NJ has new ‘welcoming city,’ as another rejects Muslim center
Two North Jersey communities take votes as a new, temporary ban against travel from six Muslim countries is signed.
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Anti-Muslim posters found at Rutgers
The Council on American-Islamic Relations' New Jersey chapter called for increased security for Muslim students on Rutgers New Brunswick campus.
Trump’s executive order: Rutgers protests, Jon Stewart weighs in
Rutgers students and two Mercer County mayors weighed in on President Trump's temporary ban on travel from seven Muslim majority countries.
Travel ban — the threat by the numbers
How serious a threat do people pose who travel here from those countries? Not much.
Protests against Trump order continue in New Jersey
About 1,000 protested in Jersey City on Monday, and Rutgers students will rally on Tuesday on the New Brunswick campus.
New Jerseyians speak out against Trump immigration ban
Organizers said about a thousand people turned out for a rally in Elizabeth on Sunday.
How NJ Muslim groups reacted with bombing suspect on the loose
A New Jersey-based Muslim civil rights group posted a message on social media Monday telling Muslims they "should be prepared for a potential backlash."
Muslim holiday falls on day after 9/11 — so don’t misunderstand celebrations, NJ officials say
Law enforcement and religious officials are worried that the faithful celebrations might be mistaken for celebration of the attacks.
New York imam shooting suspect arrested on murder charges
Police charged a man late Monday night with murder in the brazen daytime shooting deaths of an imam and his friend as they left a New York City mosque over the weekend.
Father of fallen Muslim soldier blasts Trump at convention
The father of a Muslim American soldier killed in Iraq posed a question to Donald Trump: Have you read the Constitution?