Many early Americans were astute enough, unlike so many Americans today, to distinguish between good and bad Muslims. From the 16th to the 18th Centuries the Barbary pirates (also known as the “naval mujahadeen”) raided the southern coasts of Europe. They stole…
Did this field trip to a mosque violate the First Amendment? A group of Palo Alto parents think so.
A group of Jewish, Hindu and Zoroastrian parents and students are suing a California school district, alleging that a high school program’s field trip to a mosque — and no other houses of worship — violated the First Amendment.
In Dearborn, the latest evidence of the new Crusades
Police in tactical gear pushed their way through the crowd of Christian Crusaders in Dearborn, Mich., Tuesday as January 6 insurrectionist Jake Lang and pastor Lorenzo Sewell led the flag-waving, shofar-blowing worship warriors into battle against their Muslim neighbors. Dressed…
What The Dr. Daf Show reveals
Scroll through YouTube and you will find them — the “1 vs. 20” debates hosted by Michelle Daf on The Dr. Daf Show. One atheist, one Muslim, one New Age adherent sit across from 20 Christian women, and for five…
Emerging Anti‑Immigration Sentiment In Japan Obscures Surprising Islamic History
A recent increase in anti-immigrant sentiment in Japan has led people from some religious and ethnic groups who were not born in Japan to face hostility. Hate speech has spread on social media, and some mosques have been targeted with…
Muslims were part of America’s story long before the republic began
In the 1520s and 1530s, a man named Esteban de Dorantes, known as Estevanico, walked across the deserts of what is now Texas, New Mexico and Arizona – decades before the English founded Jamestown in 1607 and a full century…
A Muslim Texan sought to find his place in the party at the state GOP convention. He left in tears.
To some extent, Mohamed Hussein knew he was preparing to enter the lion’s den.
Why this evangelical pastor rejects fear of Shariah
When many Americans hear the word “Shariah,” they do not think of a neighbor, a family or a shared life. They think of a threat. They imagine a foreign legal code waiting to overtake American courts and communities. That fear…
Congressional Democrats call GOP anti-Sharia caucus ‘hateful’
Democrats in Congress condemned a recently formed congressional group that claims Islamic religious law is a growing threat in the United States, calling it a “hateful caucus” that discriminates against American Muslims.
CAIR links San Diego murders to Republican-fueled Islamophobia
It’s hardly a surprise that the shooters who killed three people at a California mosque May 18 were motivated by hate, said the Council on American-Islamic Relations. CAIR made the statement after authorities revealed the two San Diego teens met…
First Purpose-Built Mosque in London Marked by New Green Plaque
A green heritage plaque has been unveiled at the Fazl Mosque in Southfields, southwest London, marking the historical importance of a site often described as the first purpose-built mosque in the British capital. The recognition comes as the mosque approaches the centenary…
War in Iran: A clash of fundamentalisms
Whatever its specious rationales and eventual outcomes, one underlying fact about the war in Iran is clear: What is largely fueling this dangerously combustible conflict is essentially a clash of fundamentalisms — Islamic, Jewish and Christian. When speaking of Islam generally, it is important to state emphatically that most of the world’s Muslims are peaceable peoples. (In my former role as a leader of the Alliance of Baptists, we entered…