Advocates sue LA County Sheriff’s Department, say religious needs of Muslim detainees not met at Men’s Central Jail
By City News Service, L.A. Daily News LOS ANGELES — Muslim civil rights advocates announced a federal lawsuit Tuesday challenging the methods allegedly used by … Read More
Muslim student faced bullying at Torrance middle school, civil rights organization says; district defends its investigation
By Chris Haire, The Daily Breeze The family of a former Torrance middle school student this week criticized how the local school district investigated allegations … Read More
Newsom Signs Police Use of Deadly Force Bill
By City News Service Southland law enforcement groups and community organizations today hailed the governor’s signing of legislation that redefines when officers and deputies can … Read More
Yucaipa mayor’s controversial Facebook posts prompt code of conduct for City Council
By Jennifer Iyer, Redland Daily Facts Following controversy over a slew of anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant social media posts by the mayor, the Yucaipa City Council now has … Read More
CAIR-LA Co-Hosts Free Citizenship And Resource Fair At Santa Ana College
CAIR-LA’s Immigrants’ Rights Center (IRC) participated in a Free Citizenship & Resource Fair on Saturday at Santa Ana College. Hundreds of people attended. “We basically … Read More
Trump is blamed for the violence of white terrorists
By Jorge Luis Macis, La Opinion Religious, Islamic, African-American, Jewish and Latino leaders agreed to blame President Donald Trump as an indirect cause of racial … Read More
Woodland Hills temple vandalism is being investigated as a hate crime, LAPD says
By Pierce Singgih, Los Angeles Daily News White paint splattered on a large section of the Hebrew Discovery Center in Woodland Hills is being investigated as … Read More
FactCheck: Trump’s false claims about Congresswoman Omar in continuing feud
By Orla Dwyer, TheJournal.ie US PRESIDENT DONALD Trump has been making allegations about Democrat Congresswoman Ilhan Omar over the past few days. … CLAIM 5: … Read More
Q&A: Rep. Ilhan Omar is a favorite Trump target. What’s going on?
By Caroline S. Engelmayer, The Los Angeles Times WASHINGTON — Rep. Ilhan Omar has been in Congress less than seven months, but the Minnesota Democrat has … Read More
PRESSURE COOKER LEFT OUTSIDE ISLAMIC CENTER OF NORTHRIDGE DETONATED BY BOMB SQUAD
By Alison Lesley, World Religion News On Sunday, the Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA) had said that they … Read More