Democrats and Republicans alike believe Islam’s ideas about women are outdated. My research, and my life as a Muslim woman with a hijab, show they’re wrong.Continue Reading
Man who called for Muslims to be gassed and sterilised is jailed for hate speech
Welsh man Jonathan Jennings handed 16-month prison sentence for Islamophobic and threatening postsContinue Reading
Boris Johnson’s burqa comments fuel violent crime against Muslim women
As a former senior police officer, I’ve seen how hate crime rises when politicians make judgments about the Muslim community.Continue Reading
Dozens dead after school bus carrying children hit by airstrike in Yemen
Dozens of children, many believed to be under the age of 10 and on their way to summer camps, have been killed after a Saudi-led coalition airstrike hit a school bus in northern Yemen on Thursday.
Israel begins work on Gaza sea barrier
Israel’s defence minister has published a video of an “impenetrable” sea barrier Israel is building to prevent attacks from Gaza, the territory ruled by militant group Hamas.Continue Reading
U.S.-BACKED SAUDI AIRSTRIKE ON FAMILY WITH NINE CHILDREN SHOWS “CLEAR VIOLATIONS” OF THE LAWS OF WAR
More than a dozen members of the Maswadah family, including nine children, lay sleeping in tents in the shadow of a cliff in Yemen’s northern governorate of Saada. The nomadic family had been eking out a living raising sheep and doing farm work in the region most heavily targeted by the U.S.-supported, Saudi-led bombing campaign that began in 2015.Continue Reading
MUSLIM AMERICANS SEE A MAJOR SPIKE IN HATE CRIMES—AND POLITICAL PARTICIPATION
Islamophobic incidents are up, but so is Muslim-American engagement in politics.Continue Reading
