Islam

A Muslim In Rural, White Minnesota On How To 'Love Thy Neighbor'

6:15pm June 16, 2019

After Donald Trump's election, Dr. Ayaz Virji started giving talks to mostly white, Christian audiences in rural Minnesota to try to dispel misconceptions about Muslims. He faced a lot of backlash.

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People enjoy an afternoon at Eminonu Square in Istanbul in January. A recent survey of personal beliefs and lifestyles in majority-Muslim Turkey has found a smaller portion of people describing themselves as religious.

Turks Examine Their Muslim Devotion After Poll Says Faith Could Be Waning

7:00am February 11, 2019

by Peter Kenyon

Despite a rise in religious doctrine from the government, a recent survey shows a dip in the portion of people identifying as religious, compared with a poll in 2008.

Muhammad: Forty Introductions by Michael Muhammad Knight

'Muhammad: Forty Introductions' Isn't Setting Out To Satisfy

5:01am January 15, 2019

by Lily Meyer

Michael Muhammad Knight's new book on the religious figure is designed to seduce, educate, and irritate its audience into curiosity about Islam and Muhammad — and on all three fronts it succeeds.

A student takes notes in a math class in the Government Girls High School of Meer Muhammad.

Pakistan Wants To Reform Madrassas. Experts Advise Fixing Public Education First

8:39am January 10, 2019

The government hopes to reform seminaries, which are often seen as places where students are indoctrinated with extreme interpretations of Islam. Experts argue the entire education system must change.

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Saudi woman Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun walks by Thai Chief of Immigration Police Maj. Gen. Surachate Hakparn (right) before leaving the Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok. Australia says it is considering granting refugee resettlement to the Saudi, who fled from

Saudi Woman Granted Refugee Status, Could Get Asylum In Australia

10:43am January 09, 2019

by Matthew S. Schwartz

Rahaf Mohammed Alqunun fled her family during an overseas trip and tried to fly to Australia, but was stopped in Thailand. The U.N. refugee committee has declared her a refugee. "I'm happy," she says.

Rep. Rashida Tlaib (left) and Rep. Deb Haaland look up to the gallery at the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, their first day as members of Congress.

Congresswoman Tlaib Inspires Palestinian-Americans With A Dress And A Hashtag

1:25pm January 04, 2019

by Daniella Cheslow

Michigan Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib wore a thobe to her swearing-in ceremony, and women responded on social media with photographs of themselves wearing the elaborate embroidered Palestinian dress.

Kalida Akytkhan, pictured with her son Parkhat Rakhymbergen, has two sons and two daughter-in-laws who have been detained in re-education camps in Xinjiang. She brought photos of her family to the offices of rights organization Atazhurt in Almaty.

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Families Of The Disappeared: A Search For Loved Ones Held In China's Xinjiang Region

11:11am November 12, 2018

by Rob Schmitz

A Kazakh rights organization has collected more than 1,000 testimonies from ethnic Kazakhs and Uighurs whose families have disappeared into a network of internment camps in Xinjiang.

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A person tries to open the door of a closed mosque in Vienna. The Austrian government said it's closing seven mosques as part of a crackdown on foreign financing of religious groups.

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Austria Will Shutter 7 Mosques And Review Residency Of Dozens Of Imams

12:07pm June 08, 2018

by Daniella Cheslow

The crackdown follows a 2015 law that bars foreign financing of religious institutions in Austria, but critics say it's driven by Islamophobia.

Scholars from Afghanistan, Pakistan and Indonesia attended a conference on Friday to discuss stability in Afghanistan. Indonesian President Joko Widodo (center) shakes hands with Qibla Ayaz, chairman of Pakistan's Council of Islamic Ideology.

70 Muslim Clerics Issue Fatwa Against Violence And Terrorism

4:44pm May 11, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

The scholars from Pakistan, Afghanistan and Indonesia met Friday to discuss peace in Afghanistan. They said "violent extremism and terrorism" contradict "the holy principles of Islam."

Former Central Intelligence Agency Director Gen. Michael Hayden, who served under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama, has come out against the Trump travel ban.

Why Dozens Of National Security Experts Have Come Out Against Trump's Travel Ban

3:04pm April 24, 2018

The Supreme Court hears arguments on the ban Wednesday, and a bipartisan group of former national security officials from the Reagan to Obama administrations are urging the court to strike it down.