Tag: Washington Post
A secular Muslim’s guide to drinking alcohol during Ramadan
Writing in the Washington Post, Khaled Diab offers his guide to drinking alcohol during Ramadan for secular Muslims. While alcohol is considered prohibited by the majority of Muslims, a significant minority of Muslims do consume it, and interestingly, a number of Muslim-majority countries top the global rankings for alcohol consumption, meaning Muslims living in them often outdrink their Western counterparts.
#MosqueMeToo gives Muslim women space to discuss sexual assault in Muslim...
The columnist and gender activist, Mona Eltahawy, started the #MosqueMeToo movement to encourage women to share their experiences of sexual harassment and assault on the hajj and in other Islamic spaces. The movement opens the #MeToo movement up to Muslim women.
‘I am fed up with this evil’: How an American went...
Washington Post:
In late October 2014, the FBI received an unusual email from a young man named Mohimanul Alam Bhuiya.
Bhuiya, then 25, had joined the...
Man who criticized church’s Ramadan message goes to mosque
HARRISBURG, Pa. — A Pennsylvania politician who apologized for criticizing a church that posted a message wishing Muslims a “blessed Ramadan” attended a worship...
