By vanessaelshamyA few weeks ago, I wrote a piece about celebrating Ramadan and Eid in Trump’s America. It was a pretty simple piece – just me discussing the emotions I feel being a Muslim, knowing that so many people around me voted for someone who believes that Muslims should be deported out of the country, and…
By It’s always been tough to be a Kanye fan. I have fought for him more times than I can count, and have been quoted saying “If Kanye asked me to jump off of a cliff right now, I would.” But recently, fighting for Ye has been a lot tougher — in a different, more internalized way. A…
By sarahahmedMennel Ibtissem, a contestant on France’s edition of “The Voice,” stunned judges with her Arabic rendition of Leonard Cohen’s “Hallelujah”. Soon after her cover went viral, the French media uncovered Ibtissem’s tweets which voiced her support for Palestine and criticized the French government. After these tweets came to light, she was dubbed a radical, far-right, anti-France terrorist…
By Guest BloggerEditor’s Note: Written by Zara Aboubakar. The views expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author. Youtuber and social media influencer Amena Khan recently made history as the first hijab-wearing model to partake in a L’Oreal hair care campaign. Witnessing Khan become a brand ambassador and being featured in the hair care advertisement of a global…
By Saira BhattiAround two weeks ago, a hate conference just outside Washington, D.C. called for violence against a small Muslim community known as the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community. This community was founded by Mirza Ghulam Ahmad in Qadian, India, a man who claimed to be the Messiah (in the likeness of Jesus), foretold to come after Prophet Muhammad…
By imanabid(Photo by Eduardo Munoz Alvarez/Getty Images) Yesterday we heard that the Supreme Court reinstated the Muslim Ban and lifted the injunctions granted by the Fourth and Ninth Circuits. This decision will inevitably give permission to the president and all those likeminded to heighten the negative rhetoric used to legitimize the fear and hate that has…
By Sepideah Mohsenian-RahmanInternational outrage ensued after CNN exposed footage of modern-day slave auctions in Libya. Released last week, the exposé features footage of African refugees being sold for agricultural labor for $400 (it’s been reported that women are sold for slightly more, a little over $700, as they are more profitable within the forced commercial sex labor). According to…
By Fatima NAt least eight people were killed earlier today as a man in a Home Depot pickup truck purposely drove into a crowd in lower Manhattan. The rented van drove on a bike path on Houston Street near the World Trade Center at around 3:05 p.m. He drove southbound, killing and injuring pedestrians and bikers. The…
By Naaz ModanAt least 58 people are dead and over 500 injured after a gunman open-fired from the 32nd floor of a hotel in Las Vegas at families attending a country music festival late Sunday night. The shooter has been identified as Stephen Craig Paddock, 64, from Mesquite, Nev., who also died of a fatal gunshot wound….
By Naaz ModanA car belonging to the president of the Islamic Cultural Centre of Quebec City was set on fire in what is yet to be determined as a hate crime. The incident took place outside President Mohamed Labidi’s home around 1:30 A.M. on Aug. 6, only 36 hours after Quebec City, Canada, announced that it will…
By Sahar AkbarzaiA 38-year-old Muslim woman wearing hijab was beaten by a group of three boys in front of the Usera metro station in Madrid, where she suffered cuts, bruises and anxiety symptoms. Madrid police are treating the incident as a hate crime and an Islamophobic attack committed out of revenge following the two attacks in Barcelona and…
By Sahar AkbarzaiPresident Trump pardoned Joe Arpaio, the Arizona sheriff who was convicted in a federal court for federal contempt and disobeying a court order to end patrols targeting Hispanics without charge and convicting them. Arpaio, now 85, was set to be sentenced on Oct. 5. Speculation that Arpaio would be pardoned grew when Trump hinted at…
By Sahar AkbarzaiNational security advisor H.R. McMaster showed President Donald Trump a 1972 picture of Afghan women in skirts as a way to motivate him to continue the war efforts in Afghanistan, according to the Washington Post. The picture was used to convince Trump that the country had once adopted Western values, and still could if the…
By Sahar AkbarzaiPresident Trump fired his former chief strategist, Stephen Bannon, on Friday, Aug. 18. White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders confirmed in a statement Bannon’s removal. “White House Chief of Staff John Kelly and Steve Bannon have mutually agreed today would be Steve’s last day. We are grateful for his service and wish him the…
By Sahar AkbarzaiA new law in Indiana aims to shut down hundreds of polling locations in a county that is home to the biggest population of Hispanics and the second-largest population of African Americans by consolidating precincts with fewer than 600 active voters as of the 2016 election. The new law, the Lake County Precinct Consolidation Law, which…
