(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
The Creeping Liberalism in American Islam
By Mustafa Akyol Far from spreading Shariah, as Islamophobes have suggested, America’s Muslim clerics are focusing on a more familiar trend: youngsters blending into American life. Since 9/11, a recurrent theme in the far-right circles of America has been “creeping Shariah.” It reflects Continue Reading
Muslims Form Community Patrol. Some Neighbors Say No, Thanks.
By Alexandra E. Petri Maeen Ali remembers the worry he felt when he first spotted the “Punish a Muslim Day” screed online. The letter, mailed last spring throughout England, encouraged violence that ranged from pulling off a woman’s head scarf to bombing mosques. Each attack, the letter Continue Reading
Daily Hope for Turkish Women
Gender-based violence is still one of the most prevalent issues in Turkey today. According to the Turkish Statistical Institute, 2,337 women have been murdered by husbands, fathers, or sons in the last ten years – 78 lives were claimed in February of this year. Rape and child marriages are Continue Reading