Rohingya refugees: Choosing what to save and what to leave
Source: BBC News Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya Muslims have been arriving in Bangladesh with minimal belongings they gathered in a last-minute rush. They say they had to flee to […]
Afghan Anger Simmers Over U.S. Leaflets Seen as Insulting Islam
Source: The New York Times By MUJIB MASHAL, FAHIM ABED and FATIMA FAIZISEPT. 8, 2017 Photo Afghan anger over offensive American leaflets spilled over into protests against the killings of Rohingya Muslims in Myanmar. CreditGhulamullah […]
Strong religious beliefs are only one part of Muslim American identity
Source: Pew Research Center BY GENEIVE ABDO Muslim women attend a prayer service celebrating Eid al-Fitr, the end of the Ramadan month of prayer and fasting, on June 25 in Stamford, […]
Ignorant People Made Me Want To Wear Hijab
Source: Huffington Post BY Kaya Gravitter, Contributor Kaya is an activist for change and speaking for the voiceless. The way a woman dresses can express what she wants you to see […]
Taj Mahal is Muslim tomb not Hindu temple, Indian court told
Source: BBC News BY Amrit Dhillon in Delhi Government archaeologists reject claim the structure was built by Hindus and that they should be allowed to worship there Claims that the Taj Mahal […]
Study: Integration of Muslims in Germany moving ahead
Source: Associated Press BERLIN (AP) — The integration of Germany’s more than 4 million Muslims is moving ahead, especially when it comes to employment and language skills, according to a […]
‘The new Obama’: will Abdul El-Sayed be America’s first Muslim governor?
Source: The Guardian At seven years old, Abdul El-Sayed sat in the eye of Hurricane Andrew, the most destructive hurricane in US history until Katrina. Living near Miami, El-Sayed drank […]
India’s Muslims and the Price of Partition
Source: The New York Times By AJAZ ASHRAF AUG. 17, 2017 Photo Riots that took place in the streets of Calcutta in 1946 between Muslims and Hindus claimed thousands of lives. CreditKeystone-France/Gamma-Keystone, […]
Hindu Today, Muslim Tomorrow
Source: The Atlantic BY SABA IMTIAZ For the first 16 years of her life, Ravita Meghwar was a Hindu girl living in a village in Pakistan. But today her name […]
Women Dealing with Health during the Ottoman Reign
by: Nil Sari In the history of Islamic civilization, many hospitals were founded by women, either as wives, daughters or mothers of sultans. All health personnel were male at these […]
India’s top judge urged to end quickfire Muslim divorce law
Source: Reuters NEW DELHI (Thomson Reuters Foundation) – India’s top judge was urged on Thursday to scrap a civil law that permits Muslim men to divorce their wives by simply […]
Muslim and Methodist volunteers join in Hurricane Matthew recovery effort
Source: The News & Observer BY SAM KILLENBERG PRINCEVILLE Muslim and Methodist volunteers are teaming up to help a town hard-hit by Hurricane Matthew. Islamic Relief USA and the N.C. […]
Trump still has not condemned the Minnesota mosque bombing. Muslim leaders are waiting.
Source: The Washington Post By Katie Mettler August 9 at 12:36 AM Women take part in afternoon prayers at Dar Al Farooq Islamic Center in Bloomington, Minn. The center was bombed on Aug. […]
Minnesota mosque explosion ‘deeper and scarier’ than threats
Source: Associated Press By JEFF BAENEN MINNEAPOLIS (AP) — The Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center in suburban Minneapolis, like other U.S. mosques, occasionally receives threatening calls and emails. Its leaders say […]
American Muslims Are Now More Accepting Of Homosexuality Than White Evangelicals
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla Anti-Muslim activists often attempt to foment hatred against Muslims by claiming that Islam is inherently anti-queer. While homophobia certainly still exists in American Muslim communities, as […]
Unsung in the Muslim world
Source: Dawn News BY Riaz Mohammad Khan July 31, 2017 The writer, a former foreign secretary and author, lectured in quantum physics (1965-69) at Punjab University. MARYAM Mirzakhani, a […]
U.S. Muslims Concerned About Their Place in Society, but Continue to Believe in the American Dream
Source: Pew Research Center Findings from Pew Research Center’s 2017 survey of U.S. Muslims (Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images) The early days of Donald Trump’s presidency have been an anxious […]
US Muslims see friendly neighbors, but a foe in White House
Source: Associated Press By RACHEL ZOLL NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. Muslims say they have experienced widespread suspicion about their faith in the first months of Donald Trump’s presidency, but […]
How Much Discrimination Do Muslims Face in America?
Source: The Atlantic By EMMA GREEN Whatever Muslims may be in Trump’s America, they’re not invisible. Everyone—the president, pundits, pollsters—keeps talking about the religious minority group, which makes up roughly 1 […]
American Muslims growing more liberal, survey shows
Source: CNN By Daniel Burke, CNN Religion Editor The Pew survey showed 9 in 10 American Muslims said they were proud to be both. American Muslims are growing more religiously and […]