Tag: Muslim
Switzerland halts citizenship process for Muslim students’ family
Switzerland has suspended the citizenship process for the family of two teenage Muslim brothers after the boys’ refusal to shake hands with their female...
US President Obama fails to end radicalism among Muslims
US President Barack Obama, who completes his second and final term this year, acknowledges that he failed in persuading Muslims to examine the roots...
French embassy employee fired for being Muslim wins lawsuit
A former employee of the French Embassy in Washington DC, who was fired for being a Muslim has won a federal lawsuit against the...
Muslim? Over half of France says no, according to poll
In an effort to assess racist sentiment in France a recent poll asked the French how they would react if their children married Muslims...
American Muslim population to double by 2050: Pew Research
At the end of 2015, there were about 3.3 million Muslims living in the United States, making up about 1 per cent of the...
Texas teen arrested for homemade clock to move to Qatar
A 14-year-old Muslim boy who was arrested after a homemade clock he brought to school was mistaken for a possible bomb will be moving with his...
Son of Delhi Jama Masjid’s Shahi Imam to marry Hindu girl!
Initially the Shahi Imam was against the marriage but has now given his consent after the bride-to-be agreed to embrace Islam
Muslim schoolboy arrested for building clock, invited to White House by...
A Muslim teenager arrested after a Texas teacher mistook his homemade clock for a bomb won invitations to the White House, Google and Facebook...
29% of Americans believe Obama is Muslim: poll
Misconceptions regarding US President Barack Obama’s religion are still rife with 29 per cent of Americans still believing he is Muslim, according to a...
Blindfolded Muslim man in India asks strangers for hugs
“I’m Muslim and I trust you. Do you trust me enough for a hug?” read a sign, placed in front of a blindfolded man...
Michelle Obama tells Muslim schoolgirls that education will give them everything...
US first lady Michelle Obama earlier this week had a motivational message for Muslims schoolgirls.
“Maybe you read the news and hear what folks are...
Khamenei urges Muslim unity in face of ‘oppression’
Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei called Thursday for unity in the Muslim world in order to counter “oppression” from the West, on the...
IS leader urges Muslims to move to ‘caliphate’: recording
The leader of the Islamic State group Abu Bakr al Baghdadi on Thursday urged Muslims to emigrate to his self-proclaimed “caliphate”, in the jihadist...
Muslim, Christian population could be nearly equal by 2050: study
The Muslim and Christian populations could be nearly equal by 2050, with Islam expected to be the fastest-growing faith on the planet, according to...
Justices weigh case of Muslim denied job over headscarf
WASHINGTON:
The Supreme Court is considering the employment discrimination claim of a Muslim woman who was turned down for a job by clothing retailer Abercrombie...
Obama defends ‘true peaceful nature of Islam’
United States President Barack Obama defended the “true peaceful nature of Islam” on Wednesday, saying that terrorist groups like Islamic State (IS) promote a “twisted interpretation of religion that is rejected by the overwhelming majority of the world’s Muslims.”
Blindfolded Muslim in Canada asks people to ‘show trust with a...
Faith in humanity was temporarily restored when a blindfolded man stood in the middle of Toronto’s Dundas Square next to two placards stating “I...
