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WASECA, Minn. — The nation’s largest Muslim civil rights organization filed a lawsuit last week against the federal women’s prison in Waseca for violating the Religious Freedom Restoration Act. The Washington, D.C.-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) complaint against the prison requests declaratory and injunctive relief for an incarcerated Somali-American Muslim woman who was photographed after her hijab was removed, then forced to carry that photo on her ID card. “Mrs. (Muna) Jama was often threatened if she did not comply with orders to remove her hijab — including threats to cut off her communication with her children,” CAIR legal...

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) on Sunday blasted Israel’s “occupation” policies while saying she grieves those killed as violence engulfed the region following Hamas’ unprecedented incursion from Gaza. Tlaib — the first Palestinian-American sworn into Congress back in 2019 — issued the statement slamming Israel as an “apartheid” state after some of her fellow “Squad” members sparked controversy Saturday for urging a ceasefire in the Middle East.

Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib, an outspoken critic of Israel, has finally broken her silence on the unprecedented Hamas terrorist attack on Israel that has killed at least 600 Israelis and prompted Israel to officially declare war for the first time since 1973. Tlaib's office released a statement to the Detroit News on Sunday, more than 24 hours after Hamas launched thousands of rockets at southern Israel. "I grieve the Palestinian and Israeli lives lost yesterday, today, and every day," the statement reads. "As long as our country provides billions in unconditional funding to support the apartheid government, this heartbreaking cycle...

It’s tough being a white guy these days, especially when you combine being literally responsible for every evil and injustice on the planet that’s ever occurred at any time or place in all of human history with bearing the Atlas-like burden of everything from global warming to micro-aggressions against college snowflakes. And then I’m apparently supposed to somehow feel “guilty” about being at least the indirect cause of all that carnage. Should I feel guilty about not feeling guilty? Does eating ribeyes and sleeping like a baby at night make me a “bad” person? Am I irredeemable because I don’t seek...

"Send her back! Send her back!" The 13 seconds of that chant at the rally in North Carolina, in response to Donald Trump's recital of the outrages of Somali-born Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, will not soon be forgotten, or forgiven. This phrase will have a long shelf life. T-shirts emblazoned with "Send Her Back!" and Old Glory are already on sale on eBay. Look for the chant at future Trump rallies, as his followers now realize that the chant drives the elites straight up the wall. That 13-second chant and Trump's earlier tweet to the four radical congresswomen of "the Squad"...

When Greenville, North Carolina rallygoers chanted “Send her back!” last Wednesday night at President Donald Trump’s mention of Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar, I’ll admit I chuckled. “This is going to bring hell,” I thought, but at the same time, man, what a hilarious way to troll media do-gooders and let out a little pent-up frustration at the same time.But the media and others predictably took it way more seriously than I did, because they all want you to know what good peeps they are compared to the ‘bad Orange man’ and his ‘crazed’ followers. The Daily Beast wondered if Trump’s...

Every American, including Rep. Ilhan Omar is entitled to the presumption of innocence. The evidence uncovered so far appears to support the conclusion that she is guilty of multiple crimes. They include marrying a sibling, immigration fraud, tax fraud, perjury and polygamy.But then again, we might be wrong. It is possible that the evidence (though it includes pretty specific documentation) is wrong. Maybe we have taken a number of things out of context. Or perhaps we don’t understand the distinction between a legal and a cultural marriage. That may apply to divorce as well. Normal Americans have difficulty understanding where Sharia...

Rep. Ilhan Omar was targeted in a “send her back” chant during President Trump’s rally in North Carolina last night. Trump didn’t participate, but he also didn’t say anything to condemn it right away. He was silent for 15 seconds before carrying on with his remarks. Of course, liberal America is outraged. They think, again, this will hurt him with his supporters. It won’t. We don’t care. Why? Because it’s always, ALWAYS been incumbent on just Republicans to denounce bigotry, whereas Democrats can parade around in blackface, KKK regalia, and peddle anti-Semitism without consequence. We’re done—finished. Fellow Trump supporters, you...

WASHINGTON -- If a politician of Japanese extraction were to address a "largely Japanese-American audience" and characterize the Dec. 7, 1941, attack on Pearl Harbor by saying that "some people did something," would you think that those words diminish the loss of life and of property suffered by our country? I would, but apparently Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, D-Minn., would not. She thinks it is a perfectly respectful -- and accurate! -- way to refer to the 9/11 attacks on New York City and Washington, D.C., by 19 Muslim terrorists in 2001. She characterized the 9/11 attacks in this way to...

A Mail on Sunday investigation – which will alarm anyone concerned about animal cruelty – has revealed that schools, hospitals, pubs and famous sporting venues such as Ascot and Twickenham are controversially serving up meat slaughtered in accordance with strict Islamic law to unwitting members of the public. All the beef, chicken and lamb sold to fans at Wembley has secretly been prepared in accordance with sharia law, while Cheltenham College, which boasts of its ‘strong Christian ethos’, is one of several top public schools which also serves halal chicken to pupils without informing them. Even Britain’s biggest hotel and...