Compared with the 2016 election, in which Donald Trump received a 13 per cent of the Muslim vote, Trump in 2020 received 4 per cent more support.
Several hundred people gathered in Times Square to protest against the planned congressional hearings on the "radicalisation" of American Muslims, which have been convened by Republican Congressman Peter King.
Former US President Donald Trump addressed his supporters on Wednesday, thanking them for giving Republicans an unprecedented and powerful mandate, and said this moment will help the country "heal".
A Pakistani court on Wednesday, rejected the bail plea of five American Muslims facing trial for planning terror attacks in the country and neighbouring Afghanistan.
India has previously rejected the US state department's annual human rights report on the country, saying they continue to be based on "misinformation and flawed understanding".
People in large numbers participated in the India Day Parade held in New York, United States.
Since South Asians look similar and unofficial racial profiling still exists, the Times Square bomb and Faisal Shahzad's arrest has sent shockwaves through the community. Many lamented that the plot came at a time when the aftershocks of 9/11 were waning. They fear that this will lead to more harassment of people from south Asia, irrespective of the country they come from.
Toomey said he has personally witnessed the spirit of Sikhs and has come to better understand the Sikh tradition that is founded on equality, respect, and peace.
Promoters of the bill, being led by non-profit Equality Lab, said that a similar bill is being introduced in the State House of Representatives, before it can be sent to the Governor to be signed into a law.
The US Commission for International Religious Freedom (USCIRF) also recommended to the Congress to raise the issue of religious freedom during US-India bilateral meetings, and hold hearings on it.
Former vice president Hamid Ansari and four US lawmakers have expressed concern over the current human rights situation in India. They were speaking at a virtual panel discussion organised by the Indian American Muslim Council on Wednesday.
'I am a lover of Hinduism, a lover of Jainism, Buddhism and other religions that were born in India, but we need to protect the rights of all people there. Whether they're Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, Christians, Jains'
India has repeatedly rejected criticism by foreign governments, lawmakers and human rights groups on allegations that civil liberties have eroded in the country.
Rushdie was attacked and stabbed in the neck on Friday while onstage in Chautauqua in Western New York, the New York police said.
A resolution commemorating the life of Indian human rights defender Father Stan Swamy and seeking an independent investigation into the death of the Jesuit priest has been introduced in the US Congress, Congressman Juan Vargas has said.
Leading Muslim groups in Washington who attended the event under previous administrations said Trump's continued targeting of Islam and its followers made engagement with his administration a futile, if not impossible task.
A US based rights body and an Indian American Muslim advocacy group have expressed disappointment over India's decision of not accepting all the UN body recommendations on human rights, in particular not ratifying the convention against torture and cruelty.
American Muslim organisations, including Indian American Muslim groups, have hailed New Jersey Republican Governor Chris Christie's staunch defence of his appointment of Sohail Mohammed as a Passaic County Superior Court judge. Christie called opponentsparticularly right wing conservativesof his nomination 'ignorant' and a bunch of 'crazies'.
Less than a month after the controversial hearings held by Republican Congressman Peter King of New York titled, 'The Extent of Radicalisation of American Muslims and the Community's Response,' an influential US Senator has scheduled a hearing on the 'Civil Rights of American Muslims.'
India's 71st Republic day celebrations in the United States on Sunday were marred by protests and marches, albeit peaceful ones, against recent changes in the citizenship law by large number of Indian Americans in various cities of the country.
The Association of Indian Muslims in America has given the call, which is endorsed by the Indian Muslim Council-USA and the Indian Muslim Relief Committee.\n\n
The gurudwara in Oak Creek, Wisconsin, where six worshippers were killed in a shooting spree by a white supremacist on August 5, will receive the 2012 Solidarity Award by an eminent American Muslim organisation. The award by the Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations would be presented to a gurudwara representative at the organisation's banquet and Leadership Skills Training Conference in Virginia.
In a sign of the growing political prominence of Hindus in America, the Trump and Biden campaigns are wooing this religious minority community like never before. Hinduism is the fourth largest faith in the US, representing approximately one per cent of the US population in 2016.
Indo-American Muslims hail the defeat of Republican Joe Walsh, who demanded a visa for Gujarat CM Narendra Modi. George Joseph reports
A United States lawmaker has asked Secretary of State Hillary Clinton to reconsider the government's decision against issuing a diplomatic visa to Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, drawing strong reactions from the Indian American Muslim community in Washington. Congressman Joe Walsh, a right-wing conservative Republican and a tea party favourite, has written a letter to Clinton, requesting her to consider granting a diplomatic visa to Modi.
American Muslims overwhelmingly support President Barack Obama in his re-election bid, according to a new poll.
New York Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly is under fire from civil rights group, who are demanding his resignation over his appearance in an inflammatory anti-Muslim film shown to his department's officers during training.
She was responding to a question on the criticism by her rival and presumptive Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump that she is not using the term radical Islam.
The controversy about the construction of a mosque near Ground Zero "has highlighted the inner strength of America's pluralist society as well as the raw sentiments of some politicians," according to Srinagar-born Professor Sayyid M Syeed, national director of the Office for Interfaith and Community Alliances of the Islamic society of North America.
According to a report, intolerant remarks made by elected officials and those running for office had contributed to negative public opinions and policies, including stirring negative responses against political candidates of South Asian descent.
Indian American Muslim Republicans have expressed outrage over the rabble-rousing of fellow Republican leaders like former House Speaker Newt Gingrich and erstwhile Alaska Governor Sarah Palin over the proposed building of a mosque-cum-community centre near Ground Zero, and warned that their bigotry will drive Muslim Americans out of the party.
Tarek Fatah, author and founder of the Muslim Canadian Congress, a liberal group he spearheaded when there were moves to introduce Sharia law in the Ontario justice system, withdrew from the North American Muslim Foundation conference February 6 at the last minute.
The Pakistani police on Tuesday submitted a chargesheet against five American Muslims who were arrested last year for alleged terror links and plotting attacks in Pakistan and Afghanistan.The challan or chargesheet was submitted in the anti-terrorism court, following which Special Judge Mian Anwar Nazir adjourned the case till March 10. The chargesheet accused the Americans of plotting terrorist attacks, criminal conspiracy and involvement in fund-raising for terrorist acts.
The Pakistani police will file a chargesheet against five American Muslims, arrested last month for alleged terror links, on Monday for conspiring against the state and plotting terrorist attacks.
The five Americans told the court that they wanted human rights activist and former Inter-Services Intelligence agency official Khalid Khwaja's help in pursuing their case. Khwaja told PTI he would consult the families of the Americans and then approach the Lahore High Court. The youths Ramy Zamzam, 22, Waqar Hussain Khan, 22, Ahmed Abdullah Minni, 20, Iman Hasan Yemer, 17 and Omar Farooq, 24 were arrested.
An Indian American Muslim advocacy group on Monday urged Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and the Chief Justice of India S H Kapadia to monitor and ensure an intimidation free Central Bureau of Investigation inquiry into the alleged fake encounter killings of Soharabuddin, his wife Kausarbi and his associate Prajapati allegedly at the hands of the Gujarat police.
The US is investigating the circumstances into how and why five of its young citizens from Virginia landed up in Pakistan, as these men are accused of being in touch with radicals for taking part in 'jihad'.
Five young American Muslims were indicted on Wednesday by a Pakistani anti-terrorism court for funding militants and plotting terror attacks in the country, a charge if proved could see them getting life-term.
A Pakistani court on Friday dismissed a petition seeking asylum in the name of 'holy war' for five American Muslim youths recently arrested in the country for allegedly planning terror attacks, saying that it was not the duty of the judiciary to define 'jihad'.
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