By Hassan Hassan For nearly a year, Islamic State–watchers had wondered whether Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, the leader of the group, was alive. Then, on Wednesday, he resurfaced for the first time in 11 months, releasing a recorded speech to mark the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha. In the 55-minute Continue Reading
ISIS Member Arrested in Sacramento, U.S. Says
By Matt Stevens and Gabe Cohn Federal authorities said Wednesday they had arrested an Iraqi citizen and longtime member of Al Qaeda and the Islamic State who fled after killing an Iraqi police officer in 2014, eventually settling in Sacramento as a purported refugee. The man, Omar Ameen, 45, is Continue Reading
Fighting intolerance, Ahmadi Muslims have won unlikely allies
By Aysha Khan ALTON, United Kingdom (RNS) — Johnnie Moore, one of President Trump’s evangelical advisers, stood before the Ahmadi caliph and tens of thousands of his Muslim followers on Saturday (Aug. 4) and celebrated the phrase “Allahu akbar,” Arabic for “God is the greatest.” “I grieve at Continue Reading
How the Nation of Islam and Louis Farrakhan came to be at the center of a D.C. political flap
By Michelle Boorstein Chris Hawthorne was 16 in the spring of 1989 when the Nation of Islam brought hip-hop giant Public Enemy to the banks of the Anacostia River. Crack, AIDS and murder were running roughshod on the District, particularly in Ward 8, where Hawthorne was growing up. But if the Continue Reading
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