The Orlando tragedy brings out the same old comments
By Tehmina Kazi In what appears to be the worst mass shooting in US history, 29-year-old Omar Mateen opened fire in a gay Florida nightclub at 2am on Sunday, killing 50 people and injuring up to 53...
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By Shirin Taber and Rickie Farnes, Middle East Women’s Leadership Network, in partnership with America Matters Religious freedom — the right to practice your religion freely — is one of the greatest...
View ArticleUnholy Alliance: Why do left-wing Americans support right-wing Muslims?
By Yasmine Mohammed At the age of six, I bolted out the front doors of my elementary school and ran to give my first-grade teacher a goodbye hug. As I skipped towards my mother, my bubbly mood was...
View ArticleFemale Muslim politicians need to be champions for Muslim women not...
By Khadija Khan The victory of the first two American-Muslim women in the US midterm elections — Michigan’s Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota — is unprecedented. Many people are celebrating...
View ArticleThe dishonesty of the debate on “Islamophobia” and the threat to free speech
By Khadija Khan We are barely a month into 2022, and already we face the same old social and political challenges that have plagued us for centuries. Among them is a crucial battle to protect our right...
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