September 5 – 11

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Maydan Editors

The Maydan is an online publication of the AbuSulayman Center for Global Islamic Studies at George Mason University. The Maydan team is composed of the Center's faculty members and graduate students both within and outside GMU.
Shariah With Chinese Characteristics: A Scholar Looks at the Muslim Hui

Shariah With Chinese Characteristics: A Scholar Looks at the Muslim Hui

The New York Times

Matthew Erie, a professor at Oxford, examines how Islam fits as a religious minority in China.
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In France, Women Are Free

In France, Women Are Free

Huffington Post

Manuel Valls, Prime Minister of France, responds to the New York Times article ‘The Way People Look at Us Has Changed’: Muslim Women on Life in Europe and argues that the Times article did not portray how the majority of Muslim women feel.
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Muslim women’s group demands complete ban on Shariah courts

Muslim women’s group demands complete ban on Shariah courts

Hindustan Times

The Muslim Women’s Quest for Equality, a Muslim women’s group in India, calls for a ban of Shariah courts because they argue that they favor men over women.
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Sept. 11 Marked Turning Point For Muslims In Increasingly Diverse America

Sept. 11 Marked Turning Point For Muslims In Increasingly Diverse America

NPR

Before 9/11, many Muslims were looking back towards their home countries, but after 9/11, they realized they need to be involved in their own communities.
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Sierra Leone Muslims make first Hajj after Ebola

Sierra Leone Muslims make first Hajj after Ebola

Anadolu Agency

Over 800 Muslims from Sierra Leone are set to travel Mecca for the Hajj pilgrimage for the first time since 2014, when Ebola struck the country.
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Welcome to Generation M: Muslim women are set to define our global future - get ready

Welcome to Generation M: Muslim women are set to define our global future - get ready

The Telegraph

Shelina Janmohamed, author, describes how young, Muslim women are the future of this world and they are not afraid despite living a world afraid of them.
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Obama Nominates Possible First Muslim-American Judge to Federal Court

Obama Nominates Possible First Muslim-American Judge to Federal Court

NBC News

President Obama, in a historic moment of Muslim Americans, nominated Abid Riaz Qureshi to sit on the Washington D.C. Federal Court. If elected, he will be the first Muslim-American federal judge.
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Colin Kaepernick Denies Rumors of Conversion to Islam

Colin Kaepernick Denies Rumors of Conversion to Islam

TIME

Colin Kaepernick, despite many rumors, says that he has not converted to Islam.
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I didn't realize how often Muslims get kicked off planes, until it happened to me

I didn't realize how often Muslims get kicked off planes, until it happened to me

The Guardian

Niala Mohammad shares her experience being kicked off an American Airlines plane for simply asking why her plane hadn’t taken off yet.
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Forget the burkini ban: France's Muslims have much bigger problems

Forget the burkini ban: France's Muslims have much bigger problems

CNN

Despite the recent “burkini ban” being so prominent in the news, author Myriam Francois argues that this is just one of the many pieces of legislation meant to discriminate against French Muslims.
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How Muslim-Americans Drifted to the Democratic Party

How Muslim-Americans Drifted to the Democratic Party

VOA

Muslim Americans have made a shift since 9/11 from Republican leaning to Democratic leaning due to the Islamophobia spearheaded by Republicans.
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Maydan editors selected some of the most thought-provoking news items on issues around Islam, religion and public-life for you. Let us know what you have been reading. Drop us a line at mediaroundups@themaydan.com!