September 23, 2019 -

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

Euro-Islam5 years ago5 years ago04 mins

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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Hamza Yusuf’s comments on Syria provokes deeper debate on the Islamic tradition on opposing oppressive rulers

Euro-Islam5 years ago5 years ago07 mins

Prominent American Muslim Scholar Shaykh Hamza Yusuf has encountered yet another controversy in the past few weeks, after a video begun to be widely shared in which Yusuf critiques the Syrian revolution in a manner many considered to be a derisive tone. The video shows a clip from a 2016 Islamic retreat trip in Turkey…

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