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Go topA relatively small Muslim community in America’s far north western state of Alaska have put final touches on their first mosque. “It will be a two-story building. The men will be in the prayer area on the first floor and the women will be on the second floor,” Heather Robertson Barbour, a Muslim who lives … Continued
A friend told me recently that the horrific conduct of ISIS — Islamic State in Iraq and Syria — has left many people with the impression that all Muslims are like ISIS. However, a simple Google search reveals the Muslim response to ISIS. Muslim volunteers from the humanitarian group Islamic Relief provided food parcels, 2,000 … Continued
A declaration last week by a European Muslim academic that he would indefinitely abstain from several North American Muslim conferences and conventions because of a perceived political apathy on global crises, such as in Gaza and elsewhere, has sparked intense and important debate on the role of North American Muslim — and, for the purpose … Continued
In a church on the Westside, a symphony orchestra rehearses with instruments as diverse as its members.
Stating that a “slow genocide” of Christians is taking place, the head of the Chaldean Catholic Church pleaded with the United States, the European Union, and the Arab League to assist refugees and “clear” the Nineveh plain in northern Iraq “from all the elements of jihadist warriors.” As the forces of the Islamic State of … Continued
Muslim groups and leaders are constantly denouncing terrorism, but most Americans simply never see it. Answer? Make sure they see it. Here we go again. Another so-called Islamic terrorist group, ISIS, is committing horrific atrocities. And Muslims are again called upon to denounce them. How can anyone believe that small groups of terrorists accurately represent … Continued
A new initiative for Muslims with hearing difficulties has been launched in the US, helping to raise awareness of the issue within the Muslim community and allowing deaf Muslims to gain more access to religious learning. Global Deaf Muslims (GDM) was set up by Nashiru Abdulai, a 38-year old Muslim from Ghana now living in … Continued
For weeks, Bashar Bakoz of Waterford pleaded with his parents over the phone to flee their hometown of Qaraqosh, a Christian town in northern Iraq. With the radical Islam group ISIS on the march, he said it was too dangerous for them to stay. But his mom stubbornly resisted; her husband has some heart problems … Continued
U.S. Attorney Barbara McQuade stood with members of Metro Detroit’s Arab-American and Muslim communities Friday as they asked for a congressional hearing into a report that claims Dearborn is home to the second-largest number of people on a secret government list of suspected terrorists. McQuade, who heads a Detroit office that prosecutes terrorism, national security … Continued
Yesterday I and many others received a press release titled “Stop Hamas – Princess Yasmine become terrorist” [sic]. Attached to the release were a boatload of jpegs depicting Prince Aladdin, Princess Jasmine, Bart Simpson, and a variety of other cartoon characters as “terrorists of Hamas.” The artist, “aleXsandro Palombo,” called them “A powerful series of … Continued
Latino Muslims have been dubbed one of the fastest growing segments of Islam in the U.S., according to PBS. The Hispanic population and the Muslim population are each a fast-growing segment of the U.S. population, according to Reuters. There were about 2.6 million Muslims in 2012, and about 17 percent of the U.S. population was … Continued
The French government says it is ready to offer asylum to Iraqi Christians forced to flee by Islamist militants in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul. Many fled Mosul after the Islamic State (IS) group which seized much of northern Iraq told them to convert to Islam, pay a tax or face death. Iraq is … Continued
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