Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla COLBECK FOR GOVERNOR/FACEBOOK State Sen. Patrick Colbeck, a Republican, is vying to be Michigan’s next governor. A Republican gubernatorial candidate in Michigan is facing […]
Source: The Washington Post By Annie Gowen KOLKATA, India — The 21-year-old Hindu college student was having a quiet breakfast with her mother when her phone pinged with a terrifying message. Her […]
Source: Slate If the Supreme Court needs proof of the ban’s discriminatory intent, just look at the numbers. By BILAL ASKARYAR It might sound strange to say that when I was a child in Kabul, Afghanistan, I was lucky. There was a war, there were armed militias stopping families and raping […]
Source: Financial Times BY Erika Solomon in Yathrib APRIL 23, 2018 Dirt barriers and charred no-man’s lands still divide the Sunni and Shia families in Yathrib even after a three-year reconciliation process meant to heal a community torn apart by the war with Isis. Officials plan to segregate roads and […]
Source: Associated Press By TERRY SPENCER SUNRISE, Fla. (AP) — A Muslim civil rights group blasted President Donald Trump and his administration Monday, saying his words and policies led to […]
Source: Pew Research Center This video offers a look inside the beliefs and attitudes of Muslims in America; it features data from Pew Research Center’s 2017 survey, as well as […]
Source: National Geographic Lynsey Addario talks about her experience working within these communities across the U.S. during a years-long reporting project. By Jehan Jillani and Heather Brady Photographs by Lynsey Addario PUBLISHED APRIL 17, […]
Source: The Washington Post By Abigail Hauslohner April 15 at 7:39 PM SAN DIEGO — Fayaz Nawabi has never met President Trump. But he credits the president with convincing him to run for […]
Source: The Globe and Mail INGRID PERITZ MONTREAL PUBLISHED APRIL 12, 2018UPDATED 2 DAYS AGO To lawyers, the chilling video of the Quebec City mosque shooting may have been a simple legal document. To Najat Naanaa, it was tangible evidence that her late husband gave his life trying to save […]
Source: National Geographic By Leila Fadel Photographs by Lynsey Addario This story appears in the May 2018 issue of National Geographic magazine. This story is part of Diversity in America, a National Geographic series covering racial, ethnic, and […]
Source: The Washington Post By Ursula Lindsey Ms. Lindsey lives in Rabat, Morocco and co-hosts the BULAQ podcast. April 11, 2018 RABAT, Morocco — Last month, Asma Lamrabet, a well-known Moroccan feminist, resigned from her position at the Mohammedan League of Scholars, where she headed a center of women’s studies in Islam. […]
Source: Associated Press By DAVID RISING BERLIN (AP) — A deputy leader of the nationalist Alternative for Germany party apologized Thursday for falsely blaming a fatal van attack in Muenster […]
Source: The Guardian Arrest of temple custodian leads to confrontation between police and dozens of Hindu lawyers BY Michael Safi in Delhi A protest on Wednesday against the rape and murder […]
Source: Huffington Post Three Kansas men on trial in a domestic terrorism case are trying out arguments that wouldn’t fly in other terrorism cases. By Ryan J. Reilly SEDGWICK COUNTY SHERIFF Patrick Stein, Curtis Allen and Gavin Wright have been charged in a conspiracy to bomb a community of Somali […]
Source: BuzzFeed News BY Hannah Allam and Talal Ansari BuzzFeed News Reporter A BuzzFeed News analysis found that Republican officials in 49 states have openly attacked Muslims with words and proposed legislation since 2015, and few have faced repercussions. A state lawmaker in Oklahoma refused to meet with Muslim constituents unless they replied […]
Source: Aljazeera Israel on Friday prohibited the Azan, the Muslim call to prayer, at the Ibrahimi Mosque in the West Bank city of Hebron, also known as Al-Khalil, according to Palestinian […]
Source: Boston Globe By Cristela Guerra GLOBE STAFF APRIL 09, 2018 Among throngs of people touring the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center on Sunday were two lanky middle school girls who love […]
Source: RNS NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department has agreed not to conduct surveillance based on religion or ethnicity and to listen to Muslims as it develops […]
Source: Associated Press By LARRY NEUMEISTER NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Police Department has agreed not to conduct surveillance based on religion or ethnicity and to listen to […]
Source: NPR BY ESTHER HONIG Wearing a heavy smock and rubber boots, Amadedin Eganwa stands over a large conveyor belt that’s carrying unconscious lambs. He faces east, toward Mecca, gently lifts […]