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WORLD NEWS: “China Orders Muslim Shops to Sell Alcohol to ‘Weaken’ Islam”
From Washington Post by Simon Denyer Chinese authorities have ordered Muslim shopkeepers and restaurant owners in a village in its troubled Xinjiang region to sell alcohol and cigarettes, and promote them in “eye-catching displays,” in an attempt to undermine Islam’s … Continue reading
NATIONAL PUBLIC RADIO: “Learning About The Quran From A Catholic Archbishop”
From National Public Radio As a 12-year-old Catholic boy growing up in England, Michael Fitzgerald decided he wanted to be a missionary in Africa. Eight years later, he was studying theology and learning Arabic in Tunisia. He went on to … Continue reading
BOOK REVIEW: “The Rise of the Anti-Muslim Fringe in America”
From The Boston Review by Aziz Huq Terrified: How Anti-Muslim Fringe Organizations Became Mainstream Christopher Bail Princeton University Press, $35 (Cloth) On January 11, Steven Emerson, the executive director of a not-for-profit called The Investigative Project, broke some bad news … Continue reading
VIDEO: “Watch Young Afghan Girls Turn Their Country into Skateboardistan”
From ThisIsColossal.com by Kate Sierzputowski Australian skateboarder Oliver Percovich created the non-profit Skateistan in 2007, a grassroots project that connects youth and education through skateboarding in Afghanistan. The organization, which has since grown to an award-winning international NGO, caught the attention … Continue reading
VIDEO: “Pakistan Launches Cartoon TV Show About Muslim Female Super Hero”
From MIC.com The Muslim world doesn’t have the best reputation when it comes to female empowerment. With a lack of of strong, independent female role models, young women in the region have few places to look in popular culture for … Continue reading
NEWS: “American Muslim to Recite Islamic Call to Prayer in All 50 States”
From Detroit Free Press by Niraj Warikoo Holding his hands over his ears, Jameel Syed stood in front of the congregation at a Farmington Hills mosque, calling the faithful to prayer. “God is the greatest,” the Auburn Hills man recited … Continue reading
“Tribeca Film Festival to Air ‘Song of Lahore’ on Pakistan’s Classical Musicians”
From IndieWire “God willing, the entire world will see that Pakistanis are artists, not terrorists.” By Anya Jaremko-Greenwold “God willing, the entire world will see that Pakistanis are artists, not terrorists.” “Song of Lahore,” from filmmakers Andy Schocken and Sharmeen … Continue reading
NEWS: “18-Year-Old Teenager Wants To Be First Female Muslim NYC Firefighter”
From The Village Voice (New York) by Irene Chidinma Ahlam Ahmed is determined to become a New York City firefighter. The petite eighteen-year-old of Yemeni descent stands five feet tall, weighs just 105 pounds, and is well aware of the … Continue reading
COLUMN: “Texas City’s Anti-Sharia Legislation Runs Counter to American Values”
From Dallas Morning News (Texas) by Steve Blow My father-in-law, God rest him, was Italian-American. And Louis Territo could not have looked more Italian in a stereotypical kind of way — from the olive skin to the “Roman nose” to … Continue reading
“Anti-Muslim Politician from Holland to Address Members of U.S. Congress”
From ThinkProgress by Yasmine Taeb In a post for ThinkProgress last month, I discussed how a tightly-knit group of anti-Islam activists and organizations in the United States are in fact collaborating with and at times funding similar discriminatory and bigoted … Continue reading
