BY JENEÉ OSTERHELDT Wearing homemade tie-dye tees and a rainbow of hijabs, the members of Girl Scout Troop 4162 decorate flower pots for Earth Day. Zoya Hafeez, 11, paints the Pokemon logo on hers. Charizard is her fave. Ten-year-old Syeda Khadijah grabs a Girl Scout-green marker and etches Continue Reading
Toronto van attack: rightwingers point to Islamist terror before police cite motive
By Jason Wilson Canadian police have yet to identify the motive for the Toronto van attack in which 10 people were killed, but before the dead had even been counted, many rightwing commentators were rushing to depict the attack as Islamist terrorism. Within minutes of the attack, Faith Goldy, Continue Reading
Maine Democrats Refuse to Pass Law Forbidding ‘Barbaric Practice’ on Little Girls
By Lorie Johnson Maine Democrats voted down a bill that would criminalize the unspeakably barbaric practice known as female genital mutilation. FGM is exactly as the name suggests. It's the practice of literally cutting off a young girl's genitalia. The practice, often administered in secret Continue Reading
Muslims in America: Immigrants and those born in U.S. see life differently in many ways
The immigrant experience is deeply ingrained in the fabric of Islam in America. Most U.S. Muslim adults (58%) hail from other parts of the globe, their presence in America owing largely to the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act that lowered barriers to immigration from Asia, Africa and other Continue Reading
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