Source: Chicago Tribune By Marion Renault A woman filed a federal civil rights lawsuit Thursday against the city of Chicago and six of its police officers after she said the officers profiled her based on her religious garb and assaulted her outside a CTA train station last year. On July […]
Source: Detroit Free Press Niraj Warikoo, Detroit Free Press U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Michigan and the Department of Justice are investigating whether a proposed mosque was […]
Source: The Guardian Agence-France Presse The mayor of Cannes has banned the wearing of burqinis on the beaches of the French Riviera resort famous for its annual film festival. Mayor […]
Source: The Guardian By Haroon Siddique The government’s conflation of integration with counter-terrorism has exacerbated inequalities experienced by British Muslims, MPs have said. Islamophobia, stereotyping, cultural traditions and insufficient role models have also contributed to Muslims experiencing the highest levels of unemployment among all religious and ethnic groups – 12.8% compared […]
Source: Huffington post Antonia Blumberg Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post Muslim Americans have served in the U.S. Armed Forces since the days of George Washington. They have fought and died […]
Source: The Guardian ExpressJet is a Georgia-based airline that is partnered with American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines. Photograph: slobo/Getty Images Nicole Puglise in New York A Muslim […]
Syrian Women Burned a Burqa after Being Freed From the Islamic State August 3, 2016 Women in the Syrian city of Manbij celebrated their liberation from the Islamic State by burning a Burqa, the full-body covering they had been forced to wear in public under the militant group’s rule. In […]
Source: NBC News by MONICA LUHAR The California State Assembly voted Monday to pass a resolution that officially recognizes August 2016 as Muslim Appreciation and Awareness Month. The resolution comes at a time of increased anti-Muslim rhetoric, according to a recent civil rights report compiled by the California chapter of the […]
Source: CNN By Tom LoBianco, CNN Washington (CNN)The Republican challenging House Speaker Paul Ryan said this week that the US should debate deporting all Muslims from the country. “I’m suggesting we have a discussion about it. That’s for sure,” Paul Nehlen said on 560 AM’s “Morning Answer” in Chicago, when […]
Source: Associated Press By ELAINE GANLEY PARIS (AP) — French Muslims have been officially invisible, expected to blend in with the rest of the citizenry in secular France. But now […]
Source: The New York Times By DAVE PHILIPPS When Donald J. Trump said last fall that he would consider making Muslims in the United States carry special identification cards, Tayyib […]
Source: NPR By CHAS SISK In an election year filled with anti-Muslim vitriol, some mosques are urging their worshipers to vote in an attempt to make their voices heard. To do […]
Source: The Guardian Migrants and refugees inside Moria camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. Photograph: Petros Giannakouris/AP By Patrick Kingsley in Moria, Lesvos Christians working in Greece’s most notorious asylum detention […]
Source: Time By Roula Allouch Allouch is the national board chair of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. Joe Raedle—Getty ImagesKhizr Khan, father of deceased U.S. Army Capt. Humayun Khan, delivers remarks as he is joined by his wife Ghazala Khan at the Democratic National Convention on July 28, 2016. Republican presidential […]
Source: NPR By CHAS SISK After an election year filled with criticisms of the Muslim community, some mosques are urging their worshippers to vote. To do so, they’re borrowing a strategy used by African-American churches. SCOTT SIMON, HOST: This campaign season has found Muslim-Americans caught in a harsh spotlight, but there’s […]
Source: CNN By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor (CNN)The 2016 presidential campaign has not been easy on American Muslims. Donald Trump, the GOP presidential nominee, has proposed banning immigrants from […]
Source: RNS By Aysha Khan Aysha Khan is the social media editor for RNS. She also reports on Muslim issues from Washington, D.C (RNS) When Donald Trump disparaged the parents of fallen soldier Army Capt. Humayun Khan, he didn’t just pick a fight with the Khans. He now faces the ire […]
Source: blacktownsun.com.au | Harrison Vesey @harrisonvesey Rafah Mahmood, Aqeel Choudhry and Raza Mohammad at the Baitul Huda Mosque, Marsden Park. Picture: Isabella Lettini Local Muslims who love Australia are calling for peace and understanding during a time of increased fear and division. Raza Mohammad, 19, was born and raised in Blacktown and is currently […]
Source: BBC Four cow protection vigilantes have been arrested for beating up two Muslim women accused of carrying beef in the central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh. The two women […]
Source: Pew Research Center BY MICHAEL LIPKA Muslims are the fastest-growing religious group in the world. The growth and regional migration of Muslims, combined with the ongoing impact of the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS) and other extremist groups that commit acts of violence in the name of […]