The Muslim Post

Christine Flowers: Travel ban is a Muslim ban, any way you slice it

Religion is very important to me. I’m not unusual. According to a recent Pew report, three-quarters of Americans said that religion was at least “somewhat important” in their lives, and well over half said that it was “very important.” Only 11 percent said that it was “not important.” We are privileged to live in a […]

School bans Muslim pupils from ‘provocative’ praying

School bans Muslim pupils from ‘provocative’ praying

A high school in a western German city has banned Muslim pupils from publicly praying, saying that all the religious acts associated with it are “provocative” to other students, sparking a heated debate about freedom of religion in the country. The school in Wuppertal sent a note to staff in February asking them to “identify” […]

Oldest US Muslim Group Meets with Congressmen

Oldest US Muslim Group Meets with Congressmen

The oldest Muslim organization in the United States held its seventh annual “Day on the Hill” with a series of meetings Friday with members of Congress that took on added significance with President Donald Trump’s effort to halt immigration from seven Muslim-majority countries. The goal by the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA was to discuss religious […]

Religious Intolerance

Religious Intolerance

Religious extremism is prevailing in the world today, especially in the Middle East, and the problem is that it is being associated with Islam because of ignorance and fanaticism. Is there a way out, and what can we do about our situation? What are the reasons behind the widespread ignorance and intolerance in…

Islamic Society wins ‘landmark ruling’ in long battle for new mosque

Islamic Society wins ‘landmark ruling’ in long battle for new mosque

Bernards Township’s insistence that a proposed mosque have more parking spaces than churches or synagogues is unconstitutional, a federal judge said in a ruling filed New Year’s Eve. U.S. District Court Judge Michael Shipp’s ruling eviscerates the township’s main reason for rejecting Islamic Society of Basking Ridge’s plan to build a mosque in…

Pakistan’s Sindh province outlaws forced conversions

Pakistan’s Sindh province outlaws forced conversions

A province in Pakistan has passed a new law, with provision for life sentence, against forced religious conversions following criticism over protection of minorities in the country. The new bill, passed by legislators in Sindh on Thursday, mandates a 21-day period for adults to consider their decision to convert and forbid minors from choosing another […]

Islam and politics: Indonesia’s identity crisis

Islam and politics: Indonesia’s identity crisis

The blasphemy charges against Jakarta’s governor will put Indonesia’s democracy and national identity to the test. Modern Indonesia is testimony to the ability of transition democracies to construct a constitutional framework that can guarantee equality, security and freedom from discrimination for all citizens. Since 1998’s Reformasi (the period of transition after the fall of Indonesia’s […]

A Message to President-Elect Trump About Freedom

President-elect Donald Trump, the American people voted you as the future 45th President of the United States and entrusted you with many missions and responsibilities. As head of a great democracy you will be the defender of what the forefathers of the American nation cherished the most: liberty and freedom of speech for all the […]

Mauritania: Muslim Leaders Call Blogger to Be Executed

An influential group of Muslim clerics has called for the execution of a blogger sentenced to death in 2014 for apostasy, despite calls for clemency by human rights organizations. Mohamed Ould Cheikh Ould Mkhaitir, 29, posted a blog in December 2013 that critiqued connections between Islam and class discrimination in Mauritania, a conservative Islamic republic.

Benjamin Netanyahu backs bill to stop mosque ‘noise’

Benjamin Netanyahu backs bill to stop mosque ‘noise’

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he backs a bill limiting the volume of calls to prayer from mosques, a proposal government watchdogs call a threat to religious freedom. Israeli media reported on Sunday the bill would stop the use of public address systems for calls to prayer.