Muslim ban
I am not going to hate you
By Bob Smietana — February 8, 2024
(RNS) — Hate drives so many of Americans' attitudes today. Can a yard sign help?
Muslim and Arab Americans feel betrayed by Biden. Can he win back their votes?
By Kathryn Post — November 1, 2023
(RNS) — Recent polls report a swift and decisive drop in support for the president among Muslim and Arab American voters amid the Israel-Hamas war.
It’s time to stop erasing Black Muslim Americans from the story of Islam in the US
By Salima Suswell — February 27, 2023
(RNS) — Black Muslim Americans make up approximately 20% to 25% of the Muslim American population, often leading the way for all Muslims in the area of civil activism.
How race and religion have always played a role in who gets refuge in the US
By Laura E. Alexander, Jane Hong, Karen Hooge Michalka, and Luis A. Romero — May 2, 2022
(The Conversation) — Four scholars of race, religion and immigration explain how US refugee and asylum policy has long been racially and religiously discriminatory in practice.
Islamophobia on the rise, according to United Nations report
By Joseph Hammond — March 11, 2021
(RNS) — The United Nations Human Rights Council report is unsparing in its critique of governments around the world, including the United States and China.
‘The nuke we survived’: American Muslims breathe sigh of relief as Biden reverses travel ban
By Aysha Khan — January 20, 2021
(RNS) — Over the last four years, more than 41,000 visa requests have been denied due to the ban.
To beat Trump, the ‘good Muslim, bad Muslim’ messaging has to end
By Khalid Latif — August 21, 2020
(RNS) — The Biden campaign’s rejection of Linda Sarsour shows Islamophia isn’t limited to Republicans.
Court orders dismissal of Trump Muslim travel ban challenges
By Denise Lavoie — June 9, 2020
RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — A federal appeals court on Monday tossed out three lawsuits challenging President Donald Trump’s ban on travelers from predominantly Muslim countries, a victory for the Trump administration in its yearslong defense of the ban.
Why Bernie Sanders brings out the Muslim vote
By Sajida Jalalzai — March 10, 2020
(RNS) — It's no secret that Donald Trump has exacerbated American suspicions of Islam and Muslims, but many Muslims see establishment Democrats as no less guilty of perpetuating Islamophobic suspicions.
By any other name: Why the ‘travel ban’ really is a Muslim ban
By Todd Green — July 3, 2018
(RNS) — The language of 'travel ban' is neither neutral nor objective. When journalists repeat this language, they become complicit in amplifying Trump’s propaganda and in inscribing anti-Muslim prejudice into federal immigration policy.
Trump seems likely to win travel ban case at Supreme Court
By Mark Sherman — April 25, 2018
WASHINGTON (AP) — People waited in line for seats for days, and on Wednesday morning opponents of the ban demonstrated outside the court holding signs that read 'No Muslim Ban. Ever' and 'Refugees Welcome,' among other things.
Travel ban case is justices’ first dive into Trump policy
By Mark Sherman — April 24, 2018
WASHINGTON (AP) — The justices' first deep dive into a Trump administration policy comes in a dispute over the third and latest version of the administration's ban on travel from some countries with majority Muslim populations.
‘This is my real life’: Where Trump’s travel ban hits home
By Associated Press — April 21, 2018
(AP) — As the U.S. Supreme Court prepares to hear arguments next week on Trump’s travel ban, its effects are playing out for people from Manhattan to Minnesota to the Middle East.
Refugee groups fight Trump travel ban — and for their own survival
By Jack Jenkins and Emily McFarlan Miller — February 16, 2018
WASHINGTON (RNS) — For the six faith-based agencies authorized to settle refugees in the U.S., the battle over the travel ban is also a fight to protect their ministries — and, by extension, the refugees they serve.
This Muslim artist is giving Valentine’s Day a subversive twist
By Aysha Khan — February 14, 2018
(RNS) — In their sixth year, Taz Ahmed's satirical Valentine's Day cards point the arrow at the White House.
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