Muslims Hope To 'Wake Up' At The Ballot Box This Year
National Public RadioNPR’s Leila Fadel examines the participation of Muslims in the 2018 midterms, especially in the Minnesota district that elected Ilhan Omar to the US House of Representatives.
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Republicans more likely to view Muslim Americans negatively, study finds
The GuardianA new study from the centrist think tank New America finds that 42 percent of those surveyed, and 71 percent of Republicans, believe that Islam is not compatible with US values.
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Nigeria's army cites Trump to justify shooting Shia protesters
BBCThe Nigerian army has cited a video of US President Donald Trump, in which he says soldiers should respond with force to migrants throwing stones, to justify opening fire on a Shia group this week.
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German public schools are teaching Islam to students who are not sure if they belong
The Washington PostOver 800 public schools in Germany are offering classes taught by Muslims for Muslims to help students learn lessons from their faith that will help them deal with struggles of identity and alienation, and feel at home in German society.
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Duncan Hunter Is Running the Most Anti-Muslim Campaign in the Country
The AtlanticThe indicted Republican congressman’s reelection bid is a microcosm of the politics of fear in Trump’s America. It was a success.
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The Prophet Mohammed Doesn’t Need Courts to Protect Him
Foreign PolicyEuropean courts are trying to support Muslims—but will only stoke Islamophobia, writes Mustafa Akyol.
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Revamping security at London mosques: 'We are completely on our own'
Middle East EyeIncreased Islamophobic attacks on London’s Muslim community are forcing mosques to step up security and be more vigilant.
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Three things we can learn from contemporary Muslim women’s fashion
The ConversationNortheastern University Professor Liz Bucar, who has studied Muslim women’s fashion for over a decade, says before we start stereotyping, we should remember that modesty is not one thing. Muslim women don’t need saving, and they are serious contributors to mainstream society.
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Pakistan blasphemy case: Asia Bibi freed from jail
The GuardianAs her lawyer predicted, a Pakistani Christian woman was acquitted of blasphemy after spending eight years on death row. The verdict has triggered mass protests.
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Protests continue for third day after Aasia Bibi's acquittal
Al-JazeeraProtests led by a far right Islamist party against the acquittal of a Christian woman on blasphemy charges are ongoing.
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Muslim concern about vaccine fuels Thai measles outbreak
APHealth authorities in Thailand are racing to contain a measles outbreak in the country’s southern provinces, where 14 deaths and more than 1,500 cases have been reported since September.
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Nigerian Shi'ite leader denied bail after supporters killed during protest
ReutersSheikh Ibrahim Zakzaky, leader of the Shi’ite Islamic Movement for Nigeria, was denied bail days after 40 of his followers were killed by the state security forces while calling for his release.
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Shakespeare can help British Muslims feel less excluded
The GuardianA new interpretation of Othello opens up portrayals of Islam that are absent from TV shows like The Bodyguard.
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Mohammed bin Salman Isn’t Saudi Arabia’s First Fake Reformer
Foreign PolicyThe United States has a long history of advocating for and supporting Saudi leaders promising to change their kingdom for the better.
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Is Peddling Hate a Losing Campaign Strategy?
The NationA new survey by a Muslim advocacy group finds that the ubiquitous anti-Muslim rhetoric seen on the campaign trail does not resinate with American voters.
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Thousands protest burning of Islamic flag in Indonesia
Washington Post Thousands protested in the wake of a video showing mainstream Nahdlatul Ulama’s youth-wing militia burning the conservative Hizbut Tahrir flag. Protestors claimed grounds for blasphemy because the burnt flag was emblazoned with the Islamic declaration of faith.
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Muslim family will not give up keys to iconic Jerusalem church despite pressure
Al-MonitorA Jerusalem family that has been caretakers of the keys to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher since the 12th century is resisting community and political pressure to relinquish the keys to another branch of the family.
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11/6 has become a landmark date in Muslim American history
Al-JazeeraRashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar have rekindled hope for Muslim-Americans across the US.
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Blasphemy law is repealed in Ireland, enforced in Pakistan – and a problem in many Christian and Muslim countries
The ConversationThe success of a referendum removing a blasphemy law from Ireland’s constitution highlights the ongoing and very emotional debate surrounding blasphemy in the Muslim world.
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This Christmas, beware evangelical Christians bearing gifts
The GuardianThe Samaritan’s Purse charity sends gift boxes to children in Muslim countries. They contain a pernicious, hidden agenda.
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Rohingya 'terrified' about Myanmar repatriation, aid groups say
Al-JazeeraA group of 42 aid agencies says the planned return of Rohingya to Myanmar is ‘premature’ and ‘dangerous’.
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Saudi Arabia bars nearly 3 million Palestinians from Hajj and Umrah
Middle East EyeSaudi Arabia is denying Hajj and Umrah pilgrimage visas to Palestinians in Jordan, Lebanon, East Jerusalem and Israel who hold temporary Jordanian passports.
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Congresswoman-Elect Ilhan Omar Shares Advice for Young People and How She Deals With Islamophobia
Teen Vogue“I don’t really give space to people who are attacking me based on my identities.” says Keith Ellison’s confident and unapologetic successor in Minnesota’s 5th congressional district. The Somali-American, and first refugee elected to the US House has overcome numerous obstacles, including Islamophobic attacks on her way to Washington.
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More Muslims running (and winning) in US elections
Voice of AmericaThe 2018 midterm elections represented an opportunity for Muslim Americans to push back against the difficulties they have faced since the 9/11 attacks with an expression of patriotism.
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A Middle East Monarchy Hired American Ex-Soldiers To Kill Its Political Enemies. This Could Be The Future Of War.
BuzzFeed NewsAccording to two participants in the alleged activities, the United Arab Emirates has used American mercenaries, former Special Forces members, to assassinate “prominent clerics and Islamist political figures” in Yemen as part of the UAE’s larger strategy in the Yemen conflict.
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