As Republican elected leaders in Texas seek to limit the activities of Muslim organizations, an interfaith coalition has issued a plea to defend Muslim neighbors and their religious freedom. The open letter was created by George A. Mason and Nancy…
Letter to the Editor: When Muslims sound more like Jesus than the Christians
I live in Alabama where, apparently, a number of aspirants to political office are operating on the sad assumption that a majority of Alabama voters will reward them for being xenophobic, in general, and Islamophobic, in particular. Last week, in…
Republican leaders won’t denounce Islamophobia
Republican fearmongering about Muslims and Sharia Law is generating plenty of pushback from Democrats and civil rights groups across the country, but next to nothing from GOP leaders in Congress. Islamophobic rhetoric is on the rise as conservative members of…
Republican fears about Sharia law called a ‘hoax’
Proclaiming the dangers of Sharia law has become all the rage among Republicans over the past few months, while opponents denounce the movement as an effort to stoke fear of Muslims among conservative voters heading into the 2026 election. Republican…
Greece’s crackdown on mosques is aimed at flushing out migrants, Muslim advocates say
In early February, a few weeks before the beginning of Ramadan, Greece’s minister of migration and asylum, Thanos Plevris, announced a nationwide sweep to close down “illegal places of worship,” specifically mentioning more than 60 unregistered mosques that are operating…
Amid Stunning Landscapes, A Monk, Zen Priest And Muslim Leader Feel At Home
I drove slowly along a winding 13-mile dirt road in the Chama River Canyon Wilderness area in New Mexico on a cool Saturday morning. Aside from the occasional bird and the sound of my tires crunching on the gravel, there…
Muslim group sues DeSantis over his executive order
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis violated the U.S. and state constitutions with an executive order labeling the Council on American-Islamic Relations a terrorist organization, the Muslim civil rights group says in a new federal lawsuit. The litigation claims DeSantis’ Dec. 8…
Texas governor seeks to ban Muslim organizations
The Muslim Brotherhood and the Council on American-Islamic Relations are “foreign terrorist organizations” and are banned from owning property in Texas, Gov. Greg Abbott declared in a Nov. 18 proclamation. “The Muslim Brotherhood and CAIR have long made their goals…
Christian nationalists and some Jews foresee doom in Mamdani’s win
Christian nationalists are losing their minds over the election of Zohran Kwame Mamdani as the first Muslim mayor of New York City. Before and since Mamdani’s Nov. 4 victory, evangelicals, right-wing politicians and conspiracy theorists expressed fears the Ugandan-born immigrant would…
A Town Reluctantly Let a Mosque Expand. Then Came the Backlash.
When a Long Island town last month agreed to settle a lawsuit over a mosque’s plans to upgrade its modest facilities, it appeared to end a seven-year fight in which the town had opposed basic renovations at every turn.
Republican congressional candidate burns Quran with flamethrower
The oldest Muslim community in the United States has condemned a Texas congressional candidate’s videotaped burning of a Quran. “Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA strongly condemns the burning of the Holy Quran by congressional candidate Valentina Gomez, as well as the…
Twelver Shiism – a branch of Islam that serves both as a spiritual and political force in Iran and beyond
Twelver Shiism is the largest branch within Shiism – one of the two major sects within Islam. Shiism is the second-largest tradition within Islam overall, following the Sunni tradition.