Should Arab Americans vote for someone just because they are Arab?
RAY HANANIA April 19, 2023 Back in 1959, there were very few Arab Americans running for public office. One Lebanese American did manage to break through the glass ceiling that […]
HOW AHMAD JAMAL GOT HIS NAME
Dave Kotinsky/Getty Images BY ANDREW AMELINCKX/APRIL 17, 2023 More than a decade before such Black icons as Muhammad Ali and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar jettisoned their birth names when they became Muslims — […]
World War III is already here
Historians will look back with confusion as to how idiotic the leaders of this time were By BRANDON J WEICHERT FEBRUARY 23, 2023 This past week will be remembered by most […]
How the West backed radical Islam and unleashed global terror
From the extremist Wahhabis of Saudi Arabia to the Egyptian cult of the Muslim Brotherhood and Syrian terrorist groups allied with ISIS, the West has backed fundamentalist forces at the […]
During Ramadan, Muslim leaders hope to shield Philly youth from gun violence
GUN VIOLENCE PREVENTION Philadelphia’s gun violence crisis is primarily taking the lives of Black men, and both churches and mosques are dealing with the aftermath. Listen 5:17 Working on a solution to gun violence and want to share it? Get in touch with gun violence prevention reporters Sammy Caiola and Sam […]
Confluence of religious holidays led to happy meeting
Tue., April 18, 2023 It was a beautiful and enriching experience where Muslims, Christians, Jews, Hindus and Sikhs got together to break the fast last Saturday during Ramadan, Easter weekend […]
A small dip in Islamophobia in the US gives us hope
OPINIONOPINION, Opinions|Islamophobia Last year CAIR registered a decline in the number of complaints from Muslim Americans for the first time since 1995. Published On 15 Apr 2023 After 27 years […]
The Return of the Taliban: Afghanistan after the Americans Left. Book Review
See this image Follow the Author Hassan Abbas Follow The Return of the Taliban: Afghanistan after the Americans Left Hardcover – May 23, 2023 by Hassan Abbas (Author) #1 New Release in Central Asia […]
Turkish, Greek elections may test transatlantic solidarity
YASAR YAKIS April 16, 2023 Turkiye will hold elections on May 14 and Greece on May 21. Depending on the outcomes, these two dates may signal the beginning of a […]
US forces facing unprecedented challenges in Syria
GHASSAN IBRAHIM April 16, 2023 Militias in northeastern Syria have declared their readiness to confront the US military there. Saraya Al-Khorasani, a terrorist militia, has announced a campaign against the […]
Punjab: The Indian ‘American dream’ which ended in a scam in Bali
By Sarbjit Dhaliwal BBC Punjabi Like millions of others in India, Sukhjinder always dreamt of migrating to the US in search of a better life. Now he shudders at the […]
Which countries do migrants want to move to?
GLOBAL GOVERNANCE Nov 22, 2017 One in five potential migrants named the US as their preferred destination. Image: REUTERS/Shannon Stapleton Charlotte Edmond Senior Writer, Forum Agenda OUR IMPACT What’s the World Economic […]
Where immigrants come from and where they go after reaching the US
Story by Catherine E. Shoichet • Yesterday 2:44 PM The US is home to more immigrants than any other country – more than 45 million people, according to the latest Census estimates. That’s […]
UN chief ‘not surprised’ after leaks reveal US spying on him
BY DAILY SABAH WITH AGENCIES ISTANBUL APR 13, 2023 – U.N. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses a news conference at the U.N. Base in Halane Mogadishu, Somalia, April 12, 2023. (Reuters Photo) […]
Arab American Heritage Month is only the start
RAY HANANIA April 12, 2023 The ongoing celebration of April as Arab American Heritage Month is a reflection of how far the community has come. However, it is also a […]
‘Threatened to burn mosque down’: Canadian Muslims reel after botched attack in Markham
The Muslim Times has the best collection of articles to refute Islamophobia The attack on the Islamic Society of Markham is the latest in a number of Islamophobic incidents in […]
Democracy lost: Iraq’s two decades of shattered hopes
The US has a historic responsibility for the misery that has been unleashed on Iraq, and it has the power to set things right. In Milton’s epic Paradise Lost, Satan, […]
A spiritual retreat: Itikaf in Ramadan
10th April 2023 Abdul Muqtadir, Student Jamia Ahmadiyya Canada Meaning of the word i‘tikaf I‘tikaf is a spiritual practice in Islam where a person secludes themselves in a mosque for a period […]
The Significance of the International Ministerial Conference on ‘Freedom of Religion or Belief’ & How it was Organised
MAGAZINE: EDITION SEPTEMBER 2022Fareed Ahmad – UKEVENTS AND EXHIBITIONS 11th April 2023 Add Comment Fareed Ahmad, London, UK The Review of Religions spoke with Fareed Ahmad, who is the National […]
Is water becoming the new oil?
Water availability, access and affordability are acute problems for poor and crisis-vulnerable people, while billions of dollars in profits are extracted from the sector. Growing up as a child in […]