Traveling to America While Muslim
Source: The New York Times By ISMAIL EINASHE Sulaika Abokor, a Somali-born elementary-school teacher in London, dreams of “a road trip from Seattle to California.” The 34-year-old was planning a vacation […]
Can the Catholic faith serve politics? That’s what China wants
Source: SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST By Viola Zhou Observers question whether interpretations of dogma can conform with the nation’s needs China has asked its officially sanctioned Catholic body to interpret the […]
The Dilemma of the Burqini
Source: The Atlantic I didn’t associate Massachusetts beaches with burqinis—or with Muslims, for that matter. But my family and I were on vacation, and there was a woman in the […]
Jerusalem — an urgent issue for Trump administration
Source: CNN By Aaron David Miller CNN)Recent terror at the Temple Mount, or Haram al-Sharif, in the Old City of Jerusalem painfully demonstrates why the status quo between Israelis and Palestinians […]
3 Palestinians, 3 Israelis killed in violence over holy site
Source: Associated Press By MOHAMMED DARAGHMEH and KARIN LAUB JERUSALEM (AP) — Escalating Israeli-Palestinian tensions over the Holy Land’s most contested shrine boiled over into violence on Friday that killed […]
‘Truthful Man’ billboard aims to counter anti-Muslim sign
Source: USA Today INDIANAPOLIS — A month after an anti-Muslim billboard disparaging the prophet Mohammed along an Indiana interstate and gained national attention, a Chicago-based Muslim group is firing back with a billboard […]
Muslim running for U.S. Senate praised the Founding Fathers. Then the diatribes began.
Source: The Washington Post By Abigail Hauslohner July 20 at 1:29 PM Muslim American candidate for Senate discusses hate speech Deedra Abboud is a Muslim American candidate running for U.S. Senate against […]
Iran’s latest culture battle: Should women in cars keep their heads covered?
Source: Los Angeles Times BY Ramin Mostaghim and Shashank BengaliContact Reporter Reihane Taravati, an outspoken social media activist, was riding in a taxi the other day when she received a stern reprimand […]
Is It O.K. to Fire a Muslim Driver for Refusing to Carry Wine?
Source: The New York Times BY Kwame Anthony Appiah THE ETHICIST I hired a limo service to drive me to a dinner party at a friend’s house. On the way, […]
Michigan doctor to stay in jail in genital mutilation case
Source: Associated Press By ED WHITE DETROIT (AP) — A Detroit-area doctor charged with performing genital mutilation on girls from a Muslim sect will remain in jail while she awaits […]
In Mississippi, aging Muslim community worries about its future
Source: The Washington Post By Abigail Hauslohner July 19 Yahya Abdullah, an imam from Masjid Muhammad in Jacksonville, Fla., sells books and other items at an annual retreat at New Medinah. (William […]
Muslim war refugee crowned Miss World Australia
Source: Dunya News A young Muslim woman who came to Australia as a refugee during the Bosnian war has been named Miss World Australia 2017. According to a report by the Daily Mail, Esma Voloder who is a 25-year-old criminal profiler from Melbourne was named Miss World Australia 2017 on Friday […]
16 Afghan police killed in US strike
Source: Dunya News KANDAHAR (AFP) – A US airstrike killed 16 Afghan police and wounded two others in Helmand province, officials said Saturday. The incident took place Friday 5 pm as Afghan security forces were clearing a village of Taliban elements, Salam Afghan, Helmand police spokesman, told AFP. “In the […]
Muslim mother launches legal action against school for not allowing face veil
Source: Dunya News A Muslim mother has initiated a legal action against her daughter’s school after she was told face veil was not allowed in the institution’s premises.According to The Guardian, Rachida Serroukh, a 37-year-old single mother of three daughters, was asked to leave while she was attending an evening […]
Denmark police want nightlife ban on under 18s
Source: The Local Police on Funen want under 18s to be completely barred from the island’s bars and nightclubs due to difficulties enforcing legal age limits. People under the age of 18 should not be allowed to enter nightclubs or bars that become nightclubs after 11pm, police on the island […]
Turkey reminds me of communist East Germany, says veteran German finance minister
Source: The Local In an escalating war of words between Ankara and Berlin, Finance Minister Wolfgang Schäuble compared Erdogan’s Turkey with the former communist German Democratic Republic (GDR). “Turkey is arresting people arbitrarily and not respecting even minimal consular standards,” said Schäuble on Friday. “It reminds me of the way […]
Prosecutors file terror charges against ‘Isis ambassador in Germany’
Source: The Local Federal prosecutors filed charges on Friday against an Iraqi man and four associates who allegedly ran a recruiting network for the terror group Isis. The men, aged between 27 and 51, will stand trial on charges of membership in a foreign terror organization and of supporting a […]
White House under siege
Source: CNN Trump appears to be trying to revive his organization in an attempt to break out of a prolonged funk that has to a great extent wasted the first six months of his term — a time when presidents are usually at the apex of their power. But the […]
Iraq’s Kurds, seeking independence, call vote hoping to ease row
Reuters International JULY 20, 2017 FILE PHOTO: Kurdish Regional Government President Masoud Barzani speaks to the media during his visits in the town of Bashiqa, after it was recaptured from the Islamic State, east of Mosul, Iraq, November 16, 2016. REUTERS/Azad Lashkari (reuters_tickers) By Angus MacSwan ERBIL, Iraq […]
Tear gas scene from Jerusalem’s ‘Day of Rage’
Reuters International JULY 21, 2017 Palestinians react following tear gas that was shot by Israeli forces after Friday prayer on a street outside Jerusalem’s Old city July 21, 2017. REUTERS/Ammar Awad (reuters_tickers) JERUSALEM (Reuters) – When Muslim elders called for a “Day of Rage” on Friday to protest […]