American Islam
Muslim #MeToo isn’t just a man problem. It’s also a male-led theology problem
By Dilshad Ali — October 26, 2018
(RNS) — Muslim women are no longer going to be patient with the default male-led scholarship on gendered violence and sexual trauma within an Islamic framework.
Seventeen years after 9/11, Muslims are still ‘presumed guilty’
By Aysha Khan — September 10, 2018
(RNS) — Todd Green, the author of a new book on Islamophobia, says that if we’re still asking Muslims to condemn terrorism despite repeated disavowals, the trouble lies not with Muslims, but with the American majority.
A down payment on making hajj easier for Muslim women
By Caitlin Yoshiko Kandil — August 11, 2018
LOS ANGELES (RNS) — A new group founded a year ago is helping Muslim women make the pilgrimage to Mecca by providing money, advice and even rewriting the narrative about women and hajj.
What binds Muslims to the Democratic Party?
By Paul O'Donnell — August 9, 2018
(RNS) — Socially conservative Muslims have a surprising and seemingly easy affiliation with the Democratic Party. Why do Muslims abide these differences when other religious groups cannot?
Invitations to Iftar
By Catherine Orsborn — June 1, 2018
(RNS) — When people gather for dinner in hundreds of homes, mosques, churches, synagogues and community centers across the country, it shows another way for our country.
Millennials: get over your faith phobia
By Aamir Hussain — May 24, 2018
(RNS) — Interfaith work isn’t about watering down our religions. It’s about building relationships so we can together serve others.
Murderer makes repentance in new role as prison imam
By G. Jeffrey MacDonald — May 18, 2018
AIRWAY HEIGHTS, Wash. (RNS) — Now 11 years into his imprisonment, Naveed Haq is the new imam for the Airway Heights Correctional Main Facility in Airway Heights, Wash. In his new role, he's trying to lead by example in conveying remorse to those he hurt.
New Jersey town approves mosque after $3.25M settlement
By Jerome Socolovsky — August 9, 2017
BERNARDS TOWNSHIP, N.J. (AP) — The Islamic Society of Basking Ridge had sued the township last year, claiming the town changed its zoning ordinances in order to deny the group's plans.
The ’Splainer: What is Laylat al-Qadr, Muslims’ ‘Night of Destiny’?
By Aysha Khan — June 20, 2017
(RNS) It's the holiest night of the year for Muslims.
Jews, Muslims and holy envy
By Jeffrey Salkin — March 12, 2017
(RNS) It's about sacred envy. And holy hospitality. And how Islam needs bar and bat mitzvah.
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