The Arabic term jihad literally means a “struggle” or “striving.” (By Mohammad Hassan Khalil, The Conversation) Often, many people conflate the terms jihad and terrorism. This is in part because many writers use the term ...
It is important to place Halima Aden within the larger history of black Muslim fashion in the United States. (By Kayla Renée Wheeler, The Conversation) Media reports have celebrated Halima Aden becoming the first woman ...
“They are forced to drink alcohol and eat pork inside the camps. All Islamic practices are prohibited such as praying, reading the Quran or fasting during the month of Ramadan, they have to praise communism ...
“Since the president’s tweet Friday evening, I have experienced an increase in direct threats on my life — many directly referencing or replying to the president’s video” – Ilhan Omar. Speaker of the House Nancy ...
As a religious ritual that goes back to the practice of the Prophet, Friday prayers hold a special place for Muslims. (By Rose S. Aslan, The Conversation) Following the terror attack on two New Zealand ...
“We could not sit idly by as our national parks collected trash.” Teenage members of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Youth Association in the United States are cleaning national parks while the federal government is shut down. ...
The Arbaeen pilgrimage is the world’s largest public gathering and held every year in Iraq, but relatively few know anything about it. October 30 marked the culmination of the Arbaeen pilgrimage in Iraq – an ...
On Tuesday the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Trump’s travel ban on five Muslim countries, a ruling that angered many Muslims in America and around the world. In February 2Presidentsidet Trump invoked an executive order to ...
The Hungarian government and Prime Minister Victor Orban have drafted a new law to combat migrant asylum-seekers moving into the EU and to criminalize the aide workers assisting them in Hungary. If passed in its ...
(Aaron Sankin / Reveal News, originally published August 11, 2017) An Israeli teenager arrested earlier this year for making a series of bomb threats against Jewish community centers in the United States might not have been acting ...
There was a big debate on our Facebook page recently about attitudes towards Muslims so we addressed the points people brought up: Islam, is it a violent religion? Media and polls: what to believe? What ...