Women’s March’s decision to remove Board member Zahra Billoo due to criticism of Israel draws ire from American Muslims

The Women’s March, the American non-profit organisation that grew out of the prolific march that took place in March 2017 after President Donald Trump’s inauguration, has removed Zahra Billoo, from its Board, which it announced on twitter: Zahra Billoo has been removed from board membership effective immediately. We found some of her public statements incompatible…

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Famed American Islamic Scholar Hamza Yusuf’s participation in the Trump Administration’s Commission on Unalienable Rights provokes deep debate

The appointment of Hamza Yusuf to the Commission on Unalienable Rights (CUR) in July, has lead to a sleuth of articles criticizing not only this particular decision, but the questioning of Yusuf’s position within the American Muslim community. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo set up the Commission to examine and then advise Trump on how…

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The Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU) releases the “American Muslim Poll 2019”,

The Institute for Social Policy and Understanding (ISPU) has released the “American Muslim Poll 2019”, its forth annual poll in which different religious groups, and those that consider themselves non-affiliated, are surveyed in order to compare attitudes. These religious groups are Muslims, Jews, Catholics, Protestants and white Evangelicals.  ISPU places the Poll in the context…

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The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) wins landmark victory in Texas as Anti-BDS Act is struck down

The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the United State’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organisation, won its lawsuit on behalf of Bahia Amawi. Amawi, a speech language pathologist in Texas, lost her job after she declined to sign a contract that would renew her employment with the Austin public school district because it included…

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