We need to talk about American values in a changing America
Source: CNN By Farahnaz Ispahani is a Global Fellow at the Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars and the author of “Purifying The Land of the Pure: A history of […]
This Muslim Fourth-Grader Has Just One Wish For Donald Trump
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla; Associate Religion Editor Sakeena Ahmed is a fourth grader who has plenty of wisdom to share. The 9-year-old from Oak Brook, Illinois, wrote a letter […]
Louisiana student ‘fabricated’ story of hijab attack, police say
Source: The Washington Post By Derek Hawkins and Fred Barbash A student at the University of Louisiana at Lafayette fabricated a story that she was attacked and had her hijab rippped off, police said Thursday. The attack was one of several reported in the wake of Donald Trump’s election victory. […]
For American Muslims: Shock, fear and resolve
Source: CNN By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor 3 mosques with many concerns about the rhetoric of 2016 02:51 (CNN)Dilshad Ali had never felt the fear. Not when Donald Trump proposed banning Muslims from entering the United States, a plan his own running mate called “offensive and unconstitutional.” Not when […]
Switzerland: Intel chief: general surveillance of mosques ‘unlawful’
Source: Swiss Info There is neither a reason nor a legal basis to monitor all mosques and imams as a preventative measure, the head of the Federal Intelligence Service (FIS) […]
Here’s Proof It’s Just Plain Ridiculous To Be Fearful Of Muslims
Source: Huffington Post BY Carol Kuruvilla Associate Religion Editor “Whether it’s through Christianity, whether it’s through Buddhism or if you’re an atheist, Islam is just one of those paths to help us connect with the world around us.” “If you’re scared of Islam, I would say meet a Muslim,” another woman […]
New Series On ‘The Secret Life Of Muslims’ Aims To Subvert Stereotypes
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg; Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post Egyptian-American actor Ahmed Ahmed spent the early years of his career playing terrorists and villains, dramatizing the very stereotypes […]
Teacher To Muslim Refugee Student: You’re A Terrorist, And I Can’t Wait Until Donald Trump Deports All You Muslims.
Source: Huffington Post BY Heather L. Weaver Senior Staff Attorney, ACLU Program on Freedom of Religion and Belief CONTRIBUTOR Teacher To Muslim Refugee Student: You’re A Terrorist, And I Can’t Wait Until Donald Trump Deports All You Muslims. 11/03/2016 01:44 pm ET 3.5k Heather L. WeaverSenior Staff Attorney, ACLU Program on […]
Islam and Blackness: A Crossroads
Source: Huffington Post By Mohamud Awil Mohamed; Student of History and the Islamic Sciences, passionate about social justice, mental health and the liberating power of storytelling. Existing at perhaps the […]
Islamic world replete with conflicts over who is actually a Muslim
Source: Cleveland.com By Guest columnist Zohaib Zafar, a Brecksville resident, is a student at Davidson College in North Carolina, where he is a member of the Muslim Student Association. The […]
Video of a British woman chasing the man, who punched a Muslim train passenger in London, goes viral
Apparent racist attack on London Underground @BTP: hope perpetrator is found & faces justice for this despicable unprovoke assault pic.twitter.com/2lbiQffLmf — Miqdaad Versi (@miqdaad) October 18, 2016 Source: Twitter […]
Book Review: Muslim Girl: A Coming of Age
Source of the book review: Amazon Book by Amani Al-Khatahtbeh Required reading from the founder of MuslimGirl.com—a harrowing and candid memoir about coming of age as a Muslim American in the […]
Being Muslim American in the year of Donald Trump
Source: CNN Story by MJ Lee; Video by Jeremy Moorhead, CNN (CNN)Muslim Americans describe the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks as a seminal moment that painfully altered their place in […]
Islamophobia Just Drove This Boy And His Family Out Of America
Huff Post: by Christopher Mathias — Oh and by the way, his dad fights terrorism for a living. “I’m done with the U.S.,” Zeeshan-ul-hassan Usmani’s wife told him on Friday. Seeing her youngest son, just 7 years old, walk off the school bus bruised and battered that afternoon outside their […]
Let’s Talk About All That Anti-Muslim Garbage In Your Newsfeeds
Source: The Huffington Post By Christopher Mathias National Reporter, The Huffington Post As Donald Trump and other public figures have ratcheted up their anti-Muslim political speech this election cycle, you’ve probably […]
Muslims respond to Trump’s comments with #MuslimsReportStuff
Source: USA Today By Mary Bowerman , USA TODAY Network During the presidential debate Sunday, Donald Trump encouraged Muslims to report suspicious behavior when they see it happening. Trump made the comments when asked […]
“Isis Sucks!” Billboards Turning Heads
Sound Vision’s “Hey Isis, You Suck!” billboard campaign gets national coverage…and praise. Watch this CBS Chicago story.
Omar Alghabra Faces Racist Messages After Criticizing Tories On Anti-Islamophobia Motion
Source: Huffington Post OTTAWA — A Liberal MP received violent and racist messages on social media this week after he highlighted the refusal of some Conservative MPs to denounce all […]
Germany’s finance minister presses for a ‘German Islam’
Source: Reuters By Caroline Copley | BERLIN A veteran ally of Angela Merkel urged Muslims in Germany on Sunday to develop a “German Islam” based on liberalism and tolerance, saying […]
New York City Is Taking Aim At Islamophobia
Source: Huffington Post BY Ellen Wulfhorst NEW YORK (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – New York City kicked off a social media advertising campaign on Monday to combat negative perceptions of Muslims and counteract increasing instances of threats and violence, officials said. Showing an array of photographs of Muslim men and women, […]