Muslims

Politics & Government

House Speaker Condemns Trump's Call To Ban Muslims From Entering U.S.

3:08pm December 08, 2015

by Brakkton Booker

Paul Ryan says freedom of religion is a fundamental, constitutional principle. Ryan also speaks up for Muslims, "the vast, vast, vast, vast majority of whom are peaceful," he says.

British police officers stand outside Leytonstone underground train station in east London on Monday. Police are stepping up patrols at transport hubs after Saturday's stabbing attacks, which injured three.

World News

Response To London Subway Knife Attacker: 'You Ain't No Muslim, Bruv!'

3:26pm December 07, 2015

by Hannah Bloch

The attacker stabbed three and said, "This is for Syria." An onlooker's response sparked a worldwide trending hashtag on Twitter and summed up the belief that violence doesn't reflect Islamic values.

Should The Phrase 'Islamic Extremism' Be Used? It's Debatable

11:20am November 25, 2015

by Jessica Taylor

Within Islamic countries, many Muslims are OK using the term "Islamic extremists," but when Westerners use the phrase, it could be seen as an insult.

Asma Khan of Chicago at the booth for her business, Soap Ethics.

Startups Cater To Muslim Millennials With Dating Apps And Vegan Halal Soap

7:15pm October 27, 2015

by Monique Parsons

Across the U.S., the Muslim population is booming, which spells opportunity for a new generation of Muslim entrepreneurs.

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In this photo taken in 2011, worshippers are pictured inside the Al-Iman Mosque after midday prayers in the Queens borough of New York. The NYPD disbanded the special unit tasked with carrying out surveillance of Muslim groups in 2014

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Appeals Court Reinstates Lawsuit Over NYPD Surveillance Of Muslims

3:30pm October 13, 2015

by Brakkton Booker

A U.S. appeals court compared the police department's program to periods of discrimination against groups of Americans — such as Japanese-Americans during World War II.

Residents stand at the entrance of Aung Mingalar, a Rohingya quarter of Sittwe, the capital of Rakhine State in western Myanmar. All but 4,000 of the neighborhood's 15,000 mostly Rohingya residents either fled or were forced to move to internment camps af

World News

Barricaded In, Myanmar's Rohingya Struggle To Survive In Ghettos And Camps

8:25pm July 29, 2015

by Anthony Kuhn

Habibullah considers himself lucky. His movements are restricted but he and his family live in their longtime house in a police-guarded ghetto. Many of his neighbors were forced into internment camps.

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A Muslim-Jewish Love Story On Egyptian TV Sends Sparks Flying

2:31pm July 21, 2015

by Leila Fadel

The soap opera features an Egyptian Muslim army officer in love with an Egyptian Jewish woman. It's airing daily during Ramadan and is proving both popular and controversial.

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A woman weeps as she visits the grave of a family member killed in the 1995 massacre at the Potocari memorial complex near Srebrenica, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on Saturday.

World News

20 Years After Srebrenica, Anger Over Genocide Still Runs Hot

9:27am July 11, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Serbian Prime Minister Aleksandar Vucic, who was attending a ceremony in Bosnia and Herzegovina to mark the 1995 massacre, was driven away by a crowd throwing rocks and bottles.

Pakistani human rights activists condemn the killing of the Christian couple for alleged blasphemy during a demonstration in Islamabad, Pakistan, in November.

More Than 100 Charged In Mob Killing Of Christian Couple In Pakistan

4:53pm May 21, 2015

by Scott Neuman

Prosecutors say clerics accused the couple of burning a page of the Quran and helped incite a mob to incinerate them in a brick kiln.

A sick migrant is helped by friends to board a truck that is taking them to a local hospital upon arrival in Simpang Tiga, Indonesia on Wednesday.

Indonesia, Malaysia Agree To Take In Stranded Rohingyas

7:53am May 20, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

The "boat people," as they've been called, have been stranded at sea for weeks with little food or water. Indonesia and Malaysia say they will take them in temporarily.