Source: The New York Times By RICHARD PÉREZ-PEÑA A year after a terrorist’s bullets ripped through her, after so many operations and infections she has lost count, Valerie Kallis-Weber has […]
Source: The New York Times By JONATHAN MARTIN DENVER — Representative Keith Ellison is facing increasingly vocal resistance to his bid to become chairman of the Democratic National Committee, with […]
Source: Pew Research Center BY KATAYOUN KISHI is a research associate focusing on global restrictions on religion at Pew Research Center. The number of physical assaults against Muslims in the […]
Source: http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/opinion/readersrespond/bs-ed-muslim-letter-20161201-story.html Recently, Abdul Razak Ali Artan, a Muslim-American college student, drove his car into pedestrians at Ohio State University, exited his car and began cutting other students (“Trump says Ohio State attacker shouldn’t have been in US,” Nov. 30). As a member of the Muslim Writers Guild of America, a […]
Source: http://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2016-12-01/a-year-after-attack-in-san-bernardino-faithful-seek-unity A year after attack in San Bernardino, faithful seek unity In the aftermath of the attack in San Bernardino, Muslims in this Southern California community feared a prolonged, hate-filled backlash Dec. 1, 2016, at 4:17 p.m. In this Nov. 18, 2016 photo, a faded photo collage showing images of […]
Source: The Washington Post By Dennis Ross November 30 at 6:59 PM Dennis Ross, a counselor at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, was a special assistant to President […]
Source: Dallas News A man who held a sign reading “You belong” in front of the Islamic Center of Irving is being lauded on Facebook after photos of his act went viral. Courtesy of Justin Normand and Gary Cathey Justin Normand, a 53-year-old man who lives and works in Dallas, identified […]
Source: Associated Press By BRIAN MELLEY LOS ANGELES (AP) — Several more mosques nationwide have reported receiving a hate-filled letter from California that warns Muslims to leave the country or face genocide. The identical letters postmarked from the Los Angeles area have now shown up at mosques throughout California and […]
Source: Texas Tribune BY ALEXA URA Texas’ proposed rules requiring the cremation or burial of fetal remains will take effect Dec. 19, according to state health officials. Despite intense outcry […]
Source: The New York Times By CHRISTINE HAUSER A Tennessee woman who is accused of trying to abort her fetus at 24 weeks with a coat hanger last year is […]
Source: RNS By Lauren Markoe (RNS) Art Sisneros considers his pledge to cast an electoral ballot for Donald Trump a sin. The Texas Republican said he should never have promised to support a candidate “biblically” unfit to serve as president. “I believe voting for Trump would bring dishonor to God,” he […]
Source: NPR By ESTHER HONIG Crime scene investigators collect evidence following an attack on the campus of Ohio State University in Columbus. John Minchillo/AP At an off-campus coffee shop […]
Source: The Washington Post By Moriah Balingit November 29 In Sarasota, Fla., someone pulled a 75-year-old gay man from his car and beat him, saying: “You know my new president […]
Source: The Washington Post By Ayan Omar Ayan Omar is a language arts teacher in St. Cloud, Minnesota. “Do you want to kill us?” It’s a question I get a […]
Source:http://www.yonkerstribune.com/2016/11/co-host-richard-narog-and-usama-khan-ahmadiyya-muslim-student-association-at-ohio-state-president-on-westchester-on-the-level-wednesday-november-29-2016-at-10am-est Co-host Richard Narog and Usama Khan, Ahmadiyya Muslim Student Association at Ohio State President on Westchester On the Level – Wednesday, November 29, 2016, at 10am EST HEZI ARIS 3:59AM • NOVEMBER 29, 2016 ARCHIVES, BOROUGH OF THE BRONX, NY, COMMUNITY, EDUCATION, GOVERNANCE, INTERNATIONAL, PEOPLE, POLITICS, WESTCHESTER COUNTY, NY […]
Source: http://www.lloydminstersource.com/articles/article/2016-11-29-lloyd-mosque-officially-opens By Jaime Polmateer | November 29, 2016 12:00 AM ALL ARE WELCOME Local Imam and missionary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, Tariq Azeem, gave a presentation dispelling common misconceptions of Islam at an open house for the newly inaugurated mosque on Sunday. JAIME POLMATEER LLS PHOTO The local chapter of […]
Huff Post: by Rebecca Shapiro — The Somali-American teen made it to the semifinals. Huffington Post Halima Aden advanced to the semifinals in this weekend’s Miss Minnesota USA pageant, becoming the first-ever contestant in the competition to wear a hijab and burkini. The 19-year-old Somali-American teen from St. Cloud, Minnesota, […]
Source: Huffington Post By Antonia Blumberg Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post You could turn on the television and watch President-elect Donald Trump or one of his right-hand men tell you about […]
Source: Huffington Post By Rebecca Shapiro Senior Editor, The Huffington Post Halima Aden advanced to the semifinals in this weekend’s Miss Minnesota USA pageant, becoming the first-ever contestant in the competition […]
Source: Huffington Post BY Antonia Blumberg Associate Religion Editor, The Huffington Post The election of Donald Trump left many Muslims around the country ― along with a host of other religious and ethnic minorities ― feeling fearful. Many feared not only what a Trump presidency would mean for their civil rights, […]