By Carol Kuruvilla; Associate Religion Editor for the Huffington Post Why it’s important for everyone to #StandWithAhmed To watch 1.5 minute video go to Huffington Post The story of Ahmed Mohamed, the […]
Source: BBC A Texas college student wanted to show her support for Ahmed Mohamed. Twenty-four hours later, her hashtag has started a movement. More than 700,000 people have taken to […]
Source: NY Times By MANNY FERNANDEZ and CHRISTINE HAUSER SEPT. 16, 2015 HOUSTON — Ahmed Mohamed’s homemade alarm clock got him suspended from his suburban Dallas high school and detained and […]
Source: Huffington Post By Sumaia Masoom; Editor-in-Chief, ReadCONTRA Magazine I don’t remember where I was during the horrific attacks on September 11, 2001. I was 4, and I did not lose […]
By Raza Rumi; Writer, journalist and international development practitioner. C.Editor at The Friday Times, Fellow at National Endowment for Democracy, Washington D.C. Huff Post: Islam is ‘incompatible’ with Western civilization is […]
Epigraph: Anyone who kills an innocent person, it will be as if he or she has triggered a genocide. (Al Quran 5:33) KANSAS CITY, Kan., Sept 8 (Reuters) – A […]
By Atif Rashid, UK I’m on an almost daily battle with Islamophobes whether online or in my mind trying to figure out why these people have so much hatred against Islam. […]
Source: International Business News By Ismat Sarah Mangla @ismat i.mangla@ibtimes.com Among the many colorful billboards in New York City’s Times Square bodly advertising the latest movies, musicals or premium alcoholic […]
By RASHA MADKOUR; Sep. 3, 2015 9:01 AM EDT BOSTON (AP) — Dozens of billboards with Muslim themes are sprouting nationwide, proclaiming what organizers say is the true message of […]
By Annysa Johnson of the Journal Sentinel A coalition of interfaith leaders is calling on Gov. Scott Walker to clarify his recent remarks implying most Muslims are extremists, saying such […]
Source: The Daily Beast By Dean Obeidallah, a former lawyer turned political comedian and writer, is the host of The Dean Obeidallah show on SiriusXM radio. He co-directed the comedy […]
Written and collected by Zia H Shah MD, Chief Editor of the Muslim Times Donald Trump led the republican party’s 17-strong 2016 presidential field with the backing of 24 percent […]
Epigraph: “So you, too, must show love to foreigners, for you yourselves were once foreigners in the land of Egypt.” Deuteronomy 10:19 Holocaust Survivors Condemn Israel for ‘Gaza Massacre,’ Call […]
Source: Huffington Post By Gary Laderman; Chair of the Department of Religion, Emory University and Editor of Sacred Matters Magazine It’s not easy being chair of a religion department. August is […]
Source: Huffington Post The declared policy sparked widespread controversy, and now brings legal trouble for the gun shop owner. A Florida gun store that proclaimed itself a Muslim-free zone was […]
America welcomes Christians, Jews; atheists, Muslims not so much By Cathy Lynn Grossman (RNS) Americans are all for religious freedom — but disagree on who can claim it. Diverse religious groups […]
theguardian: by Siema Iqbal — For the first time in my life I feel like I don’t belong. British Muslim communities have so many worries about your plans to tackle extremism, so why don’t you Dear Mr Cameron, What did your speech on radicalisation this week actually mean to someone like me? […]
Source: Huffington Post By Qasim Rashid ;Lawyer, Speaker, Best-Selling Author of “EXTREMIST” In his July 17 Facebook post, Franklin Graham, president of the Billy Graham Evangelistic Association and Samaritan’s Purse, spewed unhinged hatred and bigotry against American Muslims. Writing his response to the Chattanooga shooting, Graham used language that can only succeed […]
Source: Agence France Presse SYDNEY: Rival anti-Islam and anti-racism rallies saw hundreds protest across Australia at the weekend with violent clashes in Melbourne, as police officers mounted a strong presence […]
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Omar Sharif عمر الشريف Sharif in Doctor Zhivago (1965) Born Michel Demitri Chalhoub 10 April 1932 Alexandria, Egypt Died 10 July 2015 (aged 83) Cairo, Egypt […]