By Zahira Torres A high school yearbook is supposed to be a keepsake, but for a Muslim student in Rancho Cucamonga it will be a painful reminder of being misidentified as “Isis Phillips” in a photo that showed her smiling and wearing a hijab. Bayan Zehlif, a student at Los Osos High School, Continue Reading
What’s That You’re Wearing? A Guide to Muslim Veils
By Russell Goldman They are banned in France, mandated in Saudi Arabia and a fashion statement inIndonesia. Veils for Muslim women come in all sizes, shapes and colors — and with terminology that can mean different things in different places. The Quran is oblique in its references to “hijab,” Continue Reading
Podcast: My Father is Muslim and My Mother is Christian: An Iranian American’s Story
In 1979, famous Beach Boys song “Barbara Anne” quickly became a song parody. The lyrics were switched to “Bomb-bomb-bomb-bomb-bomb Iran.” Shirin Taber, an Iranian American, shares what it was like to be a teenager during an unstable time for her and all Iranian immigrants in America. It was because Continue Reading
2015 Saw A Decrease In Religious Freedom Around The World, Says Annual Report
By Tom Gjelten The global refugee crisis, political strife and economic dislocation all contributed to a worldwide deterioration of religious freedom in 2015 and an increase in "societal intolerance," according to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom. "At best, in most of the Continue Reading
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