(IPT) A Detroit-area Shiite imam with direct ties to Iran’s leadership used a press conference last week to push disinformation and propaganda about the U.S. killing of Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps’ (IRGC) Quds Force Gen. Qasem Soleimani. Soleimani ran the IRGC and […]
(Columbus Dispatch) Columbus police Chief Thomas Quinlan said this week that he is open to taking another look at the division’s ban on head coverings for religious reasons. The ban made headlines in 2015 after a female police recruit left the Columbus […]
(National-UAE) The UK government has shut down a scandal-hit British Islamic school where the head was identified as a “potential risk to pupils” after more than a decade of management failures and concerns over radicalisation. The closure came in a year when […]
(PolitiFact) A fake tweet attributed to Democratic U.S. Rep. Ilhan Omar says she called for violence against President Donald Trump over Iran. Screenshots of the tweet, which shows a Twitter handle profile photo that matches Omar’s verified @IlhanMN account, are being shared […]
(AP) A federal judge on Wednesday halted President Donald Trump’s executive order that gave state and local officials the ability to shut the door on refugees, and ignited a fierce debate in communities about how welcoming the United States should be. U.S. […]
(Religion News) For Sidrah Ahmad-Chan, the moment felt surreal. Listening to a Muslim psychologist speaking about patterns of abuse while on stage at the American Islamic College on Saturday (Jan. 11), she pulled up Twitter. “First panel discussion and I am already […]
(Bloomberg) Norway’s government risks splitting after a coalition partner threatened to pull its support over the repatriation of a woman who joined Islamic State in Syria. The anti-immigration Progress Party threatened to abandon the Conservative-led administration in the next few weeks if […]
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