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Featured Image: Cosmos Club members and their guests actively watch a stage reading of Ambassador Akbar Ahmed’s play Noor Fear permeates nearly every discussion about Muslims in America today – whether the conversation is about terrorist...

In a show of interfaith solidarity, churches and a synagogue in Victoria, Texas, are offering support to the the Muslim community to rebuild the Victoria Islamic Center destroyed in a raging fire last week. According to...

Ilhan Omar member House of Representatives in Minnesota, Photo by Lorie Shaull  via Wikimedia Commons A new organization is seeking to motivate and train Muslim Americans to boost their participation in grass-roots politics, especially through greater...

Boston Copley Square Photo by GorillaWarfare via Wikimedia Commons President Donald Trump Sunday said his executive order barring entry of visitors from seven predominantly Muslim countries is not about religion but about keeping America safe. “To...

Jeff Sessions speaking at an event in Washington, DC. Photo by Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons  President-elect Donald Trump’s pick for US Attorney General, Senator Jeff Sessions has said he would not support a Muslim entry ban, and...

On December 7, 2016, she was invited to the White House for a meeting as part of strategic planning for newly elected Democratic lawmakers. After the briefing, she took a cab to her hotel and on...

Under political spotlight throughout the election campaign, American Muslims have entered the New Year 2017 with a mix of fears and hopes. Fears stem from recent rise in hate speech and attacks while hopes arise from...

Photo: Ambassador Akba Ahmed providing remarks prior to the screening of Journey into Europe. Credit: Katelyn Lamso On December 15th, 2016, a group comprised mostly of women, both Muslim and non-Muslim alike, gathered together in a...

A group photo of participants Credit: Samia Abedel Wahed Photography (http://samiaabdelwahed.zenfolio.com) Fifty-six years ago, in 1960, Begum Aziz Ahmed, wife of the Pakistani Ambassador to the United States, had a brilliant idea. Recognizing the great cultural...

Downtown San Jose South Market, Photo by XAtsukex  via Wikimedia Commons In the backdrop of anti-immigration rhetoric and incidents of harassment , over 100 American tech entrepreneurs have pledged to resist any erosion of civil liberties...