Ifrah Ahmed: The Muslim Woman Who Has Done More to End FGM than all Islamophobes Combined|
She fled war torn Somalia, she’s beautiful, she’s a victim of FGM, she fights to end FGM with the help of her comrades…no, she is not Ayaan Hirsi Ali, she is Ifrah Ahmed.
Imam Khalid Latif: Ramadan Reflection Day 5: A Prayer for Somalia|
It’s shocking to me how many people have no idea what is happening in Somalia right now. Famine, drought and conflict have put almost 3.6 million people at risk of starvation. In the last month alone, 29,000 children have died and according to U.N.
Muslim group asks FBI to investigate ‘KKK’ and swastika graffiti|
“We urge the FBI and state law enforcement authorities to treat this incident as a civil rights violation and to send a strong message that incidents of hate will not be tolerated in our community,” said Lori Saroya, CAIR’s Minnesota president.
U.S. teenager tortured in Kuwait and barred re-entry into the U.S.|
A Somali-born US citizen was tortured in Kuwait. Glenn Greenwald interviewed him through telephone, what he found out was quite disturbing. You can hear the whole interview by clicking on this link.
Muslim woman reports attack outside Ohio mosque|
COLUMBUS, Ohio – A 20-year-old immigrant from Somalia said someone assaulted her with pepper spray outside an Ohio mosque and told her to leave the country, spurring investigations by police and likely the FBI.
Superstar Muslim preacher Amr Khaled battles al-Qaeda|
President Ali Abdullah Saleh does not give many interviews at the moment. The man who has governed Yemen for 32 years is fed up with the press characterising the country as a “cradle of terrorism”.
Diversity Within Islam|
William Dalrymple (“The Muslims in the middle,” Views, Aug. 18) is quite right to draw our attention to the progressive nature of Sufism within Islam. This issue goes beyond the building of a mosque near Ground Zero in New York.
