American Muslims
What is EPIC City, the controversial planned Muslim residential community in Texas?
EPIC city is a planned large-scale development project that will not have its own government. It has been marketed as an exclusively Muslim community that will serve as the epicenter of US Islam.
Fire alarm set off as Princeton activists protest Bennett lecture
'Following Similar Paths': A look at what American Jews, Muslims can learn from each other - review
US lawmaker Rashida Tlaib condemns cartoon showing her with exploding pager
Muslim civil rights group ‘appalled’ by John Bolton’s interim replacement
“While we welcome the resignation of John Bolton, who has a long track record of promoting anti-Muslim policies and associating with hate groups, we cannot simply replace one Islamophobe with another
U.S. Census Bureau partners with controversial Muslim group - report
The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) announced the partnership on Wednesday.
Tlaib, AOC meet pro-Palestinian activists on Capitol Hill
American Muslims for Palestine, who met with the freshmen US congress members is an alleged Hamas front group according to a lawsuit.
Muslims and Jews in Iowa ‘break bread’ together for Passover
“The more we've gotten to know each other and to know each other's belief systems we've found there are more commonalities than there are differences," said Jewish cantor Gail Karp.
California Islamophobia initiative ended after constitutionality complaint
The lawsuit, brought by the Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund, claimed that the Council on American-Islamic Relation’s (CAIR) Initiative gave Muslim students special protections.
Minnesota state senator says Ilhan Omar tweets ‘a pattern of behavior’
“I don’t know if her apology is genuine,” said Minnesota State Senator Ron Latz. "If she doesn’t like Israeli policy then say that, don’t use antisemitic canards."
Ilhan Omar says she's the first refugee in Congress, but forgot these Jews
Seffi Kogen, the Global Director of Young Leadership for the American Jewish Committee, counts at least four other lawmakers who in their lifetimes had refugee status, and two of them are Jewish.
Congresswoman Omar shares support for BDS
“I believe and support the BDS movement and have fought to make sure people’s right to support it isn’t criminalized,” she said, adding her reservations about the movement.
Iranian immigrant raises over 1m. for Pittsburgh synagogue
Khatiri, a graduate student at John Hopkins University, does not himself live in Pittsburgh. However, a conversation with a Jewish friend spurred him to begin the account.
J Street cancels endorsement from House candidate for 'one state solution'
If elected to the House in November as is expected — Tlaib will become the first Palestinian — American woman ever to sit in the chamber.
