Muslim-Americans

(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 […]

Muslim-Americans

The black Muslim female fashion trailblazers who came before model Halima Aden

The Conversation

The fashion shows were a means of highlighting the creative ways Nation of Islam women could dress modestly and maintain the unique aesthetic

Muslim-Americans

Muslims arrived in America 400 years ago as part of the slave trade and today are vastly diverse

The Conversation

They are from Africa and the Middle East, as well as South and Southeast Asia

Muslim-Americans

New Rep. Ilhan Omar vows to make the US live up to Religious Freedom

Middle East Monitor

“We are going to make this country one that lives up to its ideals of inclusion, of religious liberty.”

Democratic Party

The First Muslim-American Women in Congress may get to Impeach Trump

Juan Cole

And one of them is loudly calling for him to be removed from office.

Music

How Muslim-Americans Helped Create Modern Jazz

Shalom Goldman

Art Blakey (in 1947) and and Ahmad Jamal (in 1959) traveled to North Africa to study Islam

Muslim-Americans

The ‘Blue Wave’ Was Also a ‘Muslim Wave’

Domenica Ghanem

( 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 […]

Featured

Refugee Muslim Women that Trump wouldn’t Have Let in, win House Seats

Juan Cole

Omar and Tlaib both faced horrible Islamophobic hate campaigns during their races, but Minnesotans and Detroiters look down on Nazis.

Muslim-Americans

US Voters poised to Elect 2 Muslim Women to Congress

Nova Safo

by Nova SAFO | – Chicago (AFP) – US voters are poised to elect two Muslim women to Congress in the midterm election next week, marking a historic first even as anti-Muslim and anti-immigrant rhetoric has been on the rise. Ilhan Omar, a Somali refugee, is all but certain to be elected to the US […]