October 8, 2015 Heartland fury as university renovates chapel to accommodate Muslims A decision to make a university’s chapel “faith neutral” to accommodate Muslim students has created great angst in the nation’s Heartland after critics were accused of being Islamophobic.
August 21, 2015 Jury weighs accounts of anti-Muslim hatred, entrapment by federal agents in X-ray weapon case Jurors are deliberating on whether an upstate New York man actually plotted to kill Muslims with a mobile X-ray device or was just a big talker unhappy with American political and social trends and led along by the FBI.
May 7, 2015 Why I'm glad the NFL called an audible on Muslim prayer You might understand my surprise when I discovered that a professional football player got slapped with a penalty for praying. It happened Monday night during Kansas City’s 41-14 blowout win over New England.
May 6, 2015 Obama's bad history lesson: President paints incomplete, distorted picture One cannot compare religions based in peace and love with the religion of radical Islamists and their propagation of atrocities against those who do not believe as they do.
May 6, 2015 America is not a "Christian" nation In a year already filled with attacks and harassment of religious minorities across the country, the rise of such “Christian nation” rhetoric is troubling. But it’s not new.
January 8, 2015 Senior Kurdish official says Iraq will survive as a nation only if Baghdad releases authority Iraq's central government in Baghdad must give up much of its authority to local power centers — and potentially permit the creation of an autonomous Sunni Muslim region — if the nation is to survive the fight against Islamic State militants, a senior Iraqi Kurdish official said Tuesday.
January 8, 2015 Elected officials, clergy, regular Washingtonians remember 'Mayor for Life' Marion Barry Local and national political leaders, prominent clergy and ordinary Washingtonians who got their first jobs as a result of Marion Barry's programs were among the thousands who gathered Saturday to say goodbye to the man dubbed "Mayor for Life." Barry died Nov. 23 at age 78.
January 8, 2015 Parents of Indiana aid worker held captive in Syria say they can't meet Islamic State demands The parents of an Indiana aid worker threatened with beheading by the Islamic State group say they've told their son's captors that they're unable to meet their demands.
January 8, 2015 Supreme Court takes up disputes over Muslim headscarves, housing discrimination and more Did retailer Abercrombie & Fitch discriminate against a Muslim woman who was denied a job because her headscarf clashed with the company's dress code? That's the question in one of the 11 cases the Supreme Court said Thursday it will take on in its new term.
January 8, 2015 Cousin of suspect in Oklahoma beheading says he was surprised by conversion to Islam Alton Nolen told relatives after his release from prison on drug and assault charges last year that he wanted to focus on getting his life in order.