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February 1, 2024
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling
Republicans Move to Punish Ilhan Omar for Something She Never Said
If you don’t speak Somali, here is what Representative Ilhan Omar actually said.
May 30, 2023
Magazine
Linda K. Wertheimer
Inside the Christian Legal Crusade to Revive School Prayer
Buoyed by the right-wing Supreme Court, Christian groups are laying the groundwork for public schools to veer back toward the 1960s.
May 2, 2023
Prem Thakker
Minnesota Man Charged With Arson at Two Mosques Also Harassed Ilhan Omar
Someone attacked multiple houses of faith, an elected official, and even a police officer. Where are all the columnists calling for civility?
August 25, 2021
Audrey Clare Farley
How Western Books About the Muslim World Fuel War and Retribution
Nonfiction narratives that purport to explain life in Islam’s far-flung capitals paper over the brutal hand of U.S. foreign policy.
April 23, 2020
Vanessa Taylor
Leaving No Others Behind This Ramadan
A bail fund to help free detained Muslims finds new urgency as Covid-19 spreads rapidly through prisons and jails.
August 5, 2019
Magazine
Alex Pareene
The Media Is Missing the Real Story of Trump’s Racism
It's easy to see why he's attacking politicians of color. Why are Beltway pundits so blind to it?
May 9, 2019
Kevin M. Schultz
Arguing in Bad Faith
The curious appropriation of “Judeo-Christian” values on the right
October 26, 2018
Farah Amjad
Is the Democratic Party Progressive Enough for Muslims?
This election season has shown that Muslim-Americans are demanding more of the one party willing to give them a political home.
October 1, 2018
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Scott Sayare
Terrorist By Association
Has French security law turned holding Islamist ideas into proof of a crime?
August 24, 2018
Josephine Huetlin
The Politics of Pointless Burqa Bans
European centrists are increasingly adopting elements of far-right platforms.
June 23, 2018
Rafia Zakaria
Driving Toward Change
It took a prince to end Saudi Arabia's ban on female drivers. Monarch-led feminism hasn't worked in the past. But this time might be different.
June 20, 2018
Elmira Bayrasli
The Coalition to Stop Erdogan
In an election that will give its winner unprecedented powers, Turkey's formerly weak opposition has banded together, using the authoritarian president's own tools against him.
May 29, 2018
Karina Piser
Inside France’s Growing Identity War
In the ongoing headscarf fracas, many hardliners are in fact leftists.
May 22, 2018
Peter Slezkine
What Happened to the “Free World”?
Columnists and politicians decrying the decline of the West can't seem to define what it is they're defending. The entire concept was developed for a very particular historical moment.
April 12, 2018
Jacob Soll
How Islam Shaped the Enlightenment
A new book recovers the work of scholars who helped establish greater understanding between religions.
December 22, 2017
Omer Aziz
My President Was an Islamophobe
The first year of the Donald Trump era was nothing less than a catastrophe for Muslims.
December 1, 2017
Jeet Heer
Trump’s Descent Into Madness Is a Worldwide Crisis
His Islamophobic tweets, feud with Britain, and supposed plans to replace Rex Tillerson are creating a highly combustible situation.
November 1, 2017
Sarah Jones
The New York City truck attack is the opportunity Trump has been waiting for.
August 2, 2017
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Matt Wolfe
The Handshake
Why did Yousef Muslet face life in prison for an everyday gesture?
June 12, 2017
Sarah Jones
The Senate is about to hear from two of the worst possible “experts” on Islam.
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