Justice will prevail. No Images? Click here In the Muslim communityIn a major setback for the Trump administration, a federal appeals court on Thursday declined Trump's urgent request to restore the Muslim ban restricting refugees and travel by immigrants from a number of Muslim-majority countries.They were supposed to get married in Virginia, then Trump signed the Muslim ban. Even though she had a fiancé visa, Duaa Abdelrahim wasn't allowed to enter the U.S. to marry her American fiancé because she has a Sudanese passport. Her fiancé visa expired just as the Muslim ban was halted by a federal court. Now, she's stuck in Sudan, a country she's never lived in, uncertain about her future."I hated Muslims." That's what a 61-year-old man in Nebraska admitted in interviews with The Washington Post and KETV. But that changed when Muslim refugee families moved into his apartment building. "They took the hatred out of me," he said. Anti-Muslim hate in the U.S. is driven largely by the fact that most Americans don't know a Muslim personally.Acts of Hate A man was charged with racially aggravated assault after he allegedly kicked a pregnant Muslim woman in the stomach causing her to lose the twin babies.Take Action Contact your local representative by chatting with our Facebook Messenger bot here.Acts of Love Hundreds of Canadians formed human shields around mosques as Muslims gathered for the first Friday prayers after a deadly attack on an Islamic center in Quebec.A Libya-born Muslim man in Los Angeles only takes in foster children who are going to die. This moving piece in The Los Angeles Times describes how Mohamed Bzeek has buried 10 children. Some have died in his arms. But he still accepts more children, because almost no one else will. "The key is, you have to love them like your own," he said.Donald Trump's Muslim ban has inspired thousands of people from different religions and races to stand in solidarity with their Muslim neighbors, Muslim refugees and Muslim immigrants to the United States. Through protests and other acts of kindness, many have come forward to remind the country of the principles that make America great.Get breaking updates on how Donald Trump's policies are impacting communities across the U.S. by chatting us on Facebook Messenger.Learn more about how Donald Trump's first 100 days in office will impact you, your friends and your neighbors. Did a friend send you this? Subscribe here. For general politics news, check out our HuffPost Politics newsletter. ©2017 The Huffington Post | 770 Broadway, New York, NY 10003 |
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