Attorneys for the state of Oklahoma will appeal a federal judge’s ruling temporarily blocking a proposed voter-approved ban on the use of Islamic or international law.
When Benazir was born, her parents went into mourning because she was not a boy. Benazir overcame this obstacle, the first of many, and became so adept at politics and so close to her father, who founded the Pakistan Peoples Party, that he defied tradition and named her his political heir. Benazir Bhutto had a…
Since the 2001 terrorist attacks, the FBI has used informants successfully as one of many tactics to prevent another strike in the United States. Agency officials say they are careful not to violate civil liberties and do not target Muslims. But the FBI’s approach has come under fire from some Muslims, criticism that surfaced again…
This study by the French-American Foundation (New York) and France’s “Sciences-Po” (Institut d’études politiques de Paris) offers conclusive evidence that there is religious discrimination in the French labor market. Researchers led by David Laitin (Stanford University) concluded that the study is “unambiguous in finding significant religious discrimination against Muslims in at least one job sector…
November 29, 2010 Precisely one year following the Swiss referendum banning minarets in 2009, the Swiss Islamic Central Council (IZRS) has announced that it wishes to hold another national referendum in order to remove the minaret ban from the constitution. No other Muslim organizations were consulted with regard to this plan, which had been kept…
