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Palestine Oscar nominee raps US guards Oscar-nominated Palestinian director Emad Burnat has criticized US border guards for holding him and his family at the Los Angeles airport when they arrived there for the awards show.
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America: Muslim Women at UTSA Explain Islamic Dress Islam is not a culture– it is a religion. Muslims are not a race– they are believers of Islam. Muslim women are not oppressed– they are liberated.
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Los Angeles: African American Muslims express solidarity with Quetta Shia victims African American Muslims of Shia and Sunni sects demonstrated in Los Angeles to condemn Shia genocide taking place in Pakistan.
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UN condemns bomb attack on Shias in Pakistan UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has condemned a deadly attack on Shia Muslims in a market near Pakistan’s southwestern city of Quetta.
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Honouring a Muslim hero: In New York, a street now bears Salman’s name Once suspected to be a terrorist, Karachi-born Pakistani-American Salman Hamdani is finally being recognised as a hero. The 26-year-old New York resident went missing on September 11, 2001, shortly after American Airlines Flight 11 crashed into the north tower of the World Trade Centre.
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US plans to keep 8,000 troops in Afghanistan after 2014 The US Defense Department is pushing for a compromise plan to maintain nearly 8,000 American troops in Afghanistan after the scheduled 2014 drawdown of US-led forces in the war-torn nation.
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CIA chief may have converted to Islam: report Brennan is a CIA veteran, among his previously held posts are the deputy national security advisor for homeland security and counterterrorism.
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Mosque Phobia Reaches Michigan Finding no space for growing numbers of worshippers, the Muslim community in the industrial city of Hamtramck, Michigan, is facing a strong opposition to expand their Islamic centers to fulfil their religious needs.
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Imam Shortage Disturbs America Muslims A severe shortage of imams is increasingly disturbing the Muslim community in the United States, who are already affected by absence of religious leaders who can easily connect to the younger generations of US-born Muslims.
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New Jersey: University investigating anti-Muslim graffiti in student center Montclair State University is investigating a bias incident in which someone drew a picture of planes hitting the World Trade Center on the door of a Muslim student group’s headquarters, campus officials said today.
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Minnesota: Second St. Paul cop photographed wearing hijab A second photo of a St. Paul police officer dressed in a Muslim hijab surfaced late this week, packing an extra wallop: The officer appears to be wearing blackface makeup.
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Gun shop to stop selling target of skeleton with Islamic turban in Michigan A Muslim civil rights group said Thursday that a Royal Oak gun shop will stop selling a target that depicts a skeleton clothed in traditional Muslim garb.
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Exhibition of Al-Sabah Collection of Islamic Art Premiers in Houston The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston unveiled more than 10 centuries of Islamic art, starting a year-long exhibition highlighting work housed at the renowned Kuwaiti museum Dar al-Athar al-Islamiyyah (DAI).
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Police join Muslims in denouncing photo mocking hijab in Minnesota Somalis call for discipline of officer, sensitivity training.
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Attorneys ask court to stop New York police spying on Muslims Police surveillance of New York Muslims at restaurants, bookstores and mosques has been widespread and intense, the attorneys wrote in their motion.
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A British anti-mosque lawyer speaks in Ottawa despite protests Gavin Boby doesn't believe in building mosques in 'non-Muslim areas'
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American sniper with 150 Iraqis on victims list shot dead in Texas A former US soldier serving with the army in Iraq, known as the most prolific sniper in the history of the United States, has been murdered in the state of Texas.
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Threats against Muslims prompt extra security at Texas capitol The threats are directed at hundreds of Muslims who are in Austin for 'Muslim Day at the Capitol.' They represent Islamic organizations and mosques from across the state of Texas.
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Muslim students to fulfil their religious duties in US public school Helping Muslim students to fulfil their religious duties, an American public school has allowed students to perform prayers.
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Ohio: Man asks to nix OH mosque fire plea A former Marine who said he set fire to an Ohio mosque because he wanted to avenge the killings of American troops asked Tuesday to withdraw his guilty plea to federal hate crime charges.
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Knesset candidate Jeremy Gimpel Slammed by ADL to apologize to Muslims Over Mosque Jibe Gimpel, who is 14th on the candidate’s list for the Jewish Home Party and could be voted into the Knesset in Tuesday’s elections, was shown Jan. 18 on Channel 2’s nightly newscast in a video of a speech before a Christian group speculating on the mosque located on the Temple Mount being blown up.
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Canada Muslims Honor Positive Citizens Recognizing their contributions to the society, the Muslim community in the Canadian capital, Ottawa, has held a special ceremony to honor its members who were granted the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal.
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Dallas Jewish and Muslim teens build understanding While thousands will honor the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. at a Dallas parade Monday, on Sunday a group of local teens quietly put his dream of peace and tolerance to practice.
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Mystery Quran Verses Appearing Around D.C. As many of you know that the depiction of Islam has been very negative in the U.S. especially with the recent ads that have been circulating around major cities and subway stations. In order to protest such acts in a positive manner I have decided that I will post verses of the Quran around different locations around different locations in Washington DC. This project is not about me and I don't want my name associated with this project. This is about the idea of proud Muslims trying to eliminate stigmas against Islam and to fight Islamophobia in a positive and peaceful way. Shukrann!
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A vigil in Buenos Aires in solidarity with Palestinian prisoners Fuad Al Khuffash, the director of Ahrar Center, said that this vigil aims at creating a state of interaction and solidarity with the issue of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails and introducing to the international community one of the most important Palestinian issues.
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