Aysha Khan
Aysha Khan is a Boston-based journalist reporting on American Muslims and millennial faith for RNS. Her newsletter, Creeping Sharia, curates news coverage of Muslim communities in the U.S. Previously, she was the social media editor at RNS.
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Muslim groups condemn Fox News host for questioning Rep. Omar’s loyalty to US
By Aysha Khan — March 11, 2019
(RNS) — "Jeanine Pirro should be fired, and Fox News should apologize to its viewing audience," said a statement by the Council on American-Islamic Relations.
‘This is about equality’: Muslim couple produces braille Quran in English
By Aysha Khan — March 11, 2019
(RNS) — In the past three years, Islam By Touch has sent more than 150 braille renderings of English translations of the Quran to U.S. mosques and Muslims.
New play ‘American Griot’ explores blues music’s Muslim and African roots
By Aysha Khan — March 5, 2019
PALOS HILLS, Ill. (RNS) – A musical play explores the shared history of Islam, Africa and blues music through the eyes of an enslaved storyteller-musician.
Muslim inmates sue over combined faith services in Arkansas prisons
By Aysha Khan — March 4, 2019
(RNS) — Muslim prisoners say the Arkansas Department of Correction requires them to attend a combined Friday prayer service with members of the Nation of Islam and Nation of Gods and Earths.
In Detroit, one organization is schooling Muslims on racial justice
By Aysha Khan — February 20, 2019
(RNS) — In just five years, the Muslim Anti-Racism Collaborative has grown from a Twitter conversation into an organization that has trained America’s biggest Muslim groups in racial justice.
Report: One in three in UK say Islam threatens British culture
By Aysha Khan — February 18, 2019
(RNS) — A new report finds that about 35 percent of British people think that Islam is generally "a threat to the British way of life" in the wake of 2017 terrorist attacks.
Why some young Muslim women are leaning into arranged marriages
By Aysha Khan — February 13, 2019
(RNS) — Halal dating apps are gaining traction among young Muslims. But dating often comes with its own set of headaches, so many young Muslim women say they are bypassing the drama by leaning into their family’s traditions of arranged marriage.
MIT faces backlash over invited speaker’s anti-Muslim comments
By Aysha Khan — February 12, 2019
CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (RNS) — Indian and Muslim groups are pushing MIT to disinvite a prominent Indian politician over his record of anti-Muslim remarks.
US Muslim leaders call on China to end persecution of Uighurs
By Aysha Khan — February 8, 2019
(RNS) – The letter called for the release of detainees from the internment camps and for U.S. consumers to boycott imports produced by detainees’ forced labor.
Nikahnama wants to bring back a lost Islamic marriage tradition
By Aysha Khan — February 7, 2019
(RNS) — Nushmia Khan was tired of seeing Muslim couples treat their sacred marriage contracts as boring legalese. So last month, she launched a small business to help bring decorative keepsake Islamic marriage contracts to Muslim couples across the globe.
‘We’re not the enemy’: Muslim fans respond to Chicago Cubs patriarch’s emails
By Aysha Khan — February 5, 2019
(RNS) — Muslim fans of the Chicago Cubs say they’re disappointed after leaked emails from Ricketts, the billionaire patriarch of the family that owns the team, revealed him sharing racist, anti-Muslim jokes and conspiracy theories.
After police foil terrorist attack on Islamberg, New York Muslims push for justice
By Aysha Khan — January 24, 2019
(RNS) — News of yet another attempted terrorist attack on 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.
Muslim groups condemn detention of Iranian broadcaster
By Aysha Khan — January 23, 2019
(RNS) – Muslim civil rights organizations have joined press freedom and other human rights groups in questioning the detention of the American-born journalist.
Michael Muhammad Knight wants to introduce you to Islam’s prophet — 40 times
By Aysha Khan — January 18, 2019
(RNS) — In his latest book, Michael Muhammad Knight seeks a more fluid biography of the Holy Prophet of Islam — beyond modern constructions.
Rare autobiography of Muslim slave goes online via Library of Congress
By Aysha Khan — January 17, 2019
(RNS) – The only known existing autobiography of a slave written in Arabic in America is now freely available to researchers and the public online.
