In this original and illuminating book, Denise A. Spellberg reveals a little-known but crucial dimension of the story of

by Denise A. Spellberg

American religious freedom—a drama in which Islam played a…

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…

Posted on March 12, 2012 |…

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…

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…

Target plans to stop asking prospective employees about their criminal records in initial job applications at all of its

U.S. stores, a company spokesperson confirmed to The Huffington Post on Tuesday.

The Minneapolis-based company had been facing pressure to do so from grassroots advocacy group TakeAction Minnesota.…

State District Judge Elizabeth E. Coker—who sits on the bench over Trinity, Polk and San Jacinto

Texas district Judge Elizabeth E. Coker is stepping down from the bench after being caught engaging in a massive perversion of justice. A whistleblower revealed that Corker was sending text messages to prosecutors with suggestions on questions to ask in court in order to secure a conviction.…

The rise in prosperity and self-confidence, coupled with the growing self-awareness of Turkey as an Islamic nation, is

Muqtedar Khan

Associate Professor of Islam and Global Affairs, the University of Delaware

leading to…

A Palestinian woman, Rasmieh Odeh, was arrested at her home this morning, Oct. 22, by agents of the

Department of Homeland Security.

She is charged with immigration fraud. Allegedly, in her application for citizenship, she didn’t mention that she was arrested in Palestine 45 years ago by an Israeli military court that detains Palestinians without charge - a court that has over 200 children in prison today and does not…