By AZMIATwo days ago, 26-year-old Michael Voyard burst into the Jamaica Muslim Center in Queens, New York, and started behaving in a bizarre manner before attacking two Muslims. According to a press release from the Council for American Islamic Relations (CAIR), during the Zuhr prayer, Voyard started shouting “I am a Prophet, give me a Quran.” He then punched two…
By emanThis really can’t be life right now–are there seriously leaflets in circulation encouraging Muslims to kill other Muslims–more specifically, Ahmadi Muslims? If you go to a mosque that encourages you to kill someone else, do yourself–and Islam–a favor: Get up, and leave. Then call a sheikh you trust (and it’s probably a good idea to…
By AZMIAIt seems that Southwest Airlines may really need to do some mandatory diversity trainings. Earlier today, the Daily News reported that a Maryland Muslim woman of Somalian descent, who was wearing a hijab, was booted from a Southwest flight this past Wednesday. The woman’s husband, Abukar Fidaw, told WJLA that his wife, Hakima Abdulle of Takoma Park, was…
By emanYou’re like the office cool kid if you can speak more than one language. It’s like the party trick that never gets old. But if that second language is Arabic or anything Arabic-sounding? GOOD LUCK, BUDDY. You might just find yourself kicked out of an establishment, or off of a plane. This weekend, 26-year-old Khairuldeen Makhzoomi,…
By Sumaia Masoom(Above is a map of the anti-Muslim attacks and instances of Islamophobic hate speech since August 6, 2015, the date of the first debate of this election cycle.) The following is a running list of Islamophobic attacks in the United States of America – both physical and verbal – since the date of the first…
By Khalood KibriaLast week a trio of Muslim hijabi college students – Yasmeen Alsaker, Sara Ebrahim and Tania Khaliq – were traveling on a New Jersey light rail when a 62 year old man, Patrick Pietropaolo, verbally abused them and then, spat on them. Alsaker recounted the incident in a Facebook post on the day of the…
By shirinzarqaledermanA student from Fair Lawn, N.J., learned a valuable lesson this week on the arbitrary limitations of the first amendment. The amendment was designed to prevent the government from creating laws that prohibit freedom of speech, religion and the press…unless you’re talking about the state of Israel, of course. The 16-year-old high school student was…
By Hasnaa MokhtarSometimes when I’m sitting down, holding my 6-month-old son, Malik, close to my chest — a bit of anxiety begins to creeps up on me. You know, it’s the typical, not-so-typical concerns of all new moms that keep us up late at night. What will his future be like? What lessons will life teach him?…
By Khalood KibriaA Muslim teacher from New Jersey, Sireen Hashem, is suing her former school district after she was fired from her school for mentioning Islam and showing a video of Nobel Prize Laureate, Malala Yousafzai. Hashem self-identifies as a “Muslim American of Palestinian descent.” She was working as a history teacher at Hunterdon Central Regional High…
By HalimahInside Edition reported that a sixth-grade Muslim girl was attacked Nov. 19 in an elementary school in the Bronx, Williamsbridge School — by three boys in the same grade. The boys placed the innocent girl in a headlock, repeatedly punched her, tried to rip off her headscarf and called her “ISIS.” Police officers were contacted about…
By Tahira AyubThis Crisis Safety Manual has been edited for clarification. An earlier version may have misled readers to believe that we recommend removing the hijab. While we at Muslim Girl believe that the safety of Muslim women is the utmost priority, we do not believe that women should feel pressured to either remove or wear their…
By Guest BloggerA Muslim woman was waiting for the train in Piccadilly Circus station, known as one of the busiest train stations in London, where she was the victim of a hate crime. A middle-aged man was leaning against a wall and patiently waited for the train to approach. As the train started to arrive the man…
By Hasnaa MokhtarThe Washington Post reported that Virginia Tech found graffiti inside a bathroom stall in Price Hall that stated, “I will be here 11/11/2015 to kill all muslims (sic)”. According to the institute’s publication The Collegiate Times, the Virginia Tech Police Department is investigating the death threat and are collecting information via phone and online. President…
By RowidaDid you know that freedom of speech in American is only applicable if one is speaking “American?” Me neither. A Muslim woman in Coon Rapids, Minnesota was dining with her husband at a local Applebee’s when a worker overheard her speaking Swahili and smashed a beer mug across her face. “Because of people like you.”…
By MG StaffOn Friday, two brothers stabbed a Brooklyn man at 2:30 P.M. in the stomach for speaking in Arabic — in the very same city that over thousands of immigrants traveled to from across the globe in hopes of gaining the opportunity to chase their dreams. But now, two centuries later, one of the biggest melting…
