(RNS) — It began, as so many social justice movements these days do, on Twitter. Namira Islam, a Bangladeshi-American lawyer living in Detroit, had noticed that many of the ongoing conversations about Muslims online showed ignorance of the faith group’s racial demographics. Black Muslims Continue Reading
After police foil terrorist attack on Islamberg, New York Muslims push for justice
(RNS), January 24, 2019 — News of arrests in an alleged terrorist plot to attack their small village has sent “shock waves” through Islamberg, a predominantly black Muslim community in upstate New York, residents say. Now, members of the beleaguered community say they want real action after Continue Reading