An American Muslim Preacher Faces His Own Mortality
Source: NPR BY LEILA FADEL On a recent night in Chicago, a Muslim preacher sits on the floor in the center of an ethnically mixed and mostly young group of men […]
French town bans pork-free school meals in move branded ‘anti-Muslim’
Source: The Guardian Decision by far-right local authority in southern France, affecting about 150 mainly Muslim pupils, has been called ‘an attack on the rights of children’ In a newspaper […]
Onstage, a revealing perspective of Muslim women
Source: The Boston Globe By Christopher Wallenberg Rohina Malik was attending a friend’s wedding some 15 years ago when the realities of post-9/11 America rocked her world. A Chicago-based theater […]
Anti-sharia laws proliferate as Trump strikes hostile tone toward Muslims
Source: The Guardian BY Ed Pilkington in New York Twenty-three bills have been introduced in 18 state legislatures this year to ban the practice of Islamic law – critics say the aim is to spread fear about Muslims People demonstrate against allowing an Islamic community center near Ground Zero at a rally […]
New estimates show U.S. Muslim population continues to grow
Source: Pew Research Center BY BESHEER MOHAMED Muslims at a 2017 prayer service celebrating Eid al-Fitr, a holiday that marks the end of Ramadan. (John Moore/Getty Images) Recent political debates over […]
New Slaughtering Rules Pit Dutch Religious Freedoms Against Animal Rights
Source: The New York Times By NINA SIEGAL DEC. 31, 2017 The Slagerij Marcus kosher butcher shop in Amsterdam. Jewish and Muslim groups have agreed to change ritual slaughter practices in […]
India Muslim man beaten to death ‘over New Year music’
Source: BBC News A Muslim has been beaten to death in the eastern Indian state of Jharkhand after reportedly asking a group to stop playing loud music on New Year’s […]
Muslims Once Again Are Being Targeted For An Attack They Had Nothing To Do With
Source: Huffington Post By Rowaida Abdelaziz “We’re going to burn your mosque down,” a voice said angrily in a voicemail left on the mosque’s phone. “We’re coming to kill you,” […]
Faith leaders say Trump’s anti-Muslim tweets violate constitutional protections
Source: The Washington Post By Ann E. Marimow December 15 at 6:00 AM Thousands gathered in Lafayette Square in February to protest the first version of the Trump administration’s travel ban on […]
How did Victorian Muslims celebrate Christmas?
Source: AlJazeera By Tharik Hussain 15 Dec 2017 At 6am on December 25, 1888, the winter sun was yet to rise over the English city of Liverpool. A Victorian terrace […]
Muslim Leaders Declare East Jerusalem the Palestinian Capital
Source: The Washington Post By CARLOTTA GALL ISTANBUL — Leaders and officials of Muslim nations declared East Jerusalem the Palestinian capital on Wednesday at a summit meeting in Istanbul, producing the […]
Indian Hindu tried to raise money with video of killing of Muslim: police
Source: Reuters NEW DELHI (Reuters) – A Hindu man in India tried to raise money for a campaign against minority Muslims by issuing an appeal for donations with a video […]
The indignity of being Muslim in India
Source: Quartz BY Sahil Wajid My first name was chosen by my mother because it was, as she put it, a “secular” name. Being a mildly religious woman, that really […]
On historic trip, Turkey’s Erdogan meets Muslims in Greece
Source: Associated Press By COSTAS KANTOURIS KOMOTINI, Greece (AP) — Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan met with members of Greece’s Muslim minority on Friday, ending a landmark visit to Greece […]
Europe’s Muslim population will continue to grow – but how much depends on migration
Source: Pew Research Center BY MICHAEL LIPKA The recent surge in refugees from Syria and other Muslim-majority nations to Europe has prompted a backlash among segments of Europe’s population, including the […]
In schools, a growing push to recognize Muslim and Jewish holidays
Source: The Washington Post By Debbie Truong December 4 at 6:20 PM When her daughters were children, Khadija Athman packed the major Islamic holidays, Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha, with celebration. They […]
You don’t have to be a Muslim to be horrified by Trump’s anti-Muslim bigotry
Source: The Washington Post By Yair Rosenberg November 29 at 3:49 PM President Trump pauses as the media departs after he spoke in the Roosevelt Room of the White House on Tuesday, […]
The Growth of Germany’s Muslim Population
Source: Pew Research Center Between 2010 and 2016, the number of Muslims living in Germany rose from 3.3 million (4.1% of the population) to nearly 5 million (6.1%), while the […]
Why Did Ratko Mladic Commit Genocide Against Bosnia’s Muslims?
Source: The New Yorker By David Rohde Minutes before an international war-crimes tribunal in The Hague convicted him, last week, of committing genocide, Ratko Mladić, the former Serbian Army commander, now a […]
This Thanksgiving, American Muslims Are Thankful For Allies Speaking Out And Showing Up
Source: Huffington Post Nihad Awad, Contributor National Executive Director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations While some may try to divide us along religious lines, we are and always will […]