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Hertz fires 26 Muslim drivers in dispute over breaks
SEATTLE (AP) — More than two dozen Somali Muslim drivers for Hertz at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport are being fired after refusing to clock out for daily breaks during which they normally pray. The 26 workers drive the company’s rental cars to ...
Muslim students on trial for shouting during Israeli diplomat's speech
SANTA ANA, Calif. - Ten Muslim students broke the law by shouting down a speech by an Israeli diplomat at the University of California, Irvine, in a carefully drafted and executed plan that flouted repeated warnings by campus officials, a prosecutor ...
Radical Muslim threatens to cut Letterman's tongue
NEW YORK (AP) - A frequent contributor to a jihadist website has threatened David Letterman, urging Muslim followers to "cut the tongue" of the late-night host because of a joke the comic made on his CBS show. The Site Monitoring Service, a private i ...
Muslim man sues WA employer for firing over beard
SEATTLE (AP) - A Seattle-area Muslim man is suing his former employer, claiming he was fired as a security guard for refusing to shave the beard he wears for religious reasons. Abdulkadir Omar, 22, filed his federal lawsuit July 15 in Seattle against ...
Muslim woman sues Abercrombie & Fitch over hijab
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - A former stockroom worker for Abercrombie & Fitch Co. sued the clothing retailer in federal court Monday, saying she was illegally fired after refusing to remove her Muslim headscarf while on the job. Hani Khan said a manager ...
Farrakhan blasts UN, US, to defend Khadafy
NEW YORK (AP) - Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan yesterday lambasted the United Nations, the United States, and the “coalition of demons’’ that he said makes up NATO, accusing them of trying to assassinate Moammar Khadafy and promote regime cha ...
Miami imam, 2 sons charged with supporting Taliban
MIAMI (AP) – An elderly Miami imam and two of his sons have been arrested on federal charges they provided some $50,000 to the Pakistani Taliban, while three others in Pakistan have been indicted on charges of handling distribution of the funds, auth ...
Chicago trial could reveal Pakistan-militant link
CHICAGO (AP) - The allegations against Chicago businessman Tahawwur Rana are fairly straightforward: He helped a former boarding school friend serve as a scout for terrorists who carried out a 2008 rampage that killed more than 160 people in Mumbai. ...
Attorney: Airlines should apologize to Imams
CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) - An attorney said Tuesday that some Muslim religious leaders wearing traditional Arab garb were humiliated and embarrassed when they were wrongly kicked off two commercial flights as they sought to travel to a national conferenc ...
France bans face-covering Islamic veil
PARIS (AP) - France's new ban on Islamic face veils was met with a burst of defiance Monday, as several women appeared veiled in front of Paris' Notre Dame Cathedral and two were detained for taking part in an unauthorized protest. France on Monday b ...
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