At age 25, Esma Voloder, a Muslim, has won the Miss Australia beauty pageant and will now be going on to compete for the title of Miss World. Voloder, a criminal profiler by trade, was born in a refug…
Gay Muslim Man Faces Threats After Wedding
While Jahed Choudhury is not the first gay Muslim man to get married, his widely shared experience speaks to the adversity LGBTQ+ Muslims continue to face. Choudhury, the 24-year-old son of Bangladesh…
How the 10,000 Muslim March Went
Both Muslims and non-Muslims joined in a march against terrorism in Cologne, Germany on Saturday under the slogan “Not With Us.” While 10,000 people signed up to attend the march, the crowd grew…
LOL These 13 Trolls Looked Super Dumb on Muslim Women’s Day
Muslim Women’s Day happened, and it was amazing!!! But, like always, a dedicated group of trolls tried and failed to overshadow all the fabulous Muslim women highlighted. So, we at Muslim Girl t…
3 Things You Need to Understand to Be a Woke Muslim Girl
As Muslim women, inequality isn’t a foreign concept. Whether we actively experience it in our daily lives or hear about it on the news, discrimination is something that our Muslim identity faces…
Seattle Sikh Man Shot Outside His Home
Only weeks after the shooting of two Indian men in Kansas, Deep Rai, a Sikh man, was shot in the driveway of his home in the Seattle area. Rai, 39, was working on his car around 8 P.M. this past Frid…
The Problem With White Feminism in the Women’s March
Motivating millions to march across America and the world, the Women’s March was, no doubt, a success. While the solidarity shown by those attending the march was encouraging, the question must …
Paris’ Eiffel Tower Goes Dark in Solidarity for Syrians
The Eiffel Tower, a cornerstone of French culture, went dark on Wednesday to display solidarity for the people of Aleppo in the wake of the Syrian government’s capture of the rebel held city. &#…
This 16-Year-Old Girl Wants to Box in a Headscarf—But She’s Been Denied
At 15 years old, Amaiya Zafar, a Muslim girl from Minnesota, fell in love with amateur boxing. Now, a year later, she is fighting to box, while observing her faith. With so few women boxers, Zafar has…
#IKnewIWasMuslimWhen — 3 Women on Coming to Terms With Their Identity
No one was born knowing they were Muslim. Our Muslim identity is something we’ve created throughout our lives that keeps evolving and changing with us. At some point or another, we experienced s…
ISIS Claims Man Who Stabbed 8 in Minnesota Is Their “Soldier”
The man responsible for stabbing eight people in a Minnesota mall on Saturday is now being deemed “a soldier of the Islamic State,” by ISIS linked news agencies. The attacked happened arou…
BREAKING: The Suspect in Nazma Khanam’s Murder Has Been Arrested
A 22-year-old man was arrested for the fatal stabbing of a Nazma Khanam, a 60-year-old woman from Jamaica, Queens. On Sunday afternoon, the suspect, Yonatan Gálvez-Marin, was charged in Queens Crimina…