Insights from the New Gallup Report: Muslim Americans: Faith, Freedom and the Future
Now, in August of 2011, as we approach the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks, the Gallup Center for Muslim Studies and the Abu Dhabi Gallup Center have released a new report – Muslim Americans: Faith, Freedom and the Future. Not only does this new report allow us to take a fresh look at attitudes among American Muslims but it also gives a chance to begin to assess some changes in attitudes between 2008 and 2011.
To Veil or Not to Veil?: Hijab and Muslim Women’s Rights in Afghanistan and France
This article is the first in a two-part series on the issue of hijab and how hijab has evolved into a pivotal issue of women’s rights in two distinct societies – Afghanistan and France. In this regard, we take a historical look at two countries that reside on the extreme ends of the spectrum on the issue of hijab.
Sexual Fetish or Sack of Potatoes: Jewish Women in Burka Get the Same Flak That We Do
Just in case you thought the world was always picking on modest Muslim women, here’s news – they’re picking on modest Jewish women, too. A group of approximately 100 Jewish burka-wearing women in the Israeli city of Beit Shemesh will shortly be receiving news of a ban.
Arizona’s New Immigration Law=Legalized Harassment & Racial Profiling: A Muslim Matter
I often ask myself if I was alive during the Civil Rights Movement, if I would have cared enough to march with my African American brothers and stand up against the inhuman practices of segregation when I was not yet the target.
The Niqab, Fact V Fiction
How much do you really know about the niqab? An insider guide to common misconceptions.
Colin Powell: “…what if he is [a Muslim]?”
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*Please digg this story, let these important words of Powell be heard far and wide. H/T to AsimG for emailing us this story* After Campbell brought up this brave question
93% World’s Muslims Moderates (Gallup Poll): Didn’t Believe Us First Time ‘Round?
In Case You Didn’t Believe Us the First Time ‘Round I dunno about you, but I’m getting bored of all these “revelations” that the majority of Muslims condemn terrorism, are
My Challenge to the Houston Chronicle’s Editors -Ruth Nasrullah
Last Thursday (February 21), the Houston Chronicle, my hometown paper, published an editorial discussing the Archbishop of Canterbury’s recent remarks about integrating sharia-based courts into the British legal system. In
The Silent Treatment: What to do About the Danish Cartoons (Again!)?
It seems that the Hollywood writer’s strike is affecting not just Hollywood, but the news too! Because when I look at the latest headlines, they result in the same groan
BUBBA responds to possible “Honor Killing” in Dallas
6 January, 2008
by Mohamed Elibiary Integration and Interactions, Islamophobia, Media, Reflections & Responses, Society, Stereotypes 28 comments
What a trip the past two weeks have been? The last week of December as well as the first week of January is usually dead without much going on in
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