A Prominent Imam’s Three Adult Children Were Arrested For Holding Young Kids At A “Filthy” New Mexico Compound
UPDATE 08-10-2018: Imam Siraj Responds: https://www.facebook.com/ali.abdulkarim1/videos/10155947007667909/ Imam Siraj Wahhaj has repeatedly begged for information about his relatives, including his three children. Three of the five adults who were charged with holding children at a compound in New Mexico with little food or water are the children of a prominent Brooklyn imam who has repeatedly pleaded on Facebook […]
What are madrasa schools and what skills do they impart?
Turkey’s recently reelected president, Recep Tayyip Erdogan, has made expansion of Muslim schools a top priority. Erdogan’s government is reported to have approved a religious education budget of US$1.5 billion this year, an increase of 68 percent. Whether or not they receive public funding like those in Turkey, religious schools are a common feature of Muslim life. […]
Police kill about 3 men per day in the US, according to new study
Police in the U.S. kill on average more than 1,000 men per year, or about three men per day. According to our estimates, police are responsible for about 8 percent of all adult male homicide deaths in the U.S. each year. These estimates come from our study, published on July 19. We relied on novel unofficial […]