News and Analysis on Islam in Europe and North America
Frustrated by mistrust, suspicion, and proactive actions targeting law-abiding Muslims, major American Muslim groups are considering rupturing ties with the FBI and the Justice Department. “The Muslim organizations are very carefully considering to suspend relations with the government agency in order to create some room for the agency to re-consider the way they are dealing
An expose from IslamOnline.net explores the ongoing success achieved by a local Muslim school in San Francisco, California. The al Arqam Islamic School has become an example that full-time comprehensive Islamic schools can thrive, 11 years after being officially accredited. The school was also recently accepted into the academically rigorous International Baccalaureate program, and is
Harvard University recently premiered a documentary film entitled “Fremont, U.S.A.” which was developed by Harvard’s Pluralism Project. The film, focusing on the fourth-most populous city in the San Francisco Bay area, examines how Fremont, California has woven a wide range of new religions and cultures into the fabric of daily life in the city, which
The cities of Bell and Cudahy in Southeast Los Angeles county, which have fought with corruption and bruising politics for years, are now suffering from defamatory attacks towards Muslim candidates for city council. Hussein Chahine and Ali Saleh are two of such candidates, who have been smeared as terrorists in addition to having their homes
A week after it was revealed that the Federal Bureau of Investigation has sent informants to infiltrate Orange County mosques, Muslims in southern California are expressing anger and distrust over the use of deceit in their spiritual life. Despite the reaction, former FBI agents and federal prosecutors say spying on mosques is still one of