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US Muslim women debate safety of hijab amid backlash

 NEW YORK (AP) — On the night of the California shootings, Asifa Quraishi-Landes sat on her couch, her face in her hands, and thought about…

Donald Trump’s Muslim ban idea pushes GOP toward chaos

WASHINGTON (AP) — Donald Trump’s plan to ban Muslims from entering the United States is shoving the Republican Party to the edge of chaos, abruptly…

US Muslims struggle with how they should condemn extremism

NEW YORK (AP) _ By now, the tableau has become tragically familiar: American Muslims standing before a bank of cameras, condemning an attack linked to…

Texas board may vote to let academics check school textbooks

AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Texas education officials may vote this week to have outside experts check for factual errors in textbooks used in its public…

GOP candidate Carson: Muslim shouldn’t be elected president

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Ben Carson says Islam is antithetical to the Constitution, and he doesn’t believe that a Muslim should be elected…

District driven by religious favoritism claims gets monitor

 SUFFERN, N.Y. (AP) — When his fifth-grade son struggled with a question on primary colors posed by the TV show “Are You Smarter Than a…

Resistance to gay marriages travels a well-worn path

FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) _ In 1967, Liane Peters, an immigrant from Germany, fell in love with a quiet, handsome man she worked with at a…

Roof appears on 9 murder counts; Charleston seeks unity

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) — They forgave him. They advised him to repent for his sins, and asked for God’s mercy on his soul. One even…

Religious freedom laws not used against gays in the past

NEW YORK (AP) — Religious freedom laws like the one causing an uproar in Indiana have never been successfully used to defend discrimination against gays…

Obama: US at war with those who have perverted Islam

WASHINGTON (AP) — Muslims in the U.S. and around the world have a responsibility to fight a misconception that terrorist groups like the Islamic State…

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