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August 2018

August 03, 2018

Final Push for Many American-Muslim Candidates Running for Office

With hotly-contested elections coming up next week in Michigan and Minnesota and elsewhere in the...

December 2017

December 31, 2017

Good Muslim News Stories of 2017

From Muslims and other communities banding together to fight Trump’s travel ban to #BlackOutEid and...

May 2017

May 21, 2017

TRANSCRIPT – Trump’s Speech to Muslim Leaders: This is a “Battle Between Good and Evil”

President Trump made his first speech on foreign soil today in Saudi Arabia, in which...

April 2017

April 27, 2017

In Trump’s America, are Islamic Schools a Better Choice then Public Schools?

Whether to send a child to public or private school is an important decision that...

April 14, 2017

American Muslims Mourn the Loss of Judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam

News of the death of Judge Sheila Abdus-Salaam, 65, sent shock waves through American Muslim...

March 2017

March 06, 2017

#MuslimBan 2.0 Executive Order Goes from Seven to Six Countries

After anticipating and analyzing for weeks what President Donald Trump's new version of the travel...

March 03, 2017

Between Disengagement and Changing Paradigms – A New Path for America’s Mosques

How does one resolve these two parallel realities – that while there are fewer people...

December 2016

December 31, 2016

January 2016

January 01, 2016

Year in Review: Top Ten Good Muslim News Stories of 2015

By Altmuslim Editors Sure, we could talk about the Paris attacks, Charlie Hebdo, Isis, San...

November 2015

November 13, 2015

“Jihadi John” Most Likely Killed by Drone Strike

By Altmuslim Staff News reports are coming in fast and furious that the U.S. military...

December 2014

December 31, 2014

Year in Review: Top Ten Good News Stories of 2014

By Altmuslim Editors Some of you may think that of all the years we have...

November 2013

November 08, 2013

Interview: G. Willow Wilson On The Creation of the Newest Muslim-American Comic Superhero

Interview by Dilshad D. Ali It’s a bird, it’s a plane! It’s … well it’s...

September 2013

September 20, 2013

Learning About Allah to Z – Interview with Authors Sam’n and Uzma Sabir

By Shazia Kamal Farook I recently met author Sam’n Iqbal and artist Uzma Sabir to...

September 10, 2013

The Muslims are Coming, and Pamela Gellar Isn’t Happy (Surprised?)

By Sheila Musaji In 2009, Dean Obeidallah wrote The Muslims Are Coming! in which he talked about...

September 05, 2013

ISNA 2013 – Reflections on Sacred Space: Where’s My Place

Editors’ Note: This article is part of the Public Square 2014 Summer Series: Conversations on Religious Trends. Read...

September 03, 2013

ISNA 2013 – A Short Collection of Memorable Quotes

It seemed like all the (American and other) Muslim heavyweights came out for the 50th...

March 2013

March 11, 2013

Samina Ali on ‘Muslima’ – Exploring the Art and Voices of Muslim Women

By Dilshad D. Ali Women around the world marked International Women’s Day last Friday a...

February 2013

February 25, 2013

Social Justice in Islam and the Legacy of Malcolm X

By Adam Soltani As we celebrate African-American History this month, we are reminded of the legacy...

February 01, 2013

The Story (You Never Knew) of Wajahat Ali

By Stephen Cobbe As a former Catholic school student, Wajahat Ali has some familiarity with...

December 2012

December 27, 2012

Praising God Through Our Work – an Interview with Tayyibah Taylor

By Sarah Farrukh Tayyibah Taylor is the founding editor-in-chief and publisher of Azizah Magazine, an...

April 2012

April 26, 2012

Ice Princess Zahra Lari – An Example for Women of Faith

By Ashley McGuire She’s been called the “Ice Princess in the Hijab.” And, I think...

March 2012

March 17, 2012

Wajahat Ali’s All-American Khutbah (Sermon)

Wajahat Ali (playwright, humorist, lawyer, altmuslim contributing editor, and activist, who co-authored the Center for...

March 09, 2012

ACTION ALERT: Follow Our Lead on March 9 – Five #FF Tweets to Say Thanks

By Zeba Iqbal Thank you all so much for joining in our #ThankYou campaign. It...

February 2012

February 29, 2012

Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy Reflects on Oscar Win and What it Means for Pakistan

By Sadia Ashraf Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy’s Oscar Academy Award win for Pakistan last Sunday, a first...

February 01, 2012

The NYPD, ‘The Third Jihad’ and a Breakdown of Trust

By Cyrus McGoldrick, Civil Rights Manager at the New York chapter of the Council on...

August 2011

August 17, 2011

Blogger Yvonne Maffei: An all-American Ramadan

Food blogger Yvonne Maffei knows all about halal cuisine, which becomes an art form during...

February 2011

February 07, 2011

Author Ibrahim Abdul-Matin: “We don’t want to go back, we want to do things better”

Ibrahim Abdul-Matin, author of the recently published book "Green Deen," may be fighting an uphill...

December 2010

December 08, 2010

Entrepreneur Adnan Durrani: “Our mission is to restore the sacredness of food”

Adnan Durrani, the "Chief Halal Officer" of new food manufacturer American Halal saw a market...

September 2010

September 13, 2010

30 Mosques in 30 Days project: “We’re not historians, but these stories are important”

Two young Muslim Americans decide to sample the diversity of the Muslim American community during...