ECONOMY By Mark Garrison February 03, 2016 President Barack Obama hosts the annual Iftar dinner celebrating the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in the East Room of the White House July 22, 2015 in Washington, DC. On Wednesday, President Obama makes the first visit to a U.S. mosque during his administration. – Olivier […]
Source: Huffington Post Muslims throughout North America and Europe are increasingly living in fear as a result of rising Islamophobia. Yet, in the midst of this antagonism, some have found a silver lining. Noor Wazwaz, an NPR journalist and filmmaker, decided to use the ongoing media discourse around Islam as […]
The American Freedom Party said it placed about 200,000 “robocalls” in Iowa and may also target New Hampshire. 01/11/2016 ASSOCIATED PRESS WASHINGTON/NEW YORK (Reuters) – A white supremacist group said it has placed thousands of automated phone calls in Iowa urging voters to back billionaire Donald Trump’s bid for the […]
A US-based think tank has conducted a study to answer some of key questions about Muslims and Islam in the United States Source: World Bulletin / News Desk The growth […]
Pew Research Center estimates that there were about 3.3 million Muslims of all ages living in the United States in 2015. This means that Muslims made up about 1% of […]
There are an estimated 150,000 Islam converts among the Latino community in the US Source: World Bulletin Latinos in the U.S. are considered to be the fastest-growing demographic as well […]
Source: Huffington Post WASHINGTON (AP) — Taunted by Republicans to declare war on “radical Islamic terrorism,” Democrats are turning to an unlikely ally: George W. Bush. President Barack Obama, under […]
Source: Huffington Post Jaweed Kaleem; Senior Religion Reporter, The Huffington Post Carol Kuruvilla; Religion Associate Editor, The Huffington Post “We must not allow fear to undermine the values that stand […]
Source: Huffington Post By Sajdah Nubee A Muslim, African-American, Interfaith Presenter, Blogger, Seeker of Truth, Promoting Consciousness, Driven by Intuition, Tar Heel Born and Bred As a Black-American Muslim who feels […]
MEDIA & CULTURE What Is Islamophobia? The History And Definition Of Anti-Muslim Discrimination In The US BY ELIZABETH WHITMAN @ELIZABETHWHITTY ON 12/09/15 AT 3:20 PM Muslim students chant at a rally against Islamophobia at San Diego State University in California, Nov. 23, 2015. One consequence of Donald Trump’s fiery rhetoric […]
theguardian.com/world/2015/12/08 Donald Trump wants Muslims banned from entering the US – but without them the country would be a much poorer place What have Muslims ever done for America? If your sole source of information were Donald Trump, you’d think that the answer was not much – apart from murdering its […]
Source: The New York Times Only hours after news broke that a suspect in a mass shooting in San Bernardino, Calif., had a Muslim name, the well-practiced organizations that represent […]
Source: Cosmopolitan By Mona Chalabi Last June, Pew Research Center asked 3,217 people in the U.S. to rate members of each religion from 0 to 100; a score of 0 […]
Radical Mosques in America: Is There One Near You? Clarion has identified over 80 Islamist orgs/mosques in the US, resulting in prominent media coverage on FOX News and the Daily Caller website. The Brotherhood has established the most powerful Islamic institutions in the West, even though Muslims are not necessary […]
Source: Huffington Post A string of Islamophobic incidents have been reported since the massacre in Paris last week, but at least one little boy in Texas knows the attackers don’t […]
Servants of Allah: African Muslims Enslaved in the Americas by Sylviane A. Diouf New York: New York University Press, 1998. 254 pp. $55 (paper $18.50) Reviewed by Daniel Pipes Middle East Quarterly December 2000 Slowly, out of the surprisingly full records of slavery, an important fact is coming to light: […]
“You were responsible for September 11th”» “I thought I was like a regular tourist”» “A male walked up to our stall and began to weep”» “They broke bread with us at sunset”» “Are you like a nun?”» “What do you do at a Muslim youth camp?”» “America is for Americans. […]
by Laila Azzeh | Feb 12, 2015 | Jordan Times A makeshift memorial is on display, Wednesday, at the University of North Carolina School of Dentistry in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, in remembrance of Deah Barakat, Yusur and Razan Abu Salha, who were killed on Tuesday (AP photo) AMMAN — […]
Author: Toni Johnson Council on Foreign Relations, 2011 Introduction Since 9/11, the U.S. war on terror abroad and domestic terror incidents involving U.S. and immigrant Muslims have focused attention on […]
JAMAL DOUMANI ARABNEWS.COM Published — Saturday 6 September 2014 George W. Bush, former president of the United States, gave a speech six days after the 9/11 terrorist attacks where he spoke against harassment of Arabs and Muslims in the US, and about the need for his fellow-Americans […]