Daisy Khan and Fazeela Siddiqui: Training Afghani Imams to End Violence Against Women|
On Nov. 17, 1999, the world witnessed a horrific image: An Afghani woman named Zarmina was dragged through a soccer stadium and killed by the Taliban. As a Muslim woman, the outrage that I felt was indescribable.
White House Apologizes For Quran Burning|
The White House is apologizing for the burning of Muslim holy books in a pile of garbage at a U.S. military base in Afghanistan. Press secretary Jay Carney says it’s a “deeply unfortunate incident” and doesn’t reflect the respect the U.S. military has for the religious practices of the Afghan people.
Franklin Graham Calls Obama’s Religious Beliefs Into Question|
“All I know is under Obama, President Obama, the Muslims of the world, he seems to be more concerned about them than the Christians that are being murdered in the Muslim countries,” he said.
Homegrown Muslim Terrorism Plots Decreased Again In 2011|
WASHINGTON — A new study of homegrown terrorism involving Muslim Americans suggests that the alarm bells set off by Republicans in Congress over sleeper cells of Islamic extremists may be much too loud.
Samuel Aranda Wins World Press Photo Of The Year Award For Arab Spring Shot|
AMSTERDAM — Spanish photographer Samuel Aranda won the 2011 World Press Photo of the Year award Friday for an image of a veiled woman holding a wounded relative in her arms after a demonstration in Yemen.
Peter King Plans To Keep Probing For Muslim ‘Radicalization’ In 2012|
The chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee signaled Thursday he intends to keep investigating the American Muslim community despite a report this week that showed the number of Muslim extremists arrested for terrorism is on the wane.
Fahd Ahmed: Truth Behind NYPD Anti-Muslim Film Makes Clear Kelly Must Resign|
The past few days have resulted in a series of shameful, though not surprising news reports about the NYPD leadership’s role in the making, showing, and cover-up of a blatantly racist and inflammatory anti-Muslim film, The Third Jihad.
Warren J. Blumenfeld: Islamophobia Has No Place in the United States of America|
“Well look, I’m doing my best to get him out of the government right now, and you’re right about how he uniformly ignores the constitution,” Santorum responded.
Sahar Aziz: The Importance of Muslim Women in Counter-terrorism|
In December 2011, Janet Napolitano testified that lone wolf terrorists are America’s primary domestic national security threat. Based on recent terrorism indictments, Napolitano was clearly referring to young Muslim men in America with unpopular political viewpoints and orthodox religious beliefs.
Newt Gingrich: I’d Support A Muslim Running For President Only If They’d Commit To ‘Give Up Sharia’|
At a town hall meeting in West Columbia, S.C., a man asked Gingrich if he would ever “support a Muslim-American running for president.”
