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Go topSOURCE: YABILADI BY: LATIFA BABAS Pressured to abandon their faith and convert to Christianity, the life of Moriscos in Spain was almost unbearable following the Expulsion decreed by King Philip III. While, everyone claims that they have surrendered to this pressure and ended up integrating into the new Christian society, new poems written in Arabic … Continued
SOURCE: FORWARD BY: PETER BEINART Since the 1990s, American presidents have provided Israel the military capacity and diplomatic immunity to control millions of Palestinians who lack basic rights. Yet, at the same time, American presidents have insisted that Palestinians deserve those basic rights — that, in the words of George W. Bush, “it is untenable for … Continued
SOURCE: FPM BY: DANUSHA V.GOSKA Tickling Giants is a 111-minute, 2017 documentary that tells the story of “Egypt’s Jon Stewart.” Tickling Giants is produced, written and directed by Sara Taksler. She’s a relative unknown who does a technically excellent job, earning her 100% fresh rating at RottenTomatoes. Bassem Youssef is a cardiothoracic surgeon with movie-star looks and charisma. In … Continued
The first year of the Donald Trump era was nothing less than a catastrophe for Muslims. SOURCE: NEW REPUBLIC BY: OMER AZIZ Thomas Jefferson was expecting a dinner guest. It was December 1805 and the nascent republic that Jefferson led was mired in a series of battles with the Barbary States of North Africa, whose … Continued
SOURCE: THE NATIONAL BY: HANEEN DAJANI More and more Americans are rejecting the anti-Muslim rhetoric of populist politicians, a prominent scholar told attendees at a peace forum in Abu Dhabi on Tuesday. Dr James Zogby, president of the Arab American Institute, noted that President Donald Trump has been stoking anti-Muslim sentiments, “but here is the … Continued
SOURCE: EMGAGE ACTION Emgage commends the passage of the Protecting Religiously Affiliated Institutions Act of 2017 (H.R. 1730), a bill that Emgage has supported, by the U.S. House of Representatives. The bill was adopted by a vote of 402-2, and will expand coverage of federal hate crime laws protecting houses of worship to include religiously … Continued
SOURCE: VOA NEWS A growing number of Americans hold favorable opinions of Arabs and Muslims, anew survey by the Arab American Institute (AAI) shows. The survey released Tuesday found attitudes toward Arabs, Muslims, Arab Americans and Muslim Americans have risen to the highest levels in a decade. Conducted two months after the White supremacist rally in … Continued
By: Kameron Dreher/Arab America Contributing Writer Too often people confuse what the definition of terrorism is and treat it as if it is something that comes from foreign lands, cultures, and people. Terrorism is not defined by race, gender, religion, sexual orientation or other categories meant to categorize people. It is defined as a means … Continued
SOURCE: UMMID Istanbul: Ayhan Kucuk, head of International Center for Watching Violation of Rights (UHIM), an Istanbul-based rights watchdog, on Saturday said that the U.S. film industry Hollywood did not “positively” depict Muslim characters. Kucuk’s remarks came during a symposium in Istanbul titled “Global Politics and Cinema”, organized by the International Center for Watching Violation of … Continued
This video is part of “Who’s Afraid of Aymann Ismail?,” a series featuring Slate’s Aymann Ismail confronting fears about Muslims. Follow along on the series Facebook page. By: Aymann Ismail and Jeffrey Bloomer Source: Slate When you think of what happens to people who mock Islam, your mind probably goes to Charlie Hebdo, or Theo … Continued
Muslim community leader Khalid Hamideh, right, and Alia Salem, executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, hold a news conference condemning the two gunmen who staged an attack outside a contest in Garland, Texas, for cartoons depicting the prophet Muhammad. (Brandon Wade / Associated Press) By Alia Salem The Washington Post One thing I … Continued
Source: Facebook/Mark Zuckerberg By Leyal Khalife Stepfeed American internet guru and co-founder of Facebook Mark Zuckerberg recently hung out with Muslim students while visiting the University of Michigan in Dearborn last week. The students were mostly immigrants who had fled from war zones in Palestine, Jordan and Iraq. Their discussion touched on various topics including … Continued
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