I still remember the anxiety I felt before hitting “send” on the mass email to legal clinics and pro-bono attorneys around the country. “URGENT — Protect refugees arriving at airports,” read the ...
School lessons on the 9/11 attacks often trigger some of the worst bullying Muslim students endure. Classmates give uneasy side-eyes, make crude jokes and call them “terrorists.” Teachers don’t always ...
As the United States becomes increasingly diverse, religious, political and social differences are recognized as everyday norms. Yet, stigmatization, discrimination and animosity between groups ...
Eboo Patel is not the most likely seminary professor. His credentials are not the issue. Patel earned his doctorate from Oxford University, and he is a respected commentator on religion for The ...
The Muslim Students Association’s (MSA) seventh annual Black History Month dinner at Coffman Union Thursday featured lessons from the early Muslim community as well as art presentations by Oromo ...
For Hamza Hashmi, the fasts during Ramadan can be challenging but rewarding. And they’re more than just a religious obligation, he said. They’re also an opportunity for reflection. “I mean, we could ...
An estimated 1.8 billion Muslims around the world are now celebrating the holy month of Ramadan, a time the observant dedicate to prayer and fasting. A good number of them are right here in ...
A Democrat Maryland elected official apologized in a Sunday afternoon statement addressed to the Muslim community days after she blasted their children who spoke against an LGBTQ+ curriculum at a ...
(RNS) — For the first time in history Muslims and Jews are living side by side as minorities in free democracies with robust civic engagement. The opportunities are unprecedented, as are the ...
A sociologist at Canada’s Carleton University taught her students a memorable lesson this fall, but it’s unclear what exactly they learned. The instructor, Sian Reid, began teaching her classes in ...
In the course of the last decade, dramatic political events involving Muslims across the world have put Islam under increased scrutiny. The focus of this attention is generally limited to the ...