Western powers party to IS's crime against humanity: Muslim activists
LUCKNOW: Large number of Sunni and Shia Muslims including children took to streets after Friday prayers to lodge strong protest against Paris terror attack and Islamic State (IS). They described...
View ArticleAfter Paris attacks, many Muslims say they feel more French than ever
In the wake of the terrorist attack in Paris, Muslims across the globe have braced for the backlash: the suspicious looks at bearded men and veiled women, the public pressures and policies that at...
View ArticleWhen a Blindfolded Muslim Man Asked People in Paris For a Hug
At one of the sites in Paris where thousands paid homage to those killed in the Friday terror attacks, a Muslim man stood blindfolded, asking for a hug....
View ArticleA Running List Of Shameful Islamophobic Acts Since The Paris Attacks
One week after the massacre of 129 people in Paris, for which the Islamic State claimed responsibility, there have been daily reports of retaliations against Muslims in the United States and Canada....
View ArticleWhy Empathy Is Key for Your Relationships
Here is a true story. Last summer in New York I was at a crowded bar when I saw a girl in a green skirt out of the corner of my eye. We made eye contact and I walked over to introduce myself. Just as I...
View ArticleMuslims must denounce terror like the West does
The terrorist attacks in Paris have sent shockwaves of fear across the world, but the Muslim community fears something different: a backlash. An arsonist attacked the Masjid Al-Salaam mosque in...
View ArticleStates of Fear
Fear is toxic to a democracy. Fear divides. Fear overreacts. Fear discriminates. It's a lesson we've learned throughout our history, from the Alien and Sedition Acts of 1798 to the imprisonment of...
View ArticleNow This Is a Real Crisis
(Image taken from UNICEF- the article is actually about Syrian children who are born in the battlefield. What kind of psychological impact do you think that has on a child?) In 1620, a group of about...
View ArticleState Senator Says Syrian Refugees In U.S. Should Be Segregated In Camps
Rhode Island state Sen. Elaine Morgan (R) said in an email Tuesday that she opposes resettling Syrian refugees because "[t]he Muslim religion and philosophy is to murder, rape, and decapitate anyone is...
View ArticleMourning, Lament, Discernment
If we count up the number of people killed or wounded in the ISIS Paris slaughter last weekend, and add all their families and friends, the level of human mourning is staggering. Then include the many...
View ArticleGenerals Shoot Down Trump’s Fear-Mongering Plans for Muslims
An ID card for Muslims? Shutting down Mosques? Retired top officers say Trump’s national security notions are crazy—at best. Trump “has proven himself useful in defining the outer limits of the...
View ArticleMayor Bill de Blasio Says ISIS Video Offers No "Specific And Credible Threat"...
NEW YORK, Nov 18 (Reuters) - There is no "specific and credible threat" against New York City, despite a newly released Islamic State video suggesting America's most populous city is a potential target...
View ArticleAttacks in Paris, Lebanon Highlight Need for Education about Religion
#Notinmyname. Hadia Tirmizi, the mother of a student profiled in my book Faith Ed., posted that Twitter hashtag on her Facebook page last week in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks in Paris. She is...
View ArticleHow The UK Is Strengthening Interfaith Bonds After Paris Attacks
Inter Faith Week has been celebrated in the UK since 2009. But this year, the terrorist attacks that gripped Paris last Friday gave the campaign a sense of urgency. More than 350 interfaith events have...
View ArticleTerror backlash alarms Metro Detroit Arabs, Muslims
Local Muslims are warily watching events unfold in Europe and the Middle East amid concerns there could be a backlash at home. The mood in two of Metro Detroit’s high-population Islamic communities,...
View ArticleParisians hug blindfolded Muslim man who asks 'I trust you, do you trust me?'...
"I want to tell you that 'Muslim' doesn't necessarily mean 'terrorist'," the man says passionately. ......
View ArticleBlindfolded Muslim man hugs mourners in Paris
(CNN)It's one of many videos to go viral since the deadly terrorist attacks that shocked the world last Friday. An undentified...
View ArticleBlindfolded muslim man asks "do you trust me?”; Hugs hundreds in Paris
A Muslim man stood near a mourning site at Place de la Republique, blindfolded, with two signs declaring "I'm a Muslim, but I'm told that I'm a terrorist" and "I trust you, do you trust me? If yes, hug...
View ArticleParis attacks: Blindfolded Muslim man asks people to 'show him trust with a...
A Muslim man stood blindfolded in the centre of Paris asking mourners to embrace him as they gathered to commemorate the 129 victims killed in a...
View ArticleBlindfolded Muslim man offers hugs in Paris: 'I trust you, do you trust me?'
In the week since a series of terrorist attacks claimed 129 lives in Paris, mourners have gathered at memorials around the city to pay tribute to the victims. One of those memorial sites is the Place...
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