Irvine, Ca. (Special to Informed Comment) – A day under the Trump Administration typically consists of angry tweets, an absurd amount of misinformation, and reckless decisions made by an egotistical maniac. Just three days into the new year we saw exactly that as the Trump Administration launched an attack on Iran, killing the nation’s top […]
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Muslim-Americans
How Turkish Muslims at Atlantic Records Marketed Motown, Jazz, Black Music to America
(Special to Informed Comment) – To those outside of the music business the title, “The House that Ahmet Built” might sound like the name of a Turkish folktale for children. But for those in the know, the ‘house’ was Atlantic Records and ‘Ahmet’ was Ahmet Ertegun, the great record company’s co-founder. In 1947 along with […]
The black Muslim female fashion trailblazers who came before model Halima Aden
The fashion shows were a means of highlighting the creative ways Nation of Islam women could dress modestly and maintain the unique aesthetic
Muslims arrived in America 400 years ago as part of the slave trade and today are vastly diverse
They are from Africa and the Middle East, as well as South and Southeast Asia
New Rep. Ilhan Omar vows to make the US live up to Religious Freedom
“We are going to make this country one that lives up to its ideals of inclusion, of religious liberty.”
The First Muslim-American Women in Congress may get to Impeach Trump
And one of them is loudly calling for him to be removed from office.
How Muslim-Americans Helped Create Modern Jazz
Art Blakey (in 1947) and and Ahmad Jamal (in 1959) traveled to North Africa to study Islam
The ‘Blue Wave’ Was Also a ‘Muslim Wave’
( Otherwords.org) – In the most Islamophobic election in history, Muslim candidates scored big wins by embracing progressive policies. By Domenica Ghanem | November 7, 2018 With the Muslim Ban, the promotion of torturer Gina Haspel to CIA director, and increases in hate crimes, it’s been a rough year for us Muslims in the United […]
Refugee Muslim Women that Trump wouldn’t Have Let in, win House Seats
Omar and Tlaib both faced horrible Islamophobic hate campaigns during their races, but Minnesotans and Detroiters look down on Nazis.
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