March 1, 2019 Calls for Maryland lawmaker to resign renewed after censure Lawmakers, civil rights leaders and voters renewed calls for a white Maryland lawmaker to resign Friday, a day after she was censured unanimously in a House vote for making a racial slur.
February 27, 2019 Calls growing for Maryland lawmaker to resign over slur Maryland political leaders from both parties and civil rights groups made growing calls for the resignation of a Democratic state lawmaker on Wednesday, after she used a racial slur for African-Americans at an after-hours gathering.
February 26, 2019 Online threat targets student event with Muslim journalist An online threat prompted heightened security after a North Carolina university's Muslim Students Association invited a journalist to campus.
February 24, 2019 US religious freedom envoy: Pakistan has 'desire to change' A U.S. envoy says Pakistan has "a desire to change" its ways and be removed from an American blacklist of countries that infringe on religious freedoms.
February 20, 2019 US: Alabama woman who joined Islamic State is not a citizen An Alabama woman who joined the Islamic State group in Syria won't be allowed to return to the United States with her toddler son because she is not an American citizen, the U.S. said on Wednesday.
February 19, 2019 Austrian leader expects US to raise IS fighters during visit Austria's leader says he expects U.S. officials to bring up their desire for European countries to take back captured Islamic State group fighters when he visits Washington this week, but he is "very cautious" on the issue.
February 18, 2019 Farrakhan tells 'sweetheart' Rep. Omar not to apologize for Israel comments Notorious Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan defended Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., for implying on Twitter last week that the pro-Israel lobbying group AIPAC compensated lawmakers in exchange for supporting the Jewish state.
February 15, 2019 Omar's edgy Israel tweet no surprise to some back home As Ilhan Omar's political star was rising last year on her way to becoming one of the first Muslim women in Congress, several Minnesota Jewish leaders invited her to talk privately about past statements they considered anti-Semitic and anti-Israel.
February 13, 2019 Christian student loses legal challenge of lesson on Islam A federal appeals court has ruled that a Maryland high school's lesson on Islam during world history class didn't violate a Christian student's Constitutional rights.
February 12, 2019 Iranian-Americans nurture new generations after revolution Minoo Sharifan came to the United States from Iran in the 1970s for graduate school, and like many others, wound up settling in America, starting a career and raising her family while a revolution upended her homeland and fractured relations with the U.S. The two countries remain bitter adversaries.