MS MARVEL – New Marvel Superheroine challenging stereotypes of South-Asian Muslim Women

The 8th June 2022 saw the release of a new U.S. TV show “Ms Marvel”, created by British-Pakistani stand-up comedian and screenwriter, Bisha K. Ali. The show follows Kamala Khan, a Pakistani-American teenager who transforms into a superhero whilst grappling with familial and religious obligations1. This makes Khan the first Muslim superheroine of the Marvel…

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US elections 2020: 9 American Muslims elected in the House of Representatives and state legislatures (including 4 women)

Who are the history making Muslims elected in the 2020 US elections? While all eyes are on the US presidential election and the votes being counted, prominent Muslim Americans have been making strides in the House of Representatives and winning seats in state legislatures. Elections in the US also took place for the Senate, House of Representatives…

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The election of two Muslim congresswomen due to the “Trump Effect”, and other reactions.

Two Muslim women have been elected to Congress in the United States’ 2018 mid-term  elections. Ilhan Omar, 37, is a Somali-American who won in Minnesota’s fifth congressional district. She immigrated with her family to the US under a resettlement programme when she was 14, after fleeing the Civil war in Somalia and spending four years in the…

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Austrian region mulls compulsory registration of Muslims and Jews seeking to buy kosher or halal meat

Austria has long been among the fore-runners of the right-wing populist wave in Europe. Since late 2017, the country has been ruled by a government bringing together the traditional conservatives of the Austrian People’s Party (ÖVP) with the far-right Freedom Party (FPÖ). Led by Chancellor Sebastian Kurz, this coalition heralds the final arrival of the…

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After ultra-nationalist independence day march, German religious leaders look to Poland with anxiety

Saturday, 11 November, marked the 99th anniversary of Polish independence. After successive partitions had awarded ever greater chunks of Polish territory to Russia, Austria, and Prussia; Poland ceased to exist as a political entity in 1795, to re-emerge as an independent state only in 1918. Independence day parade calls for white Europe To commemorate the…

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