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Dr. Menhaz Afridi is an Associate Professor of Religious studies and Director of Holocaust, Genocide, and Interfaith Education Center at Manhattan…
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This is Ramadan, the Muslim holy month of fasting. We were invited to Albany’s City Hall for an Iftar, the evening feast after the sun-up to sun-down…
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Yassin Aref, the Albany imam sent to federal prison after being convicted of material support for terrorism, is part of a case heard in court this week…
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Activists from Albany traveled to Camden, New Jersey, Wednesday in a show of solidarity with the Duka brothers—three of the so-called “Fort Dix Five”…
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President Obama commented a few weeks ago that Muslims in America must do more to stop Muslim violence and many have suggested that the Muslim community…
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In what can only be described as a “reassurance” speech is, President Obama in addressing the terrorist murders in San Bernardino, California said we…
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Twenty years old and in love, Phyllis Chesler embarked on an adventure that lasted more than a half-century. Shortly after arriving in Afghanistan with…
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2014 has been a milemarker for women, especially when it comes to politics. While Western women have taken a step forward, headlines suggest women in many…
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A Muslim advocacy group is out with a study critical of methods used by the federal government to identify, entrap and prosecute terrorists.Project SALAM…
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A protest was held today outside a western Massachusetts high school to draw attention to alleged anti-Islamic bullying. About 50 people, most of them…