Rose S. Aslan In a recent tweet, President Trump stated that ranchers have been finding prayer rugs scattered along the U.S.-Mexico border. Late last year, he tweeted that “criminals and unknown Middle Easterners” were mixed in with the caravan heading to the U.S. My research indicates that Continue Reading
Amid Islamophobia and travel bans, one mosque offers a lesson in caring
The mosque in a squat, brick industrial park in Northern Virginia was bustling Saturday morning. Women in springtime-colored hijab walked through the door. Women with no headscarves, too. There were old men, a couple speaking Spanish and 3-year-old redheaded twins who whirled like little Continue Reading
Aziz Ansari has a funny suggestion to end Islamophobia. Here’s why its important by Hussein Rashid
This opinion piece is by Hussein Rashid, PhD, founder of islamicate, a consultancy focusing on religious literacy. In his viral act on “Saturday Night Live,” comedian Aziz Ansari spoke to an ugly truth about how Americans think of Muslims. Ansari pointed out that when people watch movies or a TV 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