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Colorado Jewish, Muslim and Christian leaders launch love campaign

Colorado Muslim, Christian and Jewish leaders stood together in Denver's main mosque Monday and launched a "Love Thy Neighbor" campaign — starting with ads on...

Arab American Comedienne: No Apology For Jokes

Transcript MICHEL MARTIN, HOST: Switching gears now, the issues of Palestinians, both in the U.S. and abroad, are often in the news, but not, I think it's...

Muslim Group plans to combat pro-Israel Metro ads with "Show forgiveness, speak for justice and avoid the ignorant."

WASHINGTON - Advertisements sponsored by CAIR were unveiled Friday in response to a pro-Israel ad posted in four Metro stations this week. The Council on...

Former Irish American Sunday school teacher on why she converted to Islam - VIDEO

A former Catholic Sunday school teacher has spoken about why she was moved to convert to Islam. Cheryl Dacey, was born into an Irish Catholic family. After...

American Muslim Democrats talk challenges, celebrate progress

CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Harpreet Sandhu, a Sikh from the Bay Area, had just left a breakfast for California’s delegates at the Democratic National Convention on...

‘Halal’ vitamins for American Muslims

Arab pharmacist in Detroit, Sam Alawieh, was baffled by a question a patient asked him about the vitamins she was about to take. “She asked me, does this have...

'Muslims For Life' blood drive honors victims of Sept. 11

The second annual Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA Memorial Blood Drive will be held on Sunday, Sept. 9 from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. The drive will take place at the...

Leader says get over fear of Muslims

A Baptist minister and interfaith leader says it is time for Americans to get over their fear of Islam and get on with the assimilation of Muslims into their...

Arab Americans' coming of age in a New Jersey election

For Arab Americans, the big election news of the past week didn't come out of just Egypt. As important for some was Congressman Bill Pascrell's stunning...

Decision to list Arab Americans as ‘minority’ postponed

The decision to enlist members of the Arab American business community as socially or economically disadvantaged has been postponed by a business development...

Pool of American imams too small to meet the demand

SHARON, Mass. — The Islamic Center of New England has always been led by imams born outside America. The two-campus mosque would like to change that, but it’s...

Muslim women take a lead in their community with Texas tornado relief

On Easter Sunday morning, several teams of volunteers headed to tornado-hit sites in Arlington and Lancaster, answering the call of several disaster relief...

Syrians in N.J. offer aid to rebels in homeland

North Jersey has become a staging ground for Syrian-Americans who are collecting money and supplies for refugees and lobbying lawmakers to help Syrian rebels...

'All-American Muslim' Cancelled: TLC Cancels Controversial Series

TLC has cancelled its controversial docuseries "All-American Muslim" after one season, The Hollywood Reporter confirmed. "All-American Muslim" looked at the...

US Muslim aid worker is home -- but no-fly list grounds him again

After the FBI mysteriously interrogated U.S. citizen Jamal Tarhuni in Tunisia and delayed his flight home to Portland by a month, he finally was allowed to...