Opening Up Muslim Weddings
By SHARON ADARLO Oct. 25, 2013 9:05 p.m. ET At a Muslim wedding in New Jersey more than a year ago, Wajahat Ali recalled, guests were confused when the bride […]
Muslim Americans more popular than the Tea Party
Tea Party favorites Rand Paul, Ted Cruz, Sarah Palin and Larry Klayman spent most of last week bashing Muslims and introducing the “Quran” and “Allah” to the shutdown and debt ceiling debate that they are losing in Congress. Unfortunately for them, Muslims are in fact more popular and viewed more […]
Demand for US-born imams up as mosques struggle to retain new generation of American Muslims
Washington Post: NAHEIM, Calif. — Mustafa Umar, an imam in Southern California, is popular with the Muslim teenagers who attend his mosque. They pepper him with questions about sensitive topics like marijuana use, dating and pornography. Umar, 31, is a serious Islamic scholar who has studied the Quran in the Middle […]
Obama hosts Ramadan dinner, salutes Muslim Americans
STACY A. ANDERSON | AP ARABNEWS Friday 26 July 2013 WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama saluted Muslim Americans on Thursday for their contributions in helping build the United States as business […]
PEW Report: Muslims back Islamic law, disagree on meaning
Source: USA Today By Cathy Lynn Grossman Devotion to Islam shapes the lives of most Muslims but their views on democracy, religious law known as sharia, and family life are varied, a new study finds. The research report on Muslim views on religion, politics and society was released Tuesday by The […]
From The Inner City: Leading A New Generation Of Muslim Americans
This summer on the South Side of Chicago, thousands are expected to gather for an outdoor festival sponsored by the Inner-City Muslim Action Network, or IMAN. The festival, Takin’ It […]
Remember Dr. King’s Dream By Supporting American Muslims
Source: Global Grind By: Rabbi Marc Schneier and Russell Simmons On Jan. 7, exactly two weeks before we are to simultaneously celebrate the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. […]
Muslims for Peace: The Essence of Islam
Huffington Post: Kelly James Clark: Last week I wrote about the most persecuted religion in the world — Christianity. So dire is the persecution of Christians, Christianity is in danger of […]
“Why Islam” Reaches Florida: Online Islam
1-800 WHY ISLAM Love for All, Hatred for None. Also, watch http://www.mta.tv ‘Why Islam’ Reaches Florida The campaign “Why Islam” features 29 billboards and latest web technology to drive traffic to ICNA’s YouTube channel and website CAIRO – A leading Muslim organization has launched a new awareness campaign in the central […]
Gallup: Americans 77% Christian, 0.6% Muslim
By Michael W. Chapman cnsnews.com (CNSNews.com) – America is largely a Christian nation with 77 percent of adults identifying themselves as Christian, according to a Gallup survey, while only 0.6 percent identified as Muslim. The survey also found that Mormons were the most religious in practicing their faith. “The United […]
Muslims are engaging more as U.S. elections loom
August 08, 2012 12:59 AM By Altaf Husain The Daily Star Lebanon One trend to watch in the U.S. presidential election next November will be whether Muslim American civic engagement translates into votes. There has been a strong Muslim American voting contingent among African Americans. But unresolved grievances rooted in […]
America’s Islamic Blind Spots: “You can do anything to these people”
by Naomi Wolf, The Project Syndicate NEW YORK – In the wake of the Koran-burning by troops at the United States’ Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan, protests continue to escalate, and the death […]
Police Monitoring and a Climate of Fear: Muslimophobia by NYPD
NY Times: The counterman at the Jordan Halal Restaurant, a greasy spoon of a greasy spoon on South Orange Avenue, tossed up his hands as I pulled out my press […]