The United States carried out a strike against Islamic State militants in northwest Nigeria at the request of Nigeria's government, President Donald Trump and the U.S. military said on Thursday, ...

ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — The United States airstrikes that targeted Islamic State group militants in northwestern Nigeria on Thursday marked a major escalation in an offensive that the West African's ...

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A growing number of Muslim candidates are seeking office following Mayor-elect Zohran Mamdani’s (D) stunning success in New York City this year. Last week, an Arab and Muslim American co-founder of ...

Two U.S. Army soldiers and a civilian interpreter were killed in Syria on Saturday by a suspected Islamic State attacker who targeted a convoy of American and Syrian forces before being shot dead, the ...

Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Monday designated the Council on American Islamic Relations (CAIR) and the Muslim Brotherhood as foreign terrorist organizations, following the lead of Texas, which ...

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis issued an executive order labeling two Islamic groups as “terrorist organizations.” Here he is speaking during an event to commemorate and honor the “Victims of Communism ...

In a letter addressed to district attorneys and sheriffs in Dallas and Collin Counties, Gov. Greg Abbott called for an investigation into “possible criminal violations by Sharia tribunals masquerading ...

Anti-Islam activists and pro-Muslim counter-protesters clashed on Tuesday in Dearborn, Michigan, prompting a heavy police presence. Dearborn, home to one of the largest Muslim populations in the ...

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