Islam
Three Muslim actors make Golden Globe history
By Joseph Hammond — February 4, 2021
(RNS) — For the first time in history, three Muslim actors have received Golden Globes award nominations in the same year.
‘I have to find the Mecca of my heart’: Muslims grieve as hajj is drastically limited
By Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil — June 26, 2020
(RNS) — For many American converts, hajj is more than the fulfillment of a sacred ritual: It’s the first chance to experience a completely Muslim environment.
Coronavirus restrictions on mosques bring women to the fore
By Hind Makki — May 18, 2020
(RNS) — Sheltering in place may be giving American Muslims an opportunity to reshape our community spaces.
Ramadan in the quiet spaces
By Ruth Nasrullah — May 1, 2020
(RNS) — We don’t need a crowd and we don’t need the vast expanse of the prayer hall. God is with us wherever we pray.
Ismaili TV-streaming platform launches in response to pandemic
By Aysha Khan — April 24, 2020
(RNS) — Ismaili Muslims have launched a global 24/7 online streaming platform to keep members connected.
Gift drive for the children of Muslim inmates seeks to serve the ‘hidden ummah’
By Aysha Khan — April 20, 2020
(RNS) — With prison systems nationally shutting down outside visitation due to the pandemic, one Muslim chaplain is working to help close the gap between incarcerated Muslims and their families.
Netflix’s ‘Messiah’ is not my Jesus
By Thomas Reese — February 19, 2020
(RNS) — Netflix’s 'Messiah' is intriguing, but in the end, good television makes for bad theology.
Born of a Muslim who overcame an immigration ban, a community celebrates its centennial
By Amjad Mahmood Khan — February 15, 2020
(RNS) — Arriving in 1920, Mufti Muhammad Sadiq, one of the earliest missionaries of Islam in the United States, established a lasting example for Muslim American relations.
Franklin Graham vows UK tour will go on after planned venues back out
By Yonat Shimron — February 6, 2020
(RNS) — The tour is scheduled for late May through early June and was to feature eight venues in eight cities across the U.K. Thousands signed petitions objecting to his visit.
‘Muslims in my house’: A tribute to a beloved centenarian
By Afeefa Syeed — January 8, 2020
(RNS) — A small-town hero, she said yes to our fledgling Islamic school during a time of uncertainty for Muslims, delving deep into what it means to be American.
Muslims in fear as police crack down in India’s heartland
By Sheikh Saaliq — January 7, 2020
MEERUT, India (AP) — A crackdown on protests against a new citizenship law has been the harshest in the northern state of Uttar Pradesh, where Muslims comprise 20% of the population.
‘Mission accomplished’: How one woman built the mosque of her dreams in Vegas
By Aysha Khan — December 10, 2019
LAS VEGAS (RNS) — Four years after becoming the first woman to build a U.S. mosque, Masjid Ibrahim’s 74-year-old founder says she’s still amazed by the community she has created.
For one Afghan activist, her burqa is the shield allowing her to denounce corruption, Trump
By Claire Giangravé — December 9, 2019
VATICAN CITY (RNS) – In a school in downtown Rome on Friday (Dec. 6), the “bravest woman in Afghanistan” spoke to students about her faith, the Trump administration and the difficult legacy of four decades of war in her home country.
How India’s youth are taking to a path shown by a 15th century mystic
By Kalpana Jain — November 13, 2019
VARANASI, India (RNS) — As Indian millennials chart their own spiritual paths they are leading a revival of the teachings of a mystic who wrote couplets on the nature of the divine and criticized any form of orthodoxy.
Larycia Hawkins documentary shows the cost of embodied solidarity
By Dilshad Ali — November 7, 2019
(RNS) — Hawkins' story points to evangelical Christians' difficulties with Islam, but it also raises questions about what it means to be an ally and what exactly embodied solidarity means.
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