February 2012 Blog Posts (39)

Report: U.S. Mosques Ethnically-Diverse, Encourage Civic Engagement

Comprehensive study shows number of U.S. mosques increased 74% since 2000

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 2/29/12) -- A comprehensive study of mosques and the attitudes of mosque leaders in the United States released today indicates that the number of American mosques increased 74 percent since 2000 and that Islamic houses of worship are…

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 2/24/12) -- On Wednesday, February 29, a coalition of major American Muslim and academic

organizations will hold a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., to release the results of a comprehensive study of mosques and the attitudes of mosque leaders in the United States.

WHAT: News Conference to Release Results of Major Survey of U.S.…

(CNN) – African American history, as it is often told, includes two monumental migration stories: the forced exodus of

The Trail of Tears is an epochal moment not only in Cherokee history, but also in Black history.

Africans to the Americas during the brutal Middle Passage of the Trans-Atlantic slave…

What if you left the United States for a short trip abroad, but when you tried to come home to your job, family and life

in America, your government would not let you on the plane? What if, when you asked when you could fly home, you were told "never"?

For some American Muslims, this is not a hypothetical scenario but a brutal reality that destroys families, finances and careers. A growing number of American Muslims have been placed on the no-fly list while…

JERUSALEM - A third Palestinian intifada is "unlikely" this year, according to an internal report by Israel's foreign

Unlikely but

Foreign ministry’s report judges Palestinians will continue to seize all opportunities to isolate Israel on international stage.

ministry, which says the Palestinians will instead seek diplomatic isolation of the Jewish state.

"This report, which is more than…

Demonstration For The People Of Syria Held In Atlanta, Ga. U.S.A. At The CNN Center

Demonstration For Syria Atlanta, Ga. CNN Center 3 Rabi II , 1433…

The United Golf Association (UGA) was a group of African-American professional golfers who operated a separate

(Left to right): Ted Rhodes, Dr. Lowell Wormley, Bill Spiller,

              Dr. Charlie…

ATLANTA — Drive through any state in the Deep South and you will find a monument or a museum dedicated to civil

Andrew Councill for The New York Times

The Smithsonian’s National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington plans to display the lunch counter from an important civil rights protest in Greensboro, N.C.…

Sean Stone, the son of Oscar-winning director Oliver Stone son and a defender of Iranian President Mahmoud

                       Sean Stone

                 Oliver Stone

Ahmadinejad, converted to Islam on Tuesday while filming a documentary in Iran, he told Agence France Presse.

"The conversion to Islam is not abandoning Christianity or…

As Syria hurtles towards destruction, with the ongoing bombardment of Homs and the escalating assault on Hama,

           Imam Zaid Shakir

By Imam Zaid on 16 February 2012

Dar’a, Idlib and many other Syrian cities and towns by a regime consumed by hubris, we can see clearly how political violence can lead to unexpected outcomes. At the beginning of the now almost year-old uprising in Syria, the regime smugly assumed that…

The launch of the world's first Muslim model agency, in New York's fashionable Tribeca district, offered an interesting

Nailah Lymus (centre) with two models at the launch of Underwraps in New York. Stephen Lock for The National

14 February 2012

Gemma…

It seems that Arabian Business magazine, published in Dubai, is gambling with its name and reputation in the

American actor George Clooney

16 February 2012…