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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Amazon pulls offensive bathmats with Quranic text
By Aysha Khan — January 10, 2019
(RNS) — After complaints from Muslim customers, Amazon has removed over 20 product listings that included doormats, bathmats and toilet covers featuring verses from the Quran.
Muslim civil rights group sues Maryland over Israel boycott ban
By Aysha Khan — January 9, 2019
(RNS) — The Council on American-Islamic Relations filed a lawsuit challenging Maryland’s controversial executive order banning state agencies from contracts with businesses that boycott Israel.
What’s coming for religion in 2019? Here’s what the experts predict.
By Aysha Khan — December 31, 2018
(RNS) — Scholars, faith leaders, activists and other experts predict what changes the American and global religious landscapes will see after the New Year.
First Muslim superhero returns after 70 years, just in time to take down a few Nazis
By Aysha Khan — December 18, 2018
(RNS) – A Nazi-punching Muslim superhero may sound very 2018, but Kismet is a reboot of the first identified Muslim superhero.
Colorado police set sights on Shambhala Buddhist leaders over alleged sex crimes
By Aysha Khan — December 10, 2018
(RNS) – Buddhism's #MeToo movement could soon be making the transition from a grassroots movement to the criminal justice system.
Brooklyn Muslims document their past and present in new oral history project
By Aysha Khan — December 7, 2018
(RNS) – The Brooklyn Historical Society's new digital archive of 50 interviews with local Muslims can help "change the narrative" surrounding American Muslims, oral historian Zaheer Ali said.
Madrasa Discourses equip tomorrow’s Islamic scholars with scientific literacy
By Aysha Khan — December 3, 2018
(RNS) — A Notre Dame-based program brings young Islamic scholars into dialogue with modern intellectual currents, helping them 'recognize the scientific reasoning already embedded within the tradition,' a professor says.
‘You belong’: Threatened Muslim child receives 500 interfaith letters of support
By Aysha Khan — November 30, 2018
BOSTON (RNS) – Two weeks after receiving the threats, the Framingham, Mass., fifth-grader has stacks of letters of support from all over the country.
‘The Judge’ film introduces groundbreaking female Shariah judge
By Aysha Khan — November 20, 2018
(RNS) — The documentary traces the Middle East's trailblazing Judge Kholoud Al-Faqih’s efforts to lead a quiet social revolution.
Pop heartthrob Zayn Malik says he’s no longer Muslim, leaving his Muslim fans divided
By Aysha Khan — November 16, 2018
(RNS) — Rarely vocal about his faith, the former One Direction singer now says he appreciates his religious upbringing but is no longer religious himself, beyond a 'spiritual belief' in a God.
RNS Morning Report: US bishops; Veterans at ease; Aung San Suu Kyi
By Aysha Khan — November 13, 2018
Archbishop Christophe Pierre, the Vatican’s apostolic nuncio to the U.S., addresses a gathering of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Baltimore on Nov. 12, 2018. RNS photo by Jack Jenkins SEE YOU IN NYC! The Religion Beat: From celebrations to scandals Join editor-in-chief Bob Smietana and Columbia University professor Ari Goldman for a discussion […]
RNS Morning Report: Minorities rise up; Jeff Sessions leaves; Biblical justice
By Aysha Khan — November 8, 2018
Democrat Ilhan Omar speaks after winning in Minnesota’s 5th Congressional District race during the election night event held by the Democratic Party on Nov. 6, 2018, in St. Paul, Minn. (AP Photo/Hannah Foslien) SEE YOU IN NYC! The Religion Beat: From celebrations to scandals Join editor-in-chief Bob Smietana and Columbia University professor Ari Goldman for […]
RNS Morning Report: Billy Graham’s 100th; First Muslim women in Congress; Refugee caravan
By Aysha Khan — November 7, 2018
President Trump arrives to speak at a campaign rally at the IX Center, in Cleveland, on Nov. 5, 2018. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster) SEE YOU IN NYC! The Religion Beat: From celebrations to scandals Join editor-in-chief Bob Smietana and Columbia University professor Ari Goldman for a discussion about the future of religion journalism. RSVP now
RNS Morning Report: Get out the vote!; Biblical war; African witchcraft
By Aysha Khan — November 6, 2018
Voters go to the polls during early voting at the Hamilton County Board of Elections on Nov. 4, 2018, in Cincinnati. (AP Photo/John Minchillo) SEE YOU IN NYC! The Religion Beat: From celebrations to scandals Join editor-in-chief Bob Smietana and Columbia University professor Ari Goldman for a discussion about the future of religion journalism. RSVP […]
RNS Morning Report: #ShowUpForShabbat; Evangelicals in Saudi; Church and state case
By Aysha Khan — November 5, 2018
Two girls lean over the balcony rail at Squirrel Hill’s Beth Shalom Congregation, which held a community Shabbat service Nov. 3, 2018, on the one-week anniversary of the Tree of Life synagogue shooting in the Pittsburgh neighborhood. RNS photo by Yonat Shimron SEE YOU IN NYC! The Religion Beat: From celebrations to scandals Join editor-in-chief […]
