internment is ‘a precedent’ for Muslim registry

National Security

Trump PAC spokesman: Japanese internment is ‘a precedent’ for Muslim registry

Kyle Feldscher · November 17, 2016 2:57 pm