By Michael Matza Ez-Zohra Baidouri, 73, emigrated from Morocco in 1986, settled with her family in Northeast Philadelphia, and embraced U.S. citizenship 15 years ago. On a recent afternoon, following prayers at Masjid Al Furqan mosque on Roosevelt Boulevard near Cottman Avenue, she Continue Reading
Extremist Imam Tests F.B.I. and the Limits of the Law
By SCOTT SHANE and ADAM GOLDMAN WASHINGTON — For more than a decade, Suleiman Anwar Bengharsa has served as a Muslim cleric in Maryland, working as a prison chaplain and as an imam at mosques in Annapolis and outside Baltimore. He gave a two-week course in 2011 on Islamic teachings on marriage at Continue Reading
Cleric Gulen says certain Erdogan behind failed Turkey coup
Reuters U.S.-based Muslim cleric Fethullah Gulen, whom Turkish authorities accuse of orchestrating a failed coup in July, told a German newspaper that he was sure President Tayyip Erdogan was behind the putsch. Gulen said in an interview with the weekly Die Zeit that the military coup attempt Continue Reading
The secret costs of Islamophobia
By Daniel Burke (CNN)With Adele's song "All I Ask" playing in the background, a Maryland teenager opened her computer and wrote an emotional letter to President Barack Obama. "I am an American, I grew up here. I say the Pledge of Allegiance every day," Aleena Khan told the President. "And Continue Reading
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