Americans raise $600,000 to rebuild burned Texas mosque
A Texas community has rallied behind its Muslim residents after their mosque burnt to the ground shortly after President Donald Trump signed into effect a “Muslim ban” on refugees and others from seven Muslim-majority countries. Following the news that their house of worship in southeast Texas was completely destroyed early on Saturday, the Islamic Centre […]
International Reaction to Trump’s Refugee Ban Begins
International reaction to U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order banning entry to refugees and citizens from seven mostly-Muslim countries has begun. In addition to barring residents of Iraq, Syria, Iran, Sudan, Libya, Somalia and Yemen from entering the U.S. for 90 days, the Trump executive order put a permanent ban on admission of Syrian refugees […]
Zarif: Trump’s Muslim ban ‘great gift to extremists’
Iran’s Foreign Minister Javad Zarif has said US President Donald Trump’s decision to ban arrivals from seven Muslim-majority countries was “a great gift to extremists”, as Tehran takes retaliatory action on US passport holders. “Collective discrimination aids terrorist recruitment by deepening faultlines exploited by extremist demagogues to swell their ranks, Zarif posted on Twitter early […]
US judge blocks Trump’s order to ban Muslim travellers
A federal judge has granted an emergency stay of President Donald Trump’s executive order to ban the entry of people from several Muslim countries into the United States. The temporary measure allows travellers who have already landed in the US with valid visas to stay in the country. US District Judge Ann Donnelly’s ruling late […]
Two girls can barely hold back tears as they wait to find out if their Iraqi mother will be allowed into the United States
Jack Smith, a reporter for Mic, has been on the ground at JFK National Airport in New York as thousands of protesters call for the release of detained citizens coming from Middle Eastern countries. Earlier in the week, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that banned travel into the United States from Syria and […]
Photos: Immigrant Ban Protests at American Airports
On January 27, President Donald Trump signed an executive order blocking all migration to the U.S. from seven chosen Muslim countries, including immigration by asylum seekers, refugees, persons with dual citizenship, and those employed by the U.S. military as contractors or other staff. As a result, protests took place in major cities across America for […]
Trump’s anti-immigration orders are ‘inhuman,’ says Newark archbishop
One of the most prominent Catholic leaders in North Jersey took a stand against President Donald Trump and his anti-immigration executive orders that call for closing the borders and building a wall along Mexico. The Archbishop of Newark, Cardinal Joseph W. Tobin, said in a statement Friday the president’s actions were “not rational acts,”
Trump’s Muslim ban is a dangerous distraction
On January 27, US President Donald Trump signed an executive order to make good on his promised Muslim Ban. One of the primary provisions of the order is a ban on visas to the US to nationals from seven countries: Iraq, Iran, Libya, Somalia, Sudan, Syria and Yemen, which are all Muslim-majority nations.
Trump Signs Orders on Defeating IS, Reorganizing NSC, Lobbying
President Donald Trump signed three more executive orders Saturday, calling for a plan to defeat the Islamic State group, a reorganization of the National Security Council and a three-year expansion of the lobbying ban on administration officials. The orders were the latest development in a flurry of activity since Trump took office just over a […]
Trump signs order to ‘keep radical Islamic terrorists out’ of US
Washington (dpa) – US President Donald Trump on Friday signed an executive order designed to keep radical Islamic terrorists out of the United States, saying the US wants to admit only people who will “love” Americans. In a ceremony at the Pentagon after the swearing-in of James Mattis as defence secretary, Trump also signed a […]