Muslim Americans
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New to Islam on road trip to explore Muslim communities
The three-part documentary series follows a young Muslim American couple (rapper Mona Haydar and husband Sebastian Robins) as they explore the Mother Road and its surrounding Muslim communities on a 2,500-mile drive from Chicago to Los Angeles.
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Discrimination against Muslim Americans rose by 9% in 2021
According to the report, CAIR received 6,720 complaints nationwide last year involving a range of issues including immigration, travel discrimination, law enforcement and government overreach, hate and bias incidents, custody rights, school incidents and free speech incidents.
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US Muslims gave estimated $1.8B in 2021 charity
The average Muslim gave $2,070 in zakat, one of the five pillars of Islam, according to the report released last week by the Muslim Philanthropy Initiative at Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at IUPUI.
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3 US Muslims Sue Over Religious Questioning by Officers
Three Muslim Americans have filed a lawsuit alleging that U.S. border officers questioned them about their religious beliefs in violation of their constitutional rights when they returned from international travel.
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House Responds to GOP's Boebert With Islamophobia Bill
The House has delivered its first formal response to Republican Rep. Lauren Boebert's anti-Muslim remarks by passing a bill to tackle Islamophobia worldwide.
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Meet the South Asian and Muslim Americans in Biden’s cabinet
They include a number of Indian-American appointments and for the first time ever two Kashmiri women, in what has been touted as the ‘most diverse’ cabinet in US history.