Salam Al-Marayati – Eye on Islamism

Muslim Americans who soured on Biden see Israel aid package as further betrayal 'If our votes and the votes of people who support the Palestinian human rights are so important, then Biden should be listening,' one activist said.

April 20, 2024 Megan Lebowitz

(NBC) “Outraged,” “point of no return” and “absolute disaster” are how some Muslim American organizers have described their reactions to an aid package for Israel that is making its way through Congress for President Joe Biden to sign into law. Many Muslim […]

Muslim leaders are ‘out of words’ as they tire of the White House outreach on the war in Gaza

April 11, 2024 Chris Megerian and Joey Cappelletti

(AP) Osama Siblani was sipping his morning coffee at the office when his phone buzzed with a message from one of President Joe Biden’s advisers. As publisher of the Arab American News in Dearborn, Michigan, Siblani serves as an occasional sounding board, […]

White House eyeing a scaled-down Ramadan reception this year Anger over the war in Gaza is clouding the traditional Eid al-Fitr celebration.

March 15, 2024 Lauren Egan and Adam Cancryn

(Politico) The White House is considering a scaled-down version of its traditional ceremony marking the end of Ramadan next month, after Muslim leaders warned aides that people would decline invitations in objection to the president’s handling of the Israel-Hamas war. Typically, the […]

Bay Area Muslim organizations hold first-of-its-kind FBI training on Islamophobia

January 23, 2024 Anser Hassan

(KGO) The rise in Islamophobia across the U.S. has been well documented. The challenge now is how Muslim Americans can work with the FBI to stop it. “We want (the FBI) to be partners with us in preventing and responding to hate,” […]

Some Muslim American advocates express hesitancy to work with the White House on strategy to counter Islamophobia

December 28, 2023 Willie James Inman

(CBS) The White House’s push to create a strategy to counter Islamophobia is facing reluctance amid a spike in hate-fueled incidents against Arab and Muslim Americans since Hamas’ Oct. 7 attack on Israel. CBS News spoke with several Muslim and Arab American […]

Rashad Hussain confirmed as first Muslim US religious freedom ambassador ‘Ambassador Hussain is well placed to advance the US government’s promotion of international religious freedom,’ said the chair of a religious freedom watchdog.

December 17, 2021 Adelle M. Banks

(Religion News) Rashad Hussain has been confirmed as the U.S. ambassador-at-large for international religious freedom, making him the first Muslim American in the role. Hussain was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Thursday (Dec. 16) by an overwhelming vote of 85 to […]

Homeland security chief appears at anti-hate summit with spokesman for organization that defended terrorist groups

October 20, 2021 Jennie Taer

(Daily Caller) Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas spoke at an Oct. 18-20 anti-hate event that also featured a man whose organization has in the past defended terrorist acts. The group, Muslim Public Affairs Council (MPAC), has previously made statements […]

Islamist who defended murderers of Jews to speak at Tree of Life anti-hate summit Bush, ADL, Biden cabinet member join with hater to fight hate.

October 18, 2021 Daniel Greenfield

(FrontPage) In October, former President George W. Bush, Biden’s DHS secretary, Alejandro Mayorkas, ADL boss Jonathan Greenblatt, and other notables will descend on the massive Lawrence Convention Center in downtown Pittsburgh. The occasion isn’t a party convention, but the inaugural Eradicate Hate […]

‘An extraordinary moment’: NJ’s Zahid Quraishi makes history as first Muslim federal judge

June 10, 2021 Hannan Adely

(Bergen Record) A New Jersey magistrate judge and former prosecutor will become the first Muslim to serve on the federal bench, in a move hailed as a groundbreaking step toward representation and diversity. Zahid Quraishi of Union County won broad bipartisan support from the U.S. […]

L.A. sushi restaurant attack is being investigated as an antisemitic hate crime

May 19, 2021 Hayley Smith, Richard Winton and Lila Seidman

(LA Times) An attack on diners outside a sushi restaurant by people shouting slogans against Israel is being investigated by Los Angeles police as an antisemitic hate crime. The attack came as a deadly battle continued in the Gaza Strip, escalating tensions […]

NJ man could be the first Muslim federal judge. But a question about Sharia is stoking controversy

May 10, 2021 Hannan Adely

(Bergen Record) New Jersey’s Zahid Quraishi has served as a military prosecutor and an Army captain in Iraq, as an assistant U.S. attorney who has tried cases of public corruption, organized crime and financial fraud, and as a white-collar criminal defense lawyer. But […]