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France Bans Female Students From Wearing Abaya Robes In Schools
French authorities were on Monday imposing a newly-announced ban on the abaya Muslim dress for women in schools, with over 500 establishments under scrutiny as children across the country returned to class.
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Biden Picks Black Women, First Muslim For Federal Judgeships
President Joe Biden nominated several Black women, an Asian American and the first Muslim ever to federal judgeships Tuesday in a push for diversity in the US court system.
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US House Seeks To Allow Head Coverings On Floor, First In 181 Years
A newly diverse House of Representatives has passed a rule that, for the first time in 181 years, allows head coverings to be worn on the House floor for religious reasons.
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Somali Refugee, Palestine Immigrant: First 2 Muslim Women In US Congress
A onetime Somali refugee and the daughter of Palestinian immigrants shared the historic distinction Tuesday of becoming the first two Muslim women elected to the US Congress. Both women -- Ilhan Omar, 37, and Rashida Tlaib, 42 -- are Democrats from the Midwest and outspoken advocates of minority communities that have found themselves in the sights ...
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Two Muslim Women Hope To Enter US Congress In Midterm Polls
US voters are poised to elect two Muslim women to Congress in the midterm election next week, marking a historic first even as anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant rhetoric has been on the rise. Ilhan Omar, a Somali refugee, is all but certain to be elected to the US House of Representatives in a heavily-Democratic district in the Midwestern state of Min...
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Donald Trump Condemns Fatal Oregon Stabbings; Says Victims Stood Against Hate
US President Donald Trump on Monday condemned the fatal stabbings of two Good Samaritans who tried to stop a man from harassing a pair of women who appeared to be Muslim, in a tweet issued days after an advocacy group urged Trump to condemn the attacks it said his anti-Muslim rhetoric had encouraged.
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2 Men Killed In Portland After Trying To Stop Anti-Muslim Rant: Police
Two men were stabbed to death in the US city of Portland on Friday when they tried to stop their attacker from harassing two women because they appeared to be Muslim, police said.
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US Teen Spits On Muslim Classmate, Tries To Yank Off Her Hijab: Report
The incident comes amid growing incidents of hate and assaults on hijab-wearing girls and women across the US.
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2 Muslim Women In Hyderabad, Divorced Over WhatsApp, Are Fighting Back
Two Muslim women in Hyderabad divorced over WhatsApp and email by their husbands living in the US have lodged a police complaint against their in-laws who had thrown them out of the house. The women, Heena Fathima and Bahrain Noor - who were married to two brothers - have not received any documents and say this is not valid under Islamic law. "Ever...
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US Man Throws Hot Coffee Over Muslim Woman, Calls Her Terrorist
A homeless man at a Dunkin Donuts store in US threw hot coffee in the face of a Muslim woman, called her a terrorist and assaulted her on Monday, police said.
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France Bans Female Students From Wearing Abaya Robes In Schools
French authorities were on Monday imposing a newly-announced ban on the abaya Muslim dress for women in schools, with over 500 establishments under scrutiny as children across the country returned to class.
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Biden Picks Black Women, First Muslim For Federal Judgeships
President Joe Biden nominated several Black women, an Asian American and the first Muslim ever to federal judgeships Tuesday in a push for diversity in the US court system.
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US House Seeks To Allow Head Coverings On Floor, First In 181 Years
A newly diverse House of Representatives has passed a rule that, for the first time in 181 years, allows head coverings to be worn on the House floor for religious reasons.
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Somali Refugee, Palestine Immigrant: First 2 Muslim Women In US Congress
A onetime Somali refugee and the daughter of Palestinian immigrants shared the historic distinction Tuesday of becoming the first two Muslim women elected to the US Congress. Both women -- Ilhan Omar, 37, and Rashida Tlaib, 42 -- are Democrats from the Midwest and outspoken advocates of minority communities that have found themselves in the sights ...
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Two Muslim Women Hope To Enter US Congress In Midterm Polls
US voters are poised to elect two Muslim women to Congress in the midterm election next week, marking a historic first even as anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant rhetoric has been on the rise. Ilhan Omar, a Somali refugee, is all but certain to be elected to the US House of Representatives in a heavily-Democratic district in the Midwestern state of Min...
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Donald Trump Condemns Fatal Oregon Stabbings; Says Victims Stood Against Hate
US President Donald Trump on Monday condemned the fatal stabbings of two Good Samaritans who tried to stop a man from harassing a pair of women who appeared to be Muslim, in a tweet issued days after an advocacy group urged Trump to condemn the attacks it said his anti-Muslim rhetoric had encouraged.
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2 Men Killed In Portland After Trying To Stop Anti-Muslim Rant: Police
Two men were stabbed to death in the US city of Portland on Friday when they tried to stop their attacker from harassing two women because they appeared to be Muslim, police said.
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US Teen Spits On Muslim Classmate, Tries To Yank Off Her Hijab: Report
The incident comes amid growing incidents of hate and assaults on hijab-wearing girls and women across the US.
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2 Muslim Women In Hyderabad, Divorced Over WhatsApp, Are Fighting Back
Two Muslim women in Hyderabad divorced over WhatsApp and email by their husbands living in the US have lodged a police complaint against their in-laws who had thrown them out of the house. The women, Heena Fathima and Bahrain Noor - who were married to two brothers - have not received any documents and say this is not valid under Islamic law. "Ever...
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US Man Throws Hot Coffee Over Muslim Woman, Calls Her Terrorist
A homeless man at a Dunkin Donuts store in US threw hot coffee in the face of a Muslim woman, called her a terrorist and assaulted her on Monday, police said.
