Family of Man Charged in Killing of Queens Imam Insists He Is Innocent
Source: The New York Times By RICK ROJAS and EMILY PALMER They arrived early, an hour before the judge started hearing cases on Thursday, taking up much of a long […]
Westbrook police offer reassurance after anonymous threats against Muslims
Source: Portland Press Herald BY DENNIS HOEY STAFF WRITER Several members of Westbrook’s Muslim community were so terrified by threatening notes left at an apartment complex Wednesday morning that they […]
Brooklyn Man Charged With Killing Imam and Assistant Near Mosque
Source: The New York Times By RICK ROJAS, LIZ ROBBINS, NOAH REMNICK and WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM Two days after an imam and his assistant were gunned down after afternoon prayers […]
Trump proposes ideological test for Muslim immigrants and visitors to the U.S.
Source: The Washington Post By Karen DeYoung August 15 at 6:57 PM Donald Trump called Monday for a Cold War-style mobilization against “radical Islamic terror,” repeating and repackaging calls for strict immigration controls — including a new ideological litmus test for Muslim visitors and migrants — and blaming the current […]
‘Our Community Lost Its Heart’: Queens Imam Is Recalled as Peacemaker
Source: The New York Times By LIZ ROBBINS, NOAH REMNICK and JULFIKAR ALI MANIK Imam Alauddin Akonjee delivered his weekly sermon on Friday in his quietly powerful manner, drawing, as […]
Bronze for hijab-wearing US fencer Ibtihaj Mohammad
Promoted post: We are all living in the Womb of God-the-Mother, 13.8 billion Years Pregnancy Source: Dawn News RIO: Fencer Ibtihaj Mohammad came to the Rio Games determined to show […]
Muslim woman sues Chicago, police, alleging excessive force, false arrest
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 […]
Muslims sue Sterling Heights after city rejected mosque
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 […]
Cannes mayor bans burqinis; beachwear must ‘respect secularism’
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 […]
UK confusion between integration and counter-terrorism hinders Muslims
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 […]
Documentary To Shed Light On Untold Stories Of Muslims In The U.S. Military
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 […]
Muslim flight attendant sues ExpressJet for insisting she serve alcohol
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 […]
Women in the Muslim World exerting freedom fighting oppression by ISIS
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 […]
California Recognizes August as Muslim Appreciation and Awareness Month
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 […]
Ryan challenger seeks debate on deporting all Muslims
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 […]
French Muslims step out of invisibility after attacks
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 […]
Muslims in the Military: The Few, the Proud, the Welcome
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 […]
In A Turbulent Election Year, Mosques Organize En Masse Voting
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 […]
Aid workers accused of trying to convert Muslim refugees at Greek camp
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 […]
American Muslims Demand an Apology From Donald Trump
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 […]