Rescued Swedish teenager describes ‘hard life’ under ISIL in Iraq
A Swedish teenager rescued from ISIL fanatics in Iraq has said she was duped into going there by her boyfriend, describing life in the so-called caliphate as “really hard”. Kurdish special forces recovered the 16-year-old on February 17 in northern Iraq, where she was due to be handed over to the Swedish authorities. The girl […]
Missouri Man Pulls Gun On Muslim Family: ‘You, Your Wife And Your Kids Have To Die’
A Missouri man allegedly threatened a Muslim family while they were out looking for a home, according to police. The 72-year-old is alleged to have told the family they needed to die. The father of the family is from Jerusalem and the wife is from Iraq. The couple said they’re raising their four children in […]
Q&A: Jewish rabbi battles Islamophobia in the US
The West has seen a spike in Islamophobia and hate crimes against Muslims following attacks in Europe and the US that have been blamed on supporters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL). But, in response, some non-Muslim political and religious leaders have stepped up efforts to tackle discriminatory treatment and violence. […]
Muslim Group Challenges Trump to a Debate, Says Community Will No Longer Be Bullied
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — The Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC), a national public policy organization for American Muslims, today challenged leading GOP Presidential Candidate Donald Trump to a debate on his vision of America and his warped understanding of its faith and community. The challenge comes in response to his latest anti-Muslim remarks […]
Islamophobia and Civil Society Bullies
Led by Dr. Hatem Bazian, the Islamophobia Research and Documentation Project (IRDP) at the University of California, Berkeley highlights research and projects that explore the maintenance and extension of existing power paradigms by bringing together academics, thinkers, practitioners and researchers from around the globe who engage, question and challenge the existing disparities in economic, political, […]
Obama Releases Shortlist of Scalia Replacements: All Muslim Americans
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The White House this morning issued what it’s calling a “preliminary, trial-balloon shortlist” of potential lower circuit justices President Obama is considering as Justice Antonin Scalia’s replacement. In what the administration is calling a “simple coincidence,” all of the names belong to Muslim American judges. Scalia, who died last weekend and opened […]
Halal candy business fills sweet niche
Shireen Ahmed had long dreamed about eating a gummy worm. As a child, Ahmed had to throw out the gummy candy in her Halloween and party loot year after year. The gelatin in the candies was suspected of being pork-based, which made it verboten for a practising Muslim. But in 2013, she met candy connoisseur […]
The crisis of Islamic civilization
Human history is replete with descriptions of the rise, decline and fall of civilizations and empires. Islamic civilization is not unique in having witnessed its golden era and experienced the current period of decline. Although records of China’s history date back to 1500 B.C., the history of imperial China began in 221 B.C. when Qin […]
Steven Bannon, Ben Carson Put Their Ignorance Of Islam On Display
Interviewed on the SiriusXM satellite radio show Breitbart News Daily yesterday, token brain surgeon Ben Carson told Breitbart Executive Chairman Steven K. Bannon that devout Muslims who embrace American democracy are “schizophrenic.” Embedded above, the interview focused on Carson’s plans to wage ‘civilizational jihad’ against the so-called Islamic State. Reflecting a profound and deliberate ignorance […]
Virginia, Maryland weigh raising marriage age to 18 to combat coercion, abuse
They can’t legally vote, drink alcohol or smoke a cigarette, but thousands of underage Virginians, most of them girls, have been pressured into marriage over the last decade. Now there’s a move afoot in the General Assembly to try to head off the disturbing trend by raising the age of consent for marriage to at […]