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The baby and the bathwater: Free speech and online extremism

BY TAUHID ZAMAN, OPINION CONTRIBUTOR — 04/22/19 04:15 PM EDT As a Muslim American, I was shocked by the Christchurch mosque shootings in New Zealand that took the lives of 50 completely innocent people and injured scores of others in March. The tragedy was made more sickening by the fact that the alleged gunman, reportedly […]

Two in five Americans say Islam ‘is incompatible with US values’

Two in five Americans say Islam is incompatible with US values

Washington, DC – A large proportion of non-Muslim Americans think Islam is incompatible with American values, research by the New America foundation and the American Muslim Institution found. According to the findings announced on Thursday, 56 percent of Americans believed Islam was compatible with American values and 42 percent said it was not. About 60 percent […]

Trump travel ban targeting Muslims will not make America safer

Trump travel ban targeting Muslims will not make America safer

The U.S. Supreme Court recently upheld the Trump administration’s policy barring people from several predominantly Muslim nations from entering the U.S., ruling that the travel ban was an appropriate use of executive power aimed at strengthening national security. In her dissent, Justice Sonia Sotomayor agreed with the plaintiffs’ argument that the policy – which targets travelers from Iran, Libya, […]

Why Jefferson’s vision of American Islam matters today

Why Jefferson’s vision of American Islam matters today

After last year’s deliberate break with tradition, President Donald Trump has resumed the iftar dinner – the sundown meal during the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan. An estimated 3.3 million American Muslims celebrate Ramadan. The place setting for the President prior to an Iftar dinner in 2011. AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais The month of Ramadan marks the time when Prophet […]

Muslim Americans Sue FBI for Racial Profiling

Five American Muslims filed a lawsuit against FBI Director Christopher Wray and other members of the government because they believe they were put on a terrorist watch list without due process. The complaint, filed Wednesday to the district court for the Northern District of Texas, says that the plaintiffs are victims of racial profiling and […]

4 Somali-Americans Win Local Elections

4 Somali-Americans Win Local Elections

Four Somali-Americans won races for public office in local elections that took place around the U.S. on Tuesday. In a contest between two Somali immigrants running for a seat on the Minneapolis city council, the incumbent, Abdi Warsame, narrowly beat challenger Mohamud Noor, 50 percent to 47 percent. “From January, up to now our situation […]

Muslim Leaders Outline Tools To Identify ISIS Recruitment, Prevent Terrorist Attacks [VIDEO]

A day after a self-proclaimed jihadist carried out the latest terrorist attack in New York City, more than three hundred Muslim and Interfaith leaders have published a new report, WISE Up: Knowledge Ends Extremism, to combat terrorism. They are requesting a sit-down, face-to-face meeting with President Donald Trump and House and Senate leadership. The effort […]

Are U.S. Muslims Patriotic? Why Don’t They Assimilate?

U.S. Puts $5 Million Bounty On Pakistani Taliban Leader

Does Islam need reform to peacefully integrate with America, or do we simply need a more honest public discourse on Islam? In 1948 in Dayton, Ohio, twenty American Muslim men and women huddled into a small conference room to hold the first national meeting of American Muslims—the Jalsa Salana . Modest in means, size, and […]

Arizona Senator Defends His Muslim Opponent From Online Attacks

Arizona Senator Defends His Muslim Opponent From Online Attacks

In a show of diplomatic cordiality and kindness, this U.S. senator has spoken out against the discrimination lauded on the very woman trying to unseat him. One of the Democratic candidates running to be an Arizona Senator in 2018 is Deedra Abboud, a 45-year-old woman.