By Amy Zimmerman The Daily Beast The world’s second largest-religion is receiving a revolutionary rebranding, courtesy of the star of such films as Mean Girls, The Canyons, and Herbie: Fully Loaded. Lindsay Lohan, already the celebrity face of overtanning, cautionary tales, and making a major humanitarian crisis about you, is allegedly adding Islam to her … Continued
By Neda Ulaby NPR For many American Jews, Christmas Day means Chinese food and movies. But how do American Muslims spend their time on Christmas? Jesus is also revered as a prophet in Islam. “Muslims and Christians believe that Jesus is the only messiah,” explains Hisham Mahmoud, an Arabic teacher at Harvard University. He points out … Continued
By Fatema Dabdoub, We Are Not Numbers What comes to your mind when Hitler and the Nazis are mentioned? Killings, injustice, discrimination, atrocity and craziness, right? Does it occur to you that Hitler was Christian and that therefore, his crimes should be attributed to Christianity? No! And that’s how it should be. What about the Israeli … Continued
By Asmaa Elkhaldi Walking along the streets of Gaza City, I’m fascinated by the twinkling red lights, decorated trees, Santa Claus costumes and Christmas gifts. Christmas is here and Christians are busily preparing by passionately decorating everything with shimmering accessories. Welcoming this special event, they spread a wonderful table and share their food and … Continued
Mo Amer Al Jazeera America Adam May: What do you think that comedy will accomplish? Especially in a society where we have so much racism. We have Islamophobia. Your routine, does that tackle some of that? Mo Amer: Listen — you know, feel free to throw as many things at me right off the top, … Continued
Say what you will about the recently exposed Bronx Terror Plot, but please, do not insult our intelligence (and your own) by weaving fantasy scenarios of how Islam is somehow to blame for criminalizing the terror suspects who were already career criminals long before their conversions — and who displayed only a rudimentary understanding of … Continued
Imam Sayid Hassan al-Qazwini, the head of the Islamic Center of America, welcomed Archbishop Allen Vigneron to the largest mosque in the country today, as the new leader of 1.4 million Catholics in Metro Detroit continues to make good on his vow to foster interfaith relations. “So many of us here today are bound by … Continued
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