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Richmond Free Press
April 30, 2018
Opponents of the policy and some lower courts have labeled it a “Muslim ban,” harking back to President Trump's campaign call to keep Muslims from entering the country. The high-stakes arguments at the high court were heard Wednesday, April 25, and could offer some indication about how a court thatÃâà...
Detroit Free Press
April 30, 2018
Sameena Zahoor has been wearing a hijab since she was in college studying to be a doctor and she is aware that non-Muslims often have questions — and misconceptions — about the headscarf commonly worn by Muslim women. Zahoor, a family physician from Canton, said it is not much different thanÃâà...
Winnipeg Free Press
April 30, 2018
The hysterical discourse about Muslims taking over Europe and leaving the United States “alone” in the world is a staple of far-right rhetoric in the United States, and it has a devoted band of imitators on the racist, anti-immigrant right of European politics. There is a large and growing Muslim population inÃâà...
WRGB
April 30, 2018
People of all religions gathered to share a meal and serve one another on National Muslim Soup Kitchen Day Sunday. This is the event's third year. The effort, which began in Albany, brings Muslim and non-Muslim organizations together to serve those in need. Free meals were served at several different sites. The goalÃâà...
NYU Washington Square News
April 30, 2018
When I asked her stance on the government's actions, she explained that “all Muslims are terrorists.” As she looked me in the eyes — the eyes of a hijabi, the eyes of a Muslim — she quickly said, “Don't worry, I know you are not a terrorist.” I wanted to quit, to go home and never show up to class again.
Quartz
April 30, 2018
New clashes between Buddhist extremists and Muslims occurred in two different towns in Sri Lanka, Kandy, and Ampara in early 2018. Triggered in part by hate-filled posts spread by nationalistic Sinhala Buddhist Facebook groups, these riots resulted in the death of one Muslim and the destruction of manyÃâà...
The Independent
April 28, 2018
The list of Hindu-Muslim couples was posted by Satish Mylavarapu, a mild-looking sales and marketing manager in Bangalore who propagates militant Hinduism to thousands of followers in Facebook groups and elsewhere. “It's a matter of Muslims taking over our blood and taking over our wombs – theÃâà...
The Independent
April 28, 2018
The study developed after I spent over 100 days in English high security prisons conducting fieldwork where 28 per cent of prisoners identified as Muslim. But I was curious: how do Muslims “get on” after prison? What I found didn't fit into the headlines of radicalisation or Islamophobia. I learned insteadÃâà...
Slate Magazine
April 25, 2018
In 1985, Laura Fendt fell in love with a Muslim immigrant from Egypt named Kamal Hammouda. They spontaneously got married that fall. Then they got married again that winter, this time by a priest. It began more than three decades of an interfaith union that many people, Muslim and non-Muslim, still don'tÃâà...
Middle East Eye
April 25, 2018
The awards – a satirical revue and fundraiser inspired by Amnesty International's Secret Policeman's Ball - were described that year by the then head of the Commission for Racial Equality (CRE) as an important step to "fight bigotry and prejudice against Muslims". Both the Muslim organisation head andÃâà...
Slate Magazine
April 25, 2018
It might sound strange to say that when I was a child in Kabul, Afghanistan, I was lucky. There was a war, there were armed militias stopping families and raping women. There were rockets and blackouts. In the end, though, my family was able to get out before it was too late. We came to the U.S. and wereÃâà...
Southern Poverty Law Center
April 25, 2018
As a candidate, Donald Trump promised a “total and complete shutdown” of Muslims entering the country. As president, he appointed aides, including his first national security adviser, Michael Flynn, with close ties to Muslim-bashing extremist groups. He retweeted anti-Muslim propaganda. And into theÃâà...
The Guardian
April 25, 2018
Notice of a ruling by the Independent Press Standards Organisation (Ipso) was published on the front page of Wednesday's print edition. In August last year, the Times reported that a “white Christian child” had been left distressed after being placed with two Muslim households in Tower Hamlets. HoweverÃâà...
NPR
April 25, 2018
As the Supreme Court weighs the legality of the President's travel ban, immigrant rights advocates say the administration has already achieved the 'Muslim ban' Trump talked about during the campaign. Muslim immigration to the U.S. is down sharply in the past year. Facebook; Twitter; Flipboard; EmailÃâà...
NBCNews.com
April 25, 2018
The Supreme Court on Wednesday will — finally — consider the legality of President Donald Trump's controversial "Muslim ban" executive order from his first week in office. Needless to say, pundits from across the political spectrum are portraying the case, Trump v. Hawaii, as a referendum on all-thingsÃâà...
Chicago Sun-Times
April 14, 2018
I Heart Halal festival celebrates Muslim businesses, personalities, culture ... Afia hopes the festival will grow and attract others outside the Muslim community. ... Still, she said she sees perceptions about Muslims changing and realizes its not just those in her community that are drawn to halal products.
The Muslim News
April 14, 2018
Olgun, speaking to Anadolu Agency, said that Austrian Muslims will challenge the ban legally, adding that the headscarf is not a political symbol. “We told Mr. Chancellor that the headscarf is a religious subject. Muslims do it out of their free will. There is no force or pressure, and a majority of Muslim familiesÃâà...
NPR
April 14, 2018
Black Muslims in America are reclaiming and highlighting their traditions. In Los Angeles, Jihad Saafir is converting his father's storefront mosque into a vibrant community center and school. Facebook; Twitter; Flipboard; Email. Get The Stories That Grabbed Us This Week. Delivered to your inbox, these areÃâà...
The Guardian
April 14, 2018
Two prominent anti-Muslim campaigners have been denied entry into the UK ahead of a conference held by Britain's newest and most active far-right group. Martin Sellner, from Austria, and the Hungarian Abel Bodi were due to attend the private Generation Identity conference in London on Saturday.
CNN
April 13, 2018
Cory Booker grilled the nominee about his views on Muslims. The two sparred in an exchange about what Pompeo has claimed is a "special obligation" that falls on Muslim leaders when it comes to preventing terrorist attacks in America. "Do you think that Muslim Americans in this country who serve in ourÃâà...
NPR
April 13, 2018
An American generation of Muslims in Chicago sees community organizing as the path for the faith to stay relevant to a younger generation of Muslims who often feel alienated. Rami Nashashibi leads the Inner City Muslim Action Network and sees the social work as a solution to the apathy that leadsÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
April 12, 2018
New Delhi, India - India is home to roughly 172 million Muslims - the third-largest Muslim population in the world. Since 2014, when Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power, tensions between Muslims and Hindus have increased in large parts of the country. Muslims, who make up about 170 million ofÃâà...
National Geographic
April 12, 2018
On the night the mosque was set on fire, January 28, 2017, Ajrami watched with others from this small Muslim community. They wept, hugged, and prayed. Only hours before, President Donald Trump, delivering on a campaign promise to stop Muslims from entering the United States, had issued anÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
March 14, 2018
The rebels, who dropped their secessionist bid in exchange for broader autonomy, signed a pact with the government to establish a region with more powers and funding for minority Muslims in the south of the predominantly Roman Catholic nation and end a decades-long bloody rebellion.
The Boston Globe
March 14, 2018
WASHINGTON — In 2013, when he was a congressman from Kansas, Mike Pompeo said that Muslim religious leaders were “potentially complicit” in the Boston Marathon attack because they had not forcefully condemned the bombing. Those comments, among several others, are again triggering concernÃâà...
The Boston Globe
March 14, 2018
WASHINGTON — Mike Pompeo, President Trump's new nominee for secretary of state, quickly came under scrutiny Tuesday as critics pointed to remarks he made after the Boston Marathon bombings as proof that he holds anti-Muslim views. The comments could become one of several flash points in whatÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
March 14, 2018
A US city finally gave approval for the construction of a mosque in the state of New Jersey, ending a saga that started last year when the local government rejected the effort and a group of Muslims sued in response. The approval late on Monday came after the two-year effort to convert an abandonedÃâà...
Aljazeera.com
March 14, 2018
President Maithiripala Sirisena, in an interview with Sinhala weekly Divaina on Sunday, blamed social media for the riots, the third major attack against Muslims in Sri Lanka since November. "Extremist groups were using social media in the most heinous manner," he said. "That is why we had to limit it.".
Slate Magazine
March 13, 2018
Eltahawy, now a renowned Muslim feminist writer and activist, kept this story to herself for years. But in 2013, she broke taboo and discussed it live on Egyptian television. In February, she used the hashtag #MosqueMeToo to invite other Muslims to break their silence about abuse in Islamic religious spaces.
New York Times
March 12, 2018
The message said that April 3 would be “Punish a Muslim Day,” and that points would be awarded for acts of violence: 25 points for pulling off a .... said on Twitter in response to the letters: “Disturbing reports of Islamophobic letters in the #Midlands - let me be clear, British Muslims should be able to liveÃâà...
Page Six
March 1, 2018
Claudia told Page Six in an exclusive statement, “We want to be clear to our audience and fans that our political and cultural beliefs are not anti-Muslim or anti-anyone. Our views are separate from our mother's. Being raised by a single parent, we were taught to make our own choices based on our personalÃâà...
CNN
March 1, 2018
Many of Bauserman's comments and shares on social media over the last several years have also been anti-Muslim in nature. In September of 2016, she shared an image of a women in a full neon, high-visibility burka, with the caption, "these Muslims are starting to get North Americanized very quickly!
Newsweek
February 28, 2018
On Tuesday, a court in the Czech Republic announced the release of Syrian Kurdish leader Saleh Muslim from custody, despite Turkey's attempts to have him detained and extradited. Muslim was once the co-chairman of the Democratic Union Party (PYD), a Kurdish political party operating in northernÃâà...
Cornell University The Cornell Daily Sun
February 28, 2018
Perhaps they have never met a Muslim before. Perhaps they're confused or scared. Honestly, with the way Muslims are portrayed in the media, sometimes I don't blame them. However, there is undoubtedly a sense of tension, of hesitance and, above all, a sense of uneasiness that should not exist.
Aljazeera.com
February 28, 2018
According to CAIR, the bill, known as HB-419, targets Muslims and fits into a long pattern of "unconstitutional" bills that demonise Muslims by barring Sharia, or Islamic law. HB-419 was passed by Idaho's House of Representatives at a time when similar bills are being considered in several US states,Ãâà...
The Guardian
February 28, 2018
Abdul Abdullah: 'I see being Muslim as a political identity.' Photograph: ACE Open. Now based in Sydney, Abdul overtly confronts racism and Islamophobia in his work, wearing an ape mask in the photo Journey to the West because he is perceived as the “monstrous, threatening and villainous 'other'”.
NPR
February 27, 2018
"I wanted it to be a space where women can share our stories from hajj and the Muslim space." Hajj is one of the five pillars of Islam. It requires Muslims who are healthy and financially able to travel to Mecca at least once in their lifetime. During this time, men and women perform a ritual called tawaf: prayingÃâà...
