A Muslim and a Jew urge the Supreme Court to strike down the Muslim ban
LA Times An American Jew and an American Muslim explain why they’re against Trump’s controversial Muslim Ban.
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Islam-Bashers Blast Civil Rights Activist Linda Sarsour, Twisting Her Use of the Word `Jihad'
Southern Poverty Law CenterOrganized anti-Muslim movements are unified in their outrage over recent remarks by civil rights activist Linda Sarsour, falsely arguing that she was inciting violence against President Trump.
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A Powerful Voice Against Arab Stereotyping, Jack Shaheen, Dies
NPRLongtime media critic and writer Jack Shaheen dies at 81.
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What Comes After ISIS?
Foreign PolicyThe jihadi group’s defeat in Mosul and Raqqa is about to usher in a new era — and new conflicts — across the Middle East.
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House rejects controversial study of Islam
PoliticoThe House on Friday rejected a controversial GOP proposal opponents say is unconstitutional and will lead to the targeting of Muslims.
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Shariah’s Winding Path Into Modernity
The New York TimesShariah is more complicated than public whipping and stoning, and within the Muslim world factions are clashing over how it should be interpreted.
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Calls for Stripping Qatar of World Cup suggests Gulf crisis at a stalemate
The Turbulent World of Middle East SoccerA Saudi-UAE-led alliance has tabled a long-expected demand that world soccer body FIFA strip Qatar of its 2022 World Cup hosting rights.
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Liberal National party conference calls for ban on headscarves for children under 10
The GuardianLabor frontbencher describes Queensland convention’s vote as ‘appalling’ and says resolution at odds with multiculturalism.
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Taboo-busting sex guide offers advice to Muslim women seeking fulfilling love lives
The GuardianThe Muslimah Sex Manual: A Halal Guide to Mind Blowing Sex is praised for empowering women.
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Saudi Arabia boosting extremism in Europe, says former ambassador
The Guardian Sir William Patey says Riyadh may not be aware of how its support for a ‘certain brand of Islam’ is leading to radicalisation.
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Jacques Berque, a fighter for Arab culture – archive, 1995
The GuardianA very untypical pied-noir and a great theoretician of the Arab-Muslim world.
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Egyptian band hopes Islamic hits will resonate in translation
Al MonitorAn Egyptian band aims to share “nasheeds” with a wider audience.
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Is Morocco Headed Toward Insurrection?
The Nation Scholar Hisham Aidi reflects on the protests in Rif, Berber heartland and the site of the 1920s Rif Republic.
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