From NPR News Blog: A neighborhood advisory board in Manhattan last night gave its unanimous approval to plans for construction of a $100 million mosque on...
Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi rajioon. From the BBC (includes video of the funeral procession): “Mr Yar’Adua died late on Wednesday in the capital Abuja. Thousands...
NPR: Religious Schools Court Wealthy Women in Pakistan It’s not just Pakistan but a worldwide phenomenon with over 200 branches and a second main campus in...
Why I Was Banned in the U.S.A. By Tariq Ramadan | NEWSWEEK From the magazine issue dated Mar 29, 2010 When the American embassy called in...
From the International Union of Muslim Women: Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji’oon. Our beloved sister, Aminah Assilmi passed away this morning in an automobile accident....
From the Daily Mail Two Muslim women have become the first passengers to refuse to subject themselves to controversial ‘naked’ full body airport scans, it emerged...
(RNS) The walls that segregate Muslim men from women inside many American mosques took a long time to go up, and it could be a long...
Last Friday after my Penalty Box post was published, I went to salatul-jumu’ah at a hotel. The usual space was reduced by a third due to...
One bitterly cold and windy weekend here in Washington DC, a friend and I decided to visit the U.S. Botanic Garden, which is located indoors. We...
MuslimMatters is pleased to introduce Ify Okoye as an Associate Writer. She is well-known around the blogosphere as “Muslim Apple”. Please join us in welcoming her....