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Anti-Muslim demonstrators led by figures such as Jake Lang staged a controversial rally in Dearborn on Nov. 18, 2025, where attempts to burn or desecrate Qur’ans and shouted calls to “clear out Muslim...
Sen. John Kennedy directed a remark at witness Maya Berry during a congressional hearing that accused her of supporting Hamas and Hezbollah and told her to "hide [her] head in a bag," a confrontation ...
International reaction to María Corina Machado’s described “far‑right” ties is sharply divided: human rights and mainstream bodies praised her democratic opposition (Nobel, UN office congratulations),...
Available reporting and organizational lists show that as of 2025 there are a small but growing number of Muslim Americans in elected federal office—Wikipedia’s compiled list counts five Muslims elect...
Federal law and the Constitution contain limits on racial profiling by federal agents: the Fourth Amendment prohibits unreasonable stops and seizures and requires “specific articulable facts” to justi...
Sen. John Kennedy made several pointed, widely reported remarks during recent Senate hearings: a graphic description of an abortion procedure and remarks to an Arab American witness that she should “h...
Charlie Kirk repeatedly made public statements that critics and multiple news outlets described as Islamophobic — including posts linking Muslim politicians to 9/11 and explicit claims that “Islam is ...
Muslim Americans have steadily risen in local and municipal leadership across the U.S., with documented historic milestones including Sadaf Jaffer as the first female Muslim mayor in the U.S. (Montgom...
Federal and state courts have repeatedly struck down or blocked “anti‑Sharia” measures as unconstitutional in litigation tied to Oklahoma and similar state bans; courts found such measures discriminat...
Democratic elected officials and allied civic groups in Minnesota responded to the 2017 killing of Justine Ruszczyk Damond with public expressions of outrage, calls for accountability and broader poli...
Debates about “Sharia” in the United States have repeatedly centered on specific practices — chiefly religious arbitration in family and commercial disputes, proposed community developments (e.g., “Sh...
Charlie Kirk has repeatedly made public statements that critics and multiple outlets characterize as hostile to Muslims — for example linking a Muslim politician to 9/11 and saying “It’s not Islamopho...
A running dispute over a large mosque project in Punta Cana has produced competing narratives: some local reports say construction proceeded without proper permits and that the government halted work ...
Minnesota’s Somali community and allied advocacy groups have publicly pushed back against recent allegations that welfare fraud in the state funded al-Shabaab, calling parts of the national response i...
Minnesota Somali community leaders and advocacy groups have responded by forcefully rejecting broad-brush claims that the wider community funds terrorism, framing GOP and right‑wing reporting as scape...
Reports and political statements repeatedly link a proposed development called “EPIC City” (later rebranded by developers as “The Meadow” or a Muslim-themed neighborhood) near Josephine, northeast of ...
Civil‑rights organizations and Somali community groups have warned that the wave of fraud investigations targeting predominantly Somali defendants has fueled bias, harassment and real‑world harm to So...
Charlie Kirk’s comments about Muslims and Islam have generated sustained public condemnation from civil-rights groups, religious leaders and some media commentators, and his rhetoric has been invoked ...
Pete Hegseth’s visible tattoos — notably a large Jerusalem (Crusader) cross and an Arabic-script word read by many as “kafir” (infidel) — have repeatedly reopened questions about his views and suitabi...
Federal courts have repeatedly been the battleground for legal challenges to state measures aimed at banning “Sharia” or foreign law. The most prominent victory for challengers came when federal judge...