Iraqi army completely surrounds ISIL in Mosul
The Iraqi army says it has completely surrounded fighters of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) group in Mosul as it continues to make gains in its final push to retake the city. According to the military, federal police units recaptured the last bridge over the Tigris River on Saturday, effectively cutting […]
Dominican Converted To Islam Talks About Prejudices, Rejections, Travel Ban [VIDEO]
Sayonara Diaz, a New Yorker fro the Dominican Republic, recently spoke to journalist Isolda Peguero, host and producer of “El Rincón de Isolda,” about prejudice and rejections she faces on a daily basis as a Muslim woman. During the interview, Diaz revealed who led her to Islam. “I’ve been a Muslim for two years. The […]
Afghanistan’s all-girl robotics team can’t get visas to come to the US
A group of teenage girls from Afghanistan who had planned to come to Washington, DC, for an international robotics competition won’t be coming after all, after the US State Department denied their visas. “This opportunity would allow us to invent, design, and create things that could possibly allow our community, our lives, and us,” the […]
PHOTOS: Christie, family soak up sun on N.J. beach he closed to public
BERKELEY TOWNSHIP — People hoping to visit Island Beach State Park this holiday weekend were not allowed in because of the state government shutdown Gov. Chris Christie ordered amid the state budget standoff in Trenton. But there was one family there: Gov. Chris Christie’s. They are using the summer beach house provided by the state […]
American Scholar, Shaykh Hamza Yusuf Denounces ISIS
American Muslim Scholar, Shaykh Hamza Yusuf (born January 1, 1958) is an American Islamic scholar, and is co-founder of Zaytuna College. He is a proponent of classical learning in Islam and has promoted Islamic sciences and classical teaching methodologies throughout the world. He is an advisor to the Center for Islamic Studies at the Graduate […]
Why Is Myanmar Refusing A UN Probe If There Is No Rohingya Genocide?
If Myanmar has nothing to hide, why isn’t the country’s de facto leader, Aung San Suu Kyi, who is a Nobel Peace Prize winner, allowing U.N. investigators to visit the country? When Myanmar transitioned from military rule to civilian democracy, many hoped the new government would make efforts to resolve the Rohingya Muslim crisis that […]
Gunmen attack mosque in France, injuring eight
July 2 (UPI) — Gunmen opened fire at a crowd of people Sunday outside of a mosque in France, injuring eight, police said. The shooting took place in Avignon, Provence, in southern France at approximately 10:30 p.m. Among the injured was a 7-year-old girl. French news site La Provence reported worshippers were leaving the mosque […]