When Cyrus McGoldrick takes the stage, he’s not himself. McGoldrick raps as The Raskol Khan, often

'Just by being us'

Muslim rapper hopes American society would edge closer to acceptance, move away from…

JERUSALEM - A former Israeli soldier who posted on Facebook pictures of herself in front of

'The army, the best time of my life'

Public uproar at photo showing Israeli soldier posing with blindfolded Palestinian prisoners.

blindfolded and handcuffed Palestinians on Tuesday appeared mystified…

MANAMA - Bahraini authorities have arrested four Shiite men, including two clerics,

Bahrain, ruled by a Sunni dynasty, has a Shiite majority population

Four Bahraini men arrested for practices 'that would harm stability of kingdom of Bahrain'.

suspected of setting up a network aimed…

CAIRO - Egypt on Thursday began unifying calls to prayer that ring out five times a day from

'The call to prayer is a true spiritual vocation'

Egypt begins unifying five calls to prayer from thousands of minarets across capital.

thousands of minarets across the capital, but the…

Crop shortages alone are not behind global food crises as speculators have been pushing prices up

• A spike in the price of agricultural commodities in 2007-08 caused panic from Italy to Haiti, drawing sharp attention to a deeper malfunctioning in the world's food markets
• Image Credit: AP

By Afua Hirsch, Guardian News & Media Ltd

The heatwave, forest fires and drought in Russia and central Asia may…

NEW YORK - US Muslim groups have urged law enforcement agencies to be on guard during

Under threat by Islamophobic groups

American Muslims fear violence against them amid 'heightened climate of Islamophobia'.

Eid…

Prophet Muhammad, sallalahu allayhe wa salam, deserves special rights,

by Umm AbdurRahman Hirschfelder

>which are due only to the final Prophet and Messenger. These rights have

>been enjoined upon us by Allah and are part of safeguarding the perfect

>religion of Islam. Unfortunately many Muslims today have become confused

>with regard…

The hasbara industry is in full swing at the moment as Benjamin Netanyahu’s government pulls out all the

President Obama of course is in on the scam too By Richard…

During this first week of Ramadan The Islamic Social Services Association-USA asks Imams and community

ISSA-USA Ramadan Iftar is Sat August 14, 2010, 5:30 pm at the Muslim Youth Center of Arizona http://issaiftar.eventbrite.com

Sister Aneesah Nadir, MSW, PhD

Leaders across the country to promote…

JEDDAH, - King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia on Thursday issued a decree stating that only

The Saudi monarch will ask the grand mufti to submit the list

King Abdullah: only members of Council of Senior Scholars allowed to issue religious edicts.

senior clerics are permitted to issue fatwas or…

With President Barack Obama sending a letter to Iraq's Shiite cleric, Ayatollah Ali al-Sistani,

American myths can be so dangerous. They are often taken out of context and revised. They are changed for the convenience of a self-righteous and us versus them kind of mentality, says Dallas Darling.

trying to persuade him to assist the country's divided…

RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazil on Wednesday urged Iran to make a "humanitarian gesture"

Brazilian FM urges Tehran for 'humanitarian gesture' that could be 'good for Iran', its image

towards a woman its courts have condemned to death by stoning for adultery.

"Who can say that a humanitarian gesture won't be good for Iran, for its image in the world?"…

JERUSALEM - Israeli bulldozers backed by police destroyed dozens of gravestones in a

Israel 'does not want us to renovate the graves'

More than 200 Muslim recently renovated graves in centuries-old Jerusalem cemetery destroyed.

Muslim cemetery in central Jerusalem on Tuesday,…

After their father died two years ago, Raseel and Anwar left their family to work in a car garage, joining

'The only solution to this problem is to improve Yemen's economy'

Study: five million poor Yemeni children forced into impoverished country's…

MECCA - Muslims around the world could be setting their watches to a new time soon when the

An artist's illustration of the Mecca Clock Tower

World's largest clock to enter service in Mecca with three-month trial period from…

Ramadhan 2010...رمضان 1431 ه…

This is not how she imagined her visit to Israel. Prof. Donna Shalala, who served as the US Secretary of Health

Prof. Donna Shalala, Clinton's secretary of health, arrives in Israel in order to fight academic boycott against Israel, claims she was held at Ben-Gurion Airport just because she has Arab last name

and Human Services for eight years under Clinton and is currently the president of the University of Miami, was held for two-and-a-half…

Historically, Iran has been a land of prominent, influential figures in science, letters, arts and literature whose

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