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Obama Says Muslims Bear Responsibility to Counter Radical Islam (So Are Jews Responsible for Israeli Violence?)

Sep 26, 2014

A central theme of President Obama’s speech to the United Nations General Assembly yesterday is that Muslims have a special(...)

Threats Are Now a Daily Event for Many U.S. Muslims

Sep 26, 2014

These are difficult days to be a Muslim in the United States. There was, for example, the drunk man who(...)

Change Through Music

Sep 26, 2014

Selim Sahab, the Palestine-born, Lebanese-Egyptian conductor, sits in a small room at the Egyptian Charitable Association for Childhood Care (ECACC),(...)

Muslim Scholars Present Religious Rebuttal to Islamic State

Sep 26, 2014

Over 120 Islamic scholars from around the world, many of them leading Muslim voices in their own countries, have issued(...)

A Violent Political Divide In Egypt Played Out In New York City's Streets

Sep 26, 2014

The political divide that's led to over a year of violence and tumult in the Arab world's most populous country(...)

DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival October 2-5, 2014

Sep 26, 2014

The DC Palestinian Film and Arts Festival (DCPFAF) is pleased to announce its fourth annual festival, which will run between(...)

Airstrikes Stir Emotion, Concerns Among Syrians in Houston

Sep 25, 2014

For Yaser, an engineer in Houston, the new U.S.-led airstrikes on Islamic State militants in his Syrian homeland refreshed his(...)

Toronto Opens North America's First Islamic Art Museum

Sep 25, 2014

North America’s first museum of Islamic art opened last week in Toronto, reports the Daily Beast. The new institution takes(...)

New Independent Music Label Nawa Recordings Launches with Focus on the Arab World

Sep 25, 2014

Nawa Recordings to launch with the release of Maurice Louca’s new album in November 2014. Louca’s latest work is a(...)

San Jose Candidate's Aid Quits Over Bogus PLO Claim

Sep 25, 2014

San Jose City Council candidate Paul Fong accepted his campaign manager’s resignation Wednesday after a fundraising e-mail asserting that his(...)

Time to Restart Israeli-Palestinian Talks Based on Arab Initiative, Jordan's King Abdullah Tells UN

Sep 25, 2014

King Abdullah II of Jordan asked world leaders on Wednesday to urge Israel and the Palestinian Authority to find lasting(...)

At UN, Obama Talks Conflict and Peace in the Middle East, Reaffirms 2-State Commitment

Sep 25, 2014

The status quo in the West Bank and Gaza is "not sustainable," U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday told the(...)