Charlie Savage / The New York Times WASHINGTON — A federal judge ruled on Thursday that Hoda Muthana, an American-born woman who joined the Islamic State in 2014 and says she now wants to return home to her family in Alabama, is not an American citizen. In a surprise ruling from the bench, Continue Reading
FATAH: Rejecting hijab dooms woman to 24 years in prison
Tarek Fatah / Toronto Sun / August 29, 2019 ou may never have heard of Saba Kord-Afshari, but the 20-year-old Iranian woman was sentenced to 24 years in prison by the Islamic Republic of Iran on Monday for the crime of defying the country’s ‘hijab law’ that forbids all women in Iran from Continue Reading
How Muslims became the good guys on TV
Mohammad Zaheer / BBC Hit show Homeland is about to end, after many years casting Islam as the enemy. But in its place has come a wave of thrillers portraying Muslims as heroes. Please click here to read the rest of the article. Continue Reading
Despite Trump’s Guantánamo Threats, Americans Who Joined ISIS Are Quietly Returning Home
Robin Wright / The New Yorker On June 5th, eight Americans were quietly flown home from the former ISIS caliphate in Syria. The two women and six minors, whose identities were not disclosed, are now being resettled at unnamed locations with help from the U.S. government. They are not the first Continue Reading
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