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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...

Acting under instructions from United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, the UN Friday removed from its websites a report by one of its agencies concluding that Israel has established an “apartheid regime” that discriminates against Palestinians. Titled...

A seven-year-old child stands in front of her damaged school in Idleb, Syria. October 2016. Photo: UNICEF While the world fails to end thee Syrian conflict and Bashar al Assad struts around, a new report has...

Most of the 3.2 million people driven forcibly from their homes in early 2016 found shelter in low and middle-income countries, according to a new UN study. The report comes amidst criticism of rich Middle Eastern...

Olives at a market in Toulon, France, Photo by David Monniaux via Wikimedia Commons The traditional Mediterranean diet is usually popular for being low-fat and fiber-rich, with fish, vegetables, fruits and olive oil as some of...

President Donald Trump has asserted that the executive order on travel ban from seven Muslim majority countries is within his powers and expressed the hope that an appeals court would be able to “do what’s right.”...

Washington Dulles International Airport Photo by Joe Ravi  via Wikimedia Commons A federal judge in Seattle, Washington, Friday temporarily suspended implementation of President Donald Trump’s immigration executive order banning entry of citizens of seven Muslim majority...

View of Beitar Ilit, Israeli settlement Photo Credit  Yoninah via Wikimedia Commons President Donald Trump has told Israel that constructing new settlements “may not be helpful” to Middle East peace efforts – marking a departure from...

Photo by Darren Livingston (Central Intelligence Agency) via Wikimedia Commons Cautioning against allowing portrayal of the fight against terror as a clash of civilizations, former CIA Director David Petraeus has said the huge majority of Muslims...

Photo by Southbank Centre via Wikimedia Commons Nobel Peace Prize winner educationist Malala Yousafzai has urged President Donald Trump not to shut US doors on defenseless children and families, rendered refugees by conflicts. “In this time...