The phrase “spiritual but not religious” has become widely used in recent years by some Americans who are trying to describe their religious identity. While Pew Research Center does not categorize survey respondents in such a way, our surveys do find that the U.S. public overall appears to be growing a bit less religious –…
MILWAUKEE — An American-Islamic civil liberties group is asking a Wisconsin manufacturer to back away from a policy that doesn’t allow an extra break for prayer for Muslim employees. Ariens Co., however, said Tuesday that it can handle the matter internally and that it’s not interested in negotiating through the Council for America-Islamic Relations. The…
(RNS) Catholic Charities is giving out water and food. The Flint Jewish Federation is collecting water and water filters. And the Michigan Muslim Community Council has distributed more than 120,000 bottles of clean water for Flint, Mich. Dr. Muzammil Ahmed, chairman of the Michigan Muslim Community Council, said his group — as part of a…
As pundits, political strategists and talking heads debate Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump’s call to ban all Muslims from entering the United States, there is one group of individuals still left out of the conversation. African American Muslims are reacting to the statements of the GOP front-runner from a different set of lenses; lenses that…
This Christmas Eve has been slightly different in some of Britain’s towns, with crowds of Muslims gathered to celebrate ‘Milad un-Nabi’ – the birthday of the Islamic prophet Muhammad. And rarely ever ones to miss an electoral opportunity, the event has been seized upon by at least one Labour Member of Parliament – Simon Danczuk…
