August 26, 2016 France comes to its senses: Burkini ruling restores personal liberty Reversing the ban on the wearing of burkinis, full-body wet suits worn by Muslim women, France’s highest court Friday favored personal liberty and restored the right for women to make their own clothing choices.
August 26, 2016 US, Turkey at an impasse over extraditing Muslim cleric Turkey says the United States is legally bound by a treaty to immediately hand over Fethullah Gulen, the U.S.-based Muslim cleric it accuses of plotting to overthrow Turkey's government.
August 25, 2016 Chicago-area imam pleads guilty to sex abuse charges A prominent Islamic scholar and longtime head of a suburban Chicago school accused of molesting an underage girl and a 23-year-old female school employee has pleaded guilty to aggravated criminal sexual abuse.
August 25, 2016 Mississippi Islamic State recruit gets 8 years in prison A Mississippi man who tried to travel to Syria with his fiancee to join the Islamic State group was sentenced Wednesday to eight years in prison on federal terrorism charges.
August 24, 2016 Civil rights groups defend mosque, cemetery outside Atlanta A proposal to build a mosque and Muslim cemetery has so angered some residents of Newton County outside Atlanta that their commissioners have temporarily banned all building permit approvals for religious institutions.
August 24, 2016 Police: Man charged in Texas mosque threat later apologized Police say a man accused of calling a Fort Worth-area mosque threatening to decapitate Muslims later called back to apologize.
August 24, 2016 Islamic scholar has deadline to accept sex abuse plea deal A suburban Chicago judge has given an Islamic scholar until Sept. 12 to accept a plea deal on sexual abuse charges.
August 23, 2016 Inspector general: NYPD skirted rules for surveillance The New York Police Department has skirted rules governing how it does surveillance by letting investigations continue past court-mandated deadlines and not spelling out how it uses undercover officers and informants, the city's independent police monitor said in a report released Tuesday.
August 23, 2016 Planned Muslim cemetery, mosque face opposition in Georgia community Hundreds of people in Georgia attended a forum Monday night voicing concerns over a mosque and Muslim cemetery planned for Newton County -- a plan that officials reportedly approved without any public input.
August 23, 2016 Racism and talk of religious war: Trump staff's online posts Donald Trump's paid campaign staffers have declared on their personal social media accounts that Muslims are unfit to be U.S. citizens, mocked how Mexicans talk, called for Secretary of State John Kerry to be hanged and stated their readiness for a possible civil war, according to a review by The Associated Press of their postings.