Appeals Court: Travel Ban Exceeds Trump’s Authority
A U.S. federal appeals court says President Donald Trump’s travel ban targeting people from six Muslim-majority countries exceeds his authority. However, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals placed its decision on hold Friday, pending a decision from the U.S. Supreme Court. That means the ban remains in effect for now. Earlier this month, Trump’s […]
Trump claims ‘victory’ over travel ban ruling
President Donald Trump has welcomed the Supreme Court’s decision to allow his travel and refugee bans to be partly reinstated. Earlier this year Trump ordered a 90-day ban on people travelling from six mainly Muslim countries and a 120-day ban on refugees. Injunctions preventing them are now to be partly lifted … a move Trump […]
Olympian from N.J. says she was detained by U.S. Customs
Olympic bronze medalist and New Jersey native Ibtihaj Muhammad, who made headlines during the summer games in Rio for being the first Olympian to compete for the U.S. while wearing a hijab, says she was recently detained by U.S. Customs officials. In an interview at the MAKERS Conference in California, Muhammad told PopSugar.com she was […]
Muslim-American U.S. Olympian Held By US Customs
The first female Muslim-American to win an Olympic medal for the U.S. was reportedly detained by U.S. Customs officials a few weeks ago. Ibtihaj Muhammad, who was born in New Jersey and competed in the Rio summer games in 2016, was the first ever Olympian competing for the U.S. to wear a hijab during her […]
Donald Trump’s Policies Present Us With a False Choice
Where complex problems are found, there invariably follows a line of people claiming to have the simplest of solutions. For those worried about Islamist extremism, there’s no shortage of advocates of a ban on Muslims. For those troubled by immigration, there are campaigners calling for borders to be closed. I could go on. In 2016, […]
Can Trump win his fight with the judiciary?
Less than a month in office and Donald Trump is already in a showdown with the judiciary that could go right the way to the Supreme Court. His executive order banning migrants from seven mainly Muslim countries on security grounds has been suspended by a federal appeals court after it ruled that no evidence was […]
Shakira Pens Article Against Trump’s ‘Muslim Ban’
Shakira is using her star power to raise her voice against the “Muslim Ban” that Donald Trump ordered and is currently being reviewed by the high courts. The Colombian singer penned an article for Time magazine where she says that the ban “is not just a U.S. issue, his is a human issue that has […]
Americans Praise Trump’s Executive Orders, Poll Shows
President Donald Trump has evidently found a popular poll that isn’t “fake news.” The commander-in-chief, under fire for and awaiting the ruling of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruling on his immigration ban, tweeted out a Morning Consult/Politico poll that shows a majority or plurality of Americans support his executive orders. In particular, the […]