SELECT LANGUAGE BELOW

NYC to pay out $17.5 million for making Muslim women remove their hijabs for mugshots

New York City has reportedly filed a class-action lawsuit led by two Muslim women who allege that their religious rights were violated when police forced them to remove their hijabs for photos after arrest. He reportedly agreed to pay $17.5 million. fox news digital report The first settlement, which still needs to be finalized by […]

NYC to pay $17.5M for forcing Muslim women to remove hijab for mugshot

New York City is awarded $17.5 million in a class action lawsuit led by two Muslim women who claim their religious rights were violated when police forced them to remove their hijabs for photos after arrest. agreed to pay. More than 3,600 people will be eligible for payments under the preliminary financial settlement, which must […]

Muslim Doctor Storms Out of Biden Meeting over Palestinian Conflict

Dr. Tah Ahmad, a Muslim emergency physician, said he left a meeting with President Joe Biden on Wednesday over disagreements over the Hamas-Israel war. The symbolic move highlights deepening rifts within the Democratic Party’s cross-cutting coalition over the Palestinian conflict. According to a recent Gallup poll, only 47% of Democrats approve of Biden’s handling of […]

CT man pleads guilty to attempted sexual assault of Muslim state representative

The man who attacked a representative of the Islamic State outside a house of worship in Connecticut pleaded guilty Tuesday to attempted sexual assault and other charges in a plea deal that sentenced him to five years in prison. Andrei Desmond, 30, appeared in Hartford Superior Court in connection with the June 2023 attack on […]

French PM backs school head who faced death threats after Muslim veil row | France

French Prime Minister Gabriel Attal defended his country’s secularism after the principal of a Parisian school resigned after asking students to remove their Islamic veils on campus. Attal, a former education minister, said the state plans to sue the student for falsely accusing the principal of mistreatment during an incident in late February. “The state… […]

Afghan refugee convicted of murder in NM killing of Muslim man

Shooting at New Mexico Conquistadors statue protest A suspect has been arrested on suspicion of fatally shooting a man during a protest in Española, New Mexico, where authorities were planning to install a statue of Spanish conquistador Juan de Oñate, authorities said. Muhammad Saeed was found guilty of first-degree murder for the murder of Aftab […]