The growing number of Muslim students seeking accommodations to practice their religion in public schools has stirred debate about the long-contentious issue of prayer in America’s public institutions. But a Prince George’s County high school principal believes she has found a way to accommodate Muslim students: She gives those with parental permission and high grades…
Jewish, Hindu and Muslim leaders from Queens gathered with lawmakers to denounce the possible hate crime committed at a Kew Gardens Hills Mosque earlier this month, and city Comptroller John Liu suggested some of the NYPD’s policies could make bias crimes more common. “An attack on one of us is an attack on all of…
Le Monde, November 5 2012 According to a survey conducted by sociologist Lagrange, the practice of young French Muslims is on the rise. Muslims between 18 and 35 years old tend to be more observants than the first or second generation of immigrant Muslims They are also more assertive of their Muslim identity. Such results…
Editor’s note: This project, based on interviews with dozens of current and former national security officials, intelligence analysts and others, examines evolving U.S. counterterrorism policies and the practice of targeted killing. This is the first of three stories. Over the past two years, the Obama administration has been secretly developing a new blueprint for pursuing…
It’s getting tougher to be a Republican in some parts of the country while also fully accepting the practice of Islam. In Tennessee, an incumbent in the U.S. House found herself on the defensive after being called soft on Shariah law, the code that guides Muslim beliefs and actions. And the state’s governor has been…
