A peaceful, happy holiday season for US Muslims, too
RABBI MARC SCHNEIER November 19, 2021 Short Url https://arab.news/njfkm The US holiday season is defined by tradition, gratitude and family. It is a period to reflect on the blessings of […]
Another Voice: Real Muslims work to give and promote life
Frasat Ahmad “A plane just crashed into the Twin Towers!” Silence struck my seventh grade class as our teacher shared this news. Minutes later, we found out another plane crashed […]
For Muslims across northern Texas, 9/11 set off a wave of Islamophobia that has endured to this day
Hojun Choi, The Dallas Morning News 9 hrs ago DALLAS — Nearly 20 years ago, as he lay on what he feared would be his deathbed, Rais Bhuiyan bargained with […]
From Jefferson’s Ramadan Dinner to Ali’s Oscar, 30 Firsts for Muslims in America
Steve Friess 2 hrs ago Before the 19th century, most Muslims came to the New World as enslaved Africans and were forced to abandon their faith upon their arrival on plantations. […]
Since 9/11, US Muslims Have Gained Unprecedented Political, Cultural Influence
By Steve Friess for Newsweek It’s been an impressive 2021 so far for Muslim Americans. The U.S. Senate, that bastion of partisan gridlock, overwhelmingly confirmed the nation’s first Muslims as a federal […]
America’s Muslims come from many traditions and cultures
Kalpana Jain, The Conversation Aug. 30, 2021 (The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) Kalpana Jain, The Conversation (THE CONVERSATION) For people […]
With fashion shows and internships, Muslim women calm tensions with police and FBI
The NGO initiative seeks, among many interfaith goals, to empower Muslim women to be a bridge between their community and law-enforcement organizations. Los Angeles Police Deputy Chief Michael Downing speaks […]
Muslim Americans on finding love as third-culture-kids-turned-adults
Sakshi Venkatraman When Mariam Mokhtar, 21, started taking karate classes for fun with her little brothers, she expected to get exercise and learn self-defense, not to meet her future husband. […]
Muslims in America: A forgotten history
For more than 300 years, Muslims have influenced the story of the US – from the ‘founding fathers’ to blues music today. Omar ibn Said, born in Senegal in 1770, held onto Islamic practices while enslaved for decades in the US [Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University] https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/Screen-Shot-2020-11-15-at-1.26.53-PM.jpg?resize=770%2C513 […]
All-female podcast team gives a voice to Muslim-Americans
by Hafsa Fathima January 6, 2021 SAN MARCOS — As a marriage and family therapy graduate student, hosting a podcast was the last thing on Sarah Kouzi’s mind. The 23-year-old […]
The nightmare of growing up as a Muslim American after 9/11
With each hearing as I sat in the courtroom where our fates were being determined, I started feeling less and less American and more and more an outsider Anisa Noor […]
Trump’s travel ban motivated Muslims to participate in politics. Now, they’re eyeing local office
Machhadie Assi in Dearborn, Mich. (Emily Elconin / For The Times) By SARAH PARVINI STAFF WRITER SEP. 8, 2020 DEARBORN, Mich. — The five young Muslim Americans huddled around a […]
‘Ramy’ and the New American Muslims of TV
Even positive portrayals of Muslim Americans after 9/11 seemed burdened with a responsibility to explain and defend. But that burden is starting to be cast off. Ramy Youssef, left, with […]
Bernie Sanders Endorsed By Muslim Group, Iowa’s Sole Muslim State Lawmaker
POLITICS 01/31/2020 The senator from Vermont has been a top contender among Muslim American voters in the Democratic presidential contest. By Rowaida Abdelaziz The national board of the Muslim […]
Escaping Pakistani persecution, Ahmadi activist finds refuge — and purpose — in US
August 1, 2017 Madiha Waris Qureshi WASHINGTON (RNS) — Ehsan Rehan never imagined he would end up in Washington, D.C. When he left Pakistan for the last time in […]
When Islam Is Not a Religion in America
Is Islam a Religion? This question is regularly posed by populists seeking to restrict Muslims in America. If Islam is not a religion—if it is a militant ideological system, for […]
Letter to the editor: Integration vital for ending hatred of Muslims
Tribune-Review | Sunday, July 21, 2019 TribLIVE’s Daily and Weekly email newsletters deliver the news you want and information you need, right to your inbox. If I told you […]
Testing and fasting
Muslim students who observe Ramadan have found themselves fasting during the most stressful time of the academic year. How are colleges helping them? By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf May 14, 2019 […]
Muslims arrived in America 400 years ago as part of the slave trade and today are vastly diverse
Source: The Conversation By Saeed Ahmed Khan; Senior Lecturer, Wayne State University Most Americans say they don’t know a Muslim and that much of what they understand about Islam is from the […]
The Essential Black Muslim Reading List
Black Muslims are not lost in history, even if their history has been disregarded. By Vanessa Taylor February 26, 2019 In 2018, the Council on American-Islamic Relations reported that anti-Muslim […]