Trump says immigration block ‘not the Muslim ban’
Source: Politico By CRISTIANO LIMA President Donald Trump said his plans to temporarily halt the entry of refugees and citizens of several Muslim-majority countries into the U.S. was “not the […]
Muslim teenager sues Montreal school, alleging he was framed as an extremist
Source: The Globe and Mail By TU THANH HA The Globe and Mail A joke that a Montreal school monitor misheard eventually landed a Muslim teenager in custody, with officials convinced that the youth was planning to blow up their school and officers taking him away in handcuffs, a civil […]
Trump’s Hindu, Sikh and Muslim power brokers
Source: BBC By Brajesh Upadhyay BBC News, Washington Image copyrightGETTY IMAGES When Indian-American industrialist Shalabh “Shalli” Kumar donated close to a million dollars to the Trump campaign, many in the […]
Muslim Helplines Have Been Flooded With Calls Ahead Of Inauguration
Source: Huffington Post Two telephone helplines that offer counseling and support to Muslims in North America were flooded with calls during and after the U.S. presidential election, according to NBC […]
Press publishing ‘consistent stream’ of inaccurate stories about Muslims
Source: The Guardian Harriet Sherwood Religion correspondent British media organisations have been forced to make a string of corrections and retractions over recent months relating to coverage of Muslims following […]
Muslim NYPD Chaplain On Faith, Fear And Getting Stopped By Airport Security
Source: NPR Imam Khalid Latif is one of the people profiled in The Secret Life of Muslims, a digital series about Islamophobia. He is also the first Muslim chaplain at New York University. TERRY GROSS, HOST: This is FRESH AIR. I’m Terry Gross. My guest is the second ever Muslim […]
America’s oldest Muslim families on the Trump presidency: ‘This can’t deter us’
Source: The Guardian By Ryan Schuessler When Alyssa Haughwout heard the news that Donald Trump had become the president-elect of the United States, her first thought was about the century-old mosque […]
After Trump’s Election, A Nonpracticing Muslim Returns To Prayer
Source: NPR By ZAHRA NOORBAKHSH When I was a kid, Mom used to say, “You know you’ve become an infidel when you forget the Fatihah.” The Fatihah is the preamble to […]
Australia Day billboard featuring girls in hijabs removed after threats
theguardian — Digital sign in Melbourne showing two Muslim girls in front of the Australian flag sparks furious social media debate and threats to company A digital sign advertising Australia Day 2017 featured images of people from various cultural backgrounds, including one picture of two Muslim girls in front of […]
Muslim Comics in a Mordant Act of ‘Resistance’
Source : The New York Times By Sopan Deb “Look at how many brown people are here!” Dean Obeidallah said to cheers after taking the stage Sunday at the Comic […]
Katy Perry PSA For American Muslims Asks ‘Is History Repeating Itself?’
Huff Post: by Karol Kuruwala — The video has a surprising (and haunting) twist. DONT NORMALIZE HATE / YOUTUBE Katy Perry executive produced a video telling the story of Haru Kuromiya, who was incarcerated by the American government during World War I Confronted with an increase in hate crimes and Islamophobic rhetoric, […]
Thousands Sign George Takei’s Petition In Solidarity With Muslim Americans
Source: Huffington Post BY Cavan Sieczkowski Deputy Director, News & Analytics Thousands of people lent their names to a petition created by George Takei to take a stand against a possible […]
How an obscure U.S. policy effort could hurt American Muslims
Source: The Washington Post By Abigail Hauslohner January 11 U.S. lawmakers have introduced a measure calling for the Muslim Brotherhood, one of the oldest Islamist organizations in the Middle East, […]
ECHR: Swiss Muslim girls must attend mixed-sex swimming lessons
theguardian: by Jennifer Rankin — Swiss authorities did not violate right to freedom of religion in rejecting parents’ request for exemption, court rules A mixed-sex school swimming lesson. The parents in the case argued that their beliefs did not allow their children to take part in mixed-sex lessons. Photograph: Fiona […]
Muslim-Jewish interfaith exchange reveals common ground
Source: Philly.com By Dan Geringer, Staff Writer Haroon Rashid, a Muslim from North Penn Mosque in Lansdale, and Fred Goldstein, a Jew from Old York Road Temple-Beth Am synagogue in […]
Reza Aslan On Why America Needs A Muslim ‘Modern Family’
Source: Huffington Post By Carol Kuruvilla Associate Religion Editor As an American Muslim living in a climate of Islamophobia, Reza Aslan has had to develop a thick skin when speaking about […]
Muslim-Owned Eatery Offers Free Food To Anyone Who Needs It
Source: Huffington Post By Elyse Wanshel Associate Editor, Trends, The Huffington Post A small restaurant is giving with a big heart. Marché Ferdous, a Muslim-owned eatery in Montreal, hands […]
My Muslim Sons Will Never Learn to Hate People
Source: Time BY Omar Saif Ghobash Omar Saif Ghobash is the Ambassador of the United Arab Emirates to Russia and the author ofLetters to a Young Muslim Habeebie Saif, I remember […]
As Inauguration Day nears, Muslims wonder whether Trump’s tough talk will turn into action
Source: Los Angeles Times BY Sarah Parvini|Contact Reporter Aisha Shafi stuffed pens and notebooks into her sons’ backpacks and buzzed around her San Marcos home as she made sure the boys were ready […]
Armed men linked to Muslim rebels free more than 150 from Philippine prison
Source: Reuters Around 100 armed men with links to Muslim rebels stormed a prison in the southern Philippines on Wednesday, killing a guard and freeing more than 150 prisoners, some […]