by Shadi Hamid It is an unexpected consolation that the Trump era, while offering unusually severe levels of polarization, has also produced fascinating, even groundbreaking writing on the difficulties Continue Reading
Evangelical, Muslim, Jewish. It’s time we all renew our commitment to religious freedom.
Oliver Thomas and Charles C. Haynes, USA Today Religious freedom can be a divisive issue, but it’s important. My group is renewing our commitment to the First Amendment, by signing this charter. In the turbulent 1960s, John Courtney Murray famously reminded Americans that the Constitution begins Continue Reading
What you don’t know about America’s Islamic heritage
By Kim Hjelmgaard, USA TODAY WASHINGTON – One of the greatest stories rarely told about the long history of Muslim immigration to the United States stretching back hundreds of years is actually being told most days by Amir Muhammad, the founder and chief curator of America’s Islamic Heritage 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