(RNS) — When it comes time for Muslims to break their Ramadan fast at sundown during Islam’s holy month, they traditionally start with a few dried dates. For their last full meal before a full day of fasting, many American Muslim families down a plate of pancakes at IHOP. It’s not because Continue Reading
Creeping Theo-Progressivism: Radical Islam and the Radical Left
by Sam Westrop City Journal March 12, 2019 In 2018, the first two Muslim women elected to Congress – Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib – did so with the help of both Islamist and progressivist bases. For years, critics have thought the collaboration between Islamist groups and sections of the Left Continue Reading
In Chicago, one mosque charts its own path
Aysha Khan / RNS On Friday afternoons, the tech startup staffers and other daily occupants of a downtown co-working space here are learning to coexist with a new neighbor down the hall: A small conference room on the third floor has been transformed into a Muslim prayer room. It’s not the Continue Reading
In Detroit, one organization is schooling Muslims on racial justice
(RNS) — It began, as so many social justice movements these days do, on Twitter. Namira Islam, a Bangladeshi-American lawyer living in Detroit, had noticed that many of the ongoing conversations about Muslims online showed ignorance of the faith group’s racial demographics. Black Muslims Continue Reading