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Following the death of American Muslim hero Muhammad Ali, and nearing the first Eid holiday of 2016, the United States Postal Service has released their yearly stamp to commemorate the Islamic holidays. The new purple stamp, which incorporates elegant gold Islamic calligraphy, and reads in Arabic “May your Eid be bountiful,” also contains an olive…

Targeting a gay nightclub, the shooter behind America’s most fatal mass shooting is reported to have engaged with various platforms and interacted with several individuals of America’s queer community. Omar Mateen has been identified by several as a frequenter of gay bars (including his crime-scene-to-be, Pulse, multiple times as early as three years before early…

Muslim. Afghan. American. These are the identities that mainstream media has defined Pulse nightclub shooter, Omar Mateen. In the tragedy of 49 people killed and 53 more injured, lots still remains unclear as to what exactly his motive was and what pushed him to commit such a horrible act of violence – an act equally against…

The nation watches in horror as the tragedy at Pulse nightclub in Orlando continues to unfold. We have learned that Omar Mateen, a mentally unstable, allegedly closet homosexual with a history of drunken stupors, violent, odd, and abusive behavior, conducted the most deadly mass shooting of this century. Meanwhile, the American-Muslim community waits in terror…

Here are the facts: In the early hours of June 12th 2016, at least 50 people were murdered and at least 53 injured in the largest mass shooting in modern American history. The shooting took place inside a popular gay nightclub in Orlando, on Latinx night, in the opening days of Pride Month. It was the…

Presidential candidates Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton have weighed in on the shooting in Orlando, Florida that occurred early Sunday morning, marking the second greatest mass shooting in US history (after Wounded Knee) with 50 dead and 53 injured Both said they were stunned and saddened by the shocking incident on their personal Twitter accounts….

Dear Hillary, As a young Muslim woman living in the United States, you told me in your recent speech “There are ceilings to break.” I listen and nod in agreement because, yes as woman, we have a harder time trying to find a place to fit in when it comes to equality in the workplace,…

The Green party hopeful recently reached 100K Twitter followers, which allowed her the perfect opportunity to throw some class A shade. After wishing Muslims a happy Ramadan, Stein called out Republican nominee Donald Trump for his nonchalant racist attitude and tendency to name call other politicians in a series of rather blunt tweets. Some especially harsh…

A few days ago, I woke up that morning with my newsfeed flooded. “MUHAMMAD ALI DEAD AT 74,” the headlines read. Many people were posting/tweeting their condolences, and honouring the “great Muhammad Ali.”   They mentioned that he was the “greatest boxer of all time,” while simultaneously completely disregarding his political work on the fight for…

It is with great sadness that we report that brother Muhammad Ali, beloved boxer and civil rights champion, has passed away. Muhammad Ali died Friday evening at a Phoenix-area hospital.  NBC News reports that he had spent the past few days being treated for respiratory complications. He was 74. The three-time World Heavyweight Champion boxer fought a…

With the Israeli apartheid in Palestine continuing, New Jersey’s chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations is calling on Jersey lawmakers to oppose a set of bills currently in state legislature that would violate the constitutionally-guranteed free speech rights of companies and institutions–including schools–that participate in the international boycott of Israel’s illegal occupation of the West…

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Just as Jersey City, NJ was voting to add the Muslim holidays of Eid to their school calendar, Philadelphia reached a decision to add the holidays to their calendar. Ibrahim Hooper, spokesman for the Council on American-Islamic Relations in Washington, called the timing of Philadelphia’s announcement significant. “These are like rays of light in the…

Earlier this month, Latino Muslims gathered to honor Cinco de Mayo at the only Spanish-speaking mosque in the country. The doors to Houston’s Centro Islamico first opened early this year with the help of IslamInSpanish, an educational non-profit organization. IslamInSpanish was founded by Colombian convert Mujahid Fletcher, who ultimately discovered the need for education about…

The Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU), an independent nonpartisan thinktank and research organization focusing on American Muslims and Muslims worldwide, recently released a report indicating that the racial breakdown of the American Muslim community presents enormous diversity that is often unexplored in public discourse. In honor of the World Day for Cultural Diversity…