A Blaine, Wash.-area lawyer says he was contacted by a Customs and Border Protection officer who alleges the detention of Iranian-born travellers was directed by their managers.

"Those detained reported that their passports were confiscated and they were questioned about their political views and allegiances," the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said.

The men say American Airlines discriminated against them Saturday for appearing Muslim and Middle Eastern during a flight from Birmingham, Alabama, that was headed to Dallas-Fort Worth International Airport.

A Muslim civil rights group is joining the legal battle to overturn President Donald Trump's travel ban directed at seven Muslim-majority nations.

Faizah Shaheen, a British Muslim woman, was detained by airport security after a flight attendant reported her for “suspicious behaviour” while reading a book about Syria.

In his latest round of controversial comments, Republican presidential contender Donald Trump repeated a long debunked story about a U.S. general using bullets dipped in pigs’ blood to execute Muslim prisoners.

Republican presidential contender Ted Cruz defended his controversial proposal to have police agencies patrol Muslim neighbourhoods to prevent terrorist attacks during a CNN town hall.

Roughly a dozen armed anti-Muslim protesters held a rally at a mosque in Irving, Texas over the weekend, raising tensions in the former town of Ahmed Mohamed, the ninth-grader who was arrested for bringing a homemade clock to school.