Rae spoke to Anadolu Agency (AA) about the details of her journey into Islamic art and details of her miniatures. Canadian Muslim artist and writer Laurelie Rae brings the memories of Muslim female travelers to the present with miniatures. Rae, who comes from a family of artists, became a Muslim …
Read More »Meet First Muslim Woman Elected to Nashville Office
Zulfat Suara made history Thursday night after becoming the first Muslim elected to a Metro seat in Nashville, despite facing a lot of Islamophobic comments and threats, The Tennessean reported. “I had to tell myself if I don’t get on the council I’ll wake up tomorrow and continue to do what I …
Read More »Sharp rise in hate crimes against Muslims after Brexit vote in Cheshire
Police figures reveal there were just nine Islamophobic offences in Cheshire in 2013, followed by five in 2014 and 14 in 2015. Hate crimes against Muslims have risen sharply across the county since the Brexit vote in 2016, The Standard has learnt. Police figures reveal there were just nine Islamophobic …
Read More »Saudi Wahhabi regime eradicating Muslim heritage in Hejaz
Motivated by the ultra-hardline ideology of Wahhabism, which has dominated Saudi Arabia for decades, the incumbent regime in Riyadh is hell-bent on wiping Muslim heritage from the Hejaz region, threatening Islamic identity. More than two million Muslim pilgrims have ended their annual hajj pilgrimage and many are back to their …
Read More »Hijab-wearing lowers women’s chances of getting a job in Germany
he neutrality law in eight German states indicates a structural bias against hijab-wearing women. Under the law, the hijab is banned in schools and some public institutions, Even the most educated Muslim’s women living in Germany have found it difficult to find employment; many claim it’s because they wear the …
Read More »What a Boris Johnson premiership means for British Muslims
Johnson, to many, is the jovial, straight-talking politician, someone who can “deliver Brexit”. . The Johnson of old, will not be the Johnson in Number 10, nor can he be. The country simply won’t let him get away it, Fiyaz Mughal writes. Nobody doubts that Boris Johnson has waited for …
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