William Henry Quilliam (10 April 1856^[1][2][3] Liverpool…

O.P.O.W. Executive Director Bilal Mahmud was credentialed to

photograph the 50th annual convention of the Islamic Society of North America. (ISNA)

On August 31,  Bilal Mahmud was allowed access to the entire ISNA convention a a photographer taking pictures for Oppressed…

Pope Francis condemned trickle-down economics and the world of inequality and exclusion it fosters in the first…

By Shaykh Musa Furber

The horrific and heartbreaking news from India is tragic enough on its own: two alleged victims of gang rape have died, one a 23-year-old woman who succumbed to her wounds and a 17-year-old girl who took her own life after being pressured to marry one of her alleged attackers.

These stories are awful enough on their own, but sadly they also bring to mind other similar cases we saw during 2012.

These cases include the 16-year-old Moroccan…

Posted on March 12, 2012 |…

Divorced Before Puberty  

The cover of Nujood Ali’s book, which was a bestseller in France.   

Crown Publishing Group Publicity

At her school in Yemen, Nujood received a visit from her publisher, Michel Lafon.

Last week, one of the clearest shifts in the decades-long debate over Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA) came

Post submitted by Michael Toumayan, HRC Religion and Faith Program Manager

into light from the largest U.S.-based Muslim organization, the Islamic Society of North…

‘In part one of this article, we defined usury as the lending of money at interest. We examined the history of usury and how it was considered morally reprehensible for thousands of years, prior to becoming the sand foundation modern economies. We also examined the mastery of usury, how they create money out of nothing and use it as a silent weapon for control of humanity.

Here, we examine the crimes and iniquity made possible by usury; and practical…

Since the Syrian tragedy began three years ago, commentators have been quick to lambast one side or another for

By Desmond Tutu

their lack of leadership, singling out Bashar al-Assad, or the rebels, or Russia, or the United States, or the Arab League, or the United Nations, or perhaps another entity. We are spoilt for choice.

Meanwhile the war rages on and Syria’s families continue to be torn apart. What…

How do I begin? How do I journal my purpose?

Authored by Nicole Newman

The year 2009 started out with a bang! The seeds of the entrepreneurial forest the Creator planted on my heart in 2006 were beginning to bear fruit! Accomplishing the goal is so close I can feel and touch it. The wealth and abundance is so close, I can taste it. BUT as the remembrance of God is the center of my entire world, and on this journey it is up to Him,…

One of the stars of the critically-acclaimed documentary "The Interrupters," called "the most necessary film of the

year" by Slatelast year, was interviewed Wednesday on "The Colbert Report" a matter of weeks before the film makes its Feb. 14 television debut on PBS's Frontline.

Ameena Matthews is one of the…

The New York City Police Department has sought to place an informant on the board of a

The FBI employs the same…