By Harriet Sherwood Muslims in the northern hemisphere face the most challenging Ramadan for more than 30 years, with long summer days creating the shortest possible window for breaking their daily fast. The Islamic holy month, which is expected to begin on Monday, straddles the summer solstice Continue Reading
North Dakota Mosque a Symbol of Muslims’ Long Ties in America
By Samuel G. Freedman ROSS, N.D. — Richard Omar drove his pickup truck through the cemetery gate and pulled to a stop in sight of the scattered headstones. As he walked toward a low granite monument, his running shoes crunched the dry prairie grass and he tilted forward into an unrelenting west Continue Reading
Watch Muslim kids read letters from Japanese internment camp survivors
By Sonali Kohli The Japanese American children who spent years in World War II internment camps were hopeful. Some thought racial discrimination would end after the war, they wrote in letters about their daily lives. But now, the grown-up survivors are seeing another group endure isolation and Continue Reading
Muslim Leaders Wage Theological Battle, Stoking ISIS’ Anger
By Laurie Goodstein As the military and political battle against the Islamic State escalates, Muslim imams and scholars in the West are fighting on another front — through theology. Imam Suhaib Webb, a Muslim leader in Washington, has held live monthly video chats to refute the religious claims of Continue Reading
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