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Muslim American voters in New York, like their counterparts nationwide, are increasingly prioritising the Gaza crisis in their voting decisions for the upcoming presidential election.

In key US swing state Michigan, Democratic voters of Arab and Middle Eastern heritage say Kamala Harris is going to have to win them back after they were alienated by President Joe Biden's handling of Israel's military offensive in Gaza.

Donald Trump used a speech to a Republican Jewish convention Saturday to promise the reimposition of a controversial travel ban that targeted a slew of mostly Muslim countries if he gets re-elected.

The Republican Party of India (Athawale) will stand with Muslims if mosques are "touched", party president and Union Minister Ramdas Athawale said on Wednesday, days after Maharashtra Navnirman Sena or MNS chief Raj Thackeray had questioned the use of loudspeakers at mosques.

Three top Republican senators have tabled a legislation in the US Senate to prevent World Bank from lending to China on projects that would be used against religious and ethnic minorities.

US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has condemned a poster linking her to the 9/11 attacks displayed at a Republican stall in the West Virginia legislature.

Shaid Shafi, an India-born Republican facing removal as Texas county leader for "being a Muslim", will remain in office as his party officials slapped down a motion to oust him from the post of vice-chairman.

Shahid Shafi, an India-born Republican leader in Texas is likely to be ousted as the party's vice chairman for "being a Muslim" and allegedly preferring Islamic law over US law, according to media reports.

Senior US Republican and Democratic lawmakers proposed targeted sanctions and travel restrictions on Myanmar military officials on Thursday over the treatment of the country's Rohingya Muslim minority, one of the strongest efforts yet for Washington to intervene in the humanitarian crisis.

US President Donald Trump braced on Thursday for a long legal battle over his ban on travel from six mainly-Muslim countries after two federal judges ruled against the measure, saying the Republican's own comments suggested religious bias.

US President Donald Trump's travel ban on seven predominantly Muslim countries might just be a start. Mr Trump is supporting a wide reaching bill backed by two Republican senators, which seeks to cut legal immigration by half. The bill comes days after the White House had claimed that it has no immediate plans to add new countries in the travel ban...

Attorneys general from 16 US states, including California and New York, on Sunday condemned President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration as "unconstitutional" and vowed to fight it.

As the world watched the US election results, the Royal Jordanian Airlines' quirky ad on Tuesday taking a swipe at Republican nominee Donald Trump became viral.

The father of a Muslim US Army soldier killed in Iraq rebuked Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as an "embarrassment to the US" barely two days ahead of the November 8 election.

In another gaffe, an Indian-origin Sikh in the US was misidentified as a Muslim supporter of Donald Trump in flyers distributed by the Republican presidential nominee's campaign, a media report said today.

Muslim American voters in New York, like their counterparts nationwide, are increasingly prioritising the Gaza crisis in their voting decisions for the upcoming presidential election.

In key US swing state Michigan, Democratic voters of Arab and Middle Eastern heritage say Kamala Harris is going to have to win them back after they were alienated by President Joe Biden's handling of Israel's military offensive in Gaza.

Donald Trump used a speech to a Republican Jewish convention Saturday to promise the reimposition of a controversial travel ban that targeted a slew of mostly Muslim countries if he gets re-elected.

The Republican Party of India (Athawale) will stand with Muslims if mosques are "touched", party president and Union Minister Ramdas Athawale said on Wednesday, days after Maharashtra Navnirman Sena or MNS chief Raj Thackeray had questioned the use of loudspeakers at mosques.

Three top Republican senators have tabled a legislation in the US Senate to prevent World Bank from lending to China on projects that would be used against religious and ethnic minorities.

US Congresswoman Ilhan Omar has condemned a poster linking her to the 9/11 attacks displayed at a Republican stall in the West Virginia legislature.

Shaid Shafi, an India-born Republican facing removal as Texas county leader for "being a Muslim", will remain in office as his party officials slapped down a motion to oust him from the post of vice-chairman.

Shahid Shafi, an India-born Republican leader in Texas is likely to be ousted as the party's vice chairman for "being a Muslim" and allegedly preferring Islamic law over US law, according to media reports.

Senior US Republican and Democratic lawmakers proposed targeted sanctions and travel restrictions on Myanmar military officials on Thursday over the treatment of the country's Rohingya Muslim minority, one of the strongest efforts yet for Washington to intervene in the humanitarian crisis.

US President Donald Trump braced on Thursday for a long legal battle over his ban on travel from six mainly-Muslim countries after two federal judges ruled against the measure, saying the Republican's own comments suggested religious bias.

US President Donald Trump's travel ban on seven predominantly Muslim countries might just be a start. Mr Trump is supporting a wide reaching bill backed by two Republican senators, which seeks to cut legal immigration by half. The bill comes days after the White House had claimed that it has no immediate plans to add new countries in the travel ban...

Attorneys general from 16 US states, including California and New York, on Sunday condemned President Donald Trump's executive order on immigration as "unconstitutional" and vowed to fight it.

As the world watched the US election results, the Royal Jordanian Airlines' quirky ad on Tuesday taking a swipe at Republican nominee Donald Trump became viral.

The father of a Muslim US Army soldier killed in Iraq rebuked Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump as an "embarrassment to the US" barely two days ahead of the November 8 election.

In another gaffe, an Indian-origin Sikh in the US was misidentified as a Muslim supporter of Donald Trump in flyers distributed by the Republican presidential nominee's campaign, a media report said today.