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I'm a Black American Muslim. After the killing of George Floyd, I hope that my community will speak out against injustices faced by Black people.
In the wake of George Floyd's killing, many American Muslims were moved to fight for the Black comm…
Nailah Dean
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France has made wearing face masks compulsory in public, while maintaining a controversial ban on burqas and niqabs
The new rule comes as France starts lifting its coronavirus lockdown on Monday. It has reignited a …
Bill Bostock
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How Muslims are digitally celebrating Ramadan under quarantine and protecting themselves from Zoom-bombers
Muslims are coming up with creative, digital ideas to celebrate the month of Ramadan amid the coron…
Vanessa Taylor
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The US military reportedly bought location data mined from a popular Muslim prayer app to track users for 'counterterrorism'
Muslim Pro is one of hundreds of apps that make money by selling users' location data to third-part…
Aaron Holmes
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Why the Muslim world isn't saying anything about China's repression and 'cultural cleansing' of its downtrodden Muslim minority
Peter Irwin, the program manager at the World Uyghur Congress, told BI: "There is a certain expecta…
Alexandra Ma
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A Muslim advocacy group just sued Facebook for failing to remove hate-speech, and it's the latest example of the tech's patchwork polices that fail to crack down on Islamophobia
Muslim Advocates said it presented Facebook in 2017 with a list of 26 groups that spread anti-Musli…
Allana Akhtar
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Trump told China's president that building concentration camps for millions of Uighur Muslims was 'exactly the right thing to do,' former adviser says
In a private meeting, Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping were only accompanied by their interpr…
David Choi
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Israel blocking 2 US Muslim congresswomen from entering the country is a huge show of weakness that will probably backfire
"Contrary to Mr. Trump's tweet, it is blocking entry by two American legislators who are critics of…
John Haltiwanger
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Muslim workers at Amazon say they were scared to pray, fast, and take bathroom breaks for fear of being fired
An Amazon spokesman declined to comment on the specifics of the complaint, but said diversity and i…
Mary Hanbury
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John McCain calls US diplomacy 'toothless' and advocates for military intervention in Syria
"Any alternative approach must begin with grounding Mr. Assad's air power. It is a strategic advant…
Pamela Engel
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The Trump administration's extreme vetting plan is being blasted as a 'digital Muslim ban'
"Simply put, no computational methods can provide reliable or objective assessments of the traits t…
Michelle Mark
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Theresa May refuses to condemn Boris Johnson for comparing Muslim women in burqas to 'letter boxes' and 'bank robbers'
For example, he has described black people from Commonwealth countries as "flag-waving piccaninnies…
Thomas Colson,Adam Bienkov
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American fencer is using the Olympics to help change the perception of Muslim women
"I feel that Muslims aren't always painted in the most positive light," Muhammad said. "I want to h…
Morgan J. Wolf
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Sheryl Sandberg and other Facebook execs reportedly investigated if they could ban Trump after Zuck was 'appalled' by his call for a Muslim ban
The incident highlights how Facebook executives were uncomfortable with how Trump used Facebook to …
Rob Price
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Critics are shredding Ben Carson for his 'asinine' comment about Muslims
"Saying the United States should not elect a Muslim president is as absurd as saying we should not …
Colin Campbell
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Hate crimes against Muslim Americans have tripled since the attacks on Paris
"The terrorist attacks, coupled with the ubiquity of these anti-Muslim stereotypes seeping into the…
Alex Lockie
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I had to turn down acceptances at Yale, Columbia, and Johns Hopkins because I can't take on interest-bearing loans - and I'm just one example of how the American loan system doesn't cater to Muslims
After graduating from Wesleyan, I decided I wanted to continue my education - and naively, I though…
Tasmiha Khan
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Trump renews call for Muslim ban in wake of Orlando attack, challenges Clinton to say 'radical Islamic terrorism'
We need to protect all Americans, of all backgrounds and all beliefs, from Radical Islamic Terroris…
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Gun Range Owner Declares Her Business A 'Muslim Free Zone'
"I understand that not all muslims [sic] are terrorists. I also believe there are as many Muslims w…
Hunter Walker
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Trump just cited a debunked story about a general who shot Muslims with pig's-blood bullets to send a message to terrorists
In a tweet on Thursday following what authorities suspect was a terrorist attack in Barcelona, Spai…