The holiday season draws closer, and though it’s starting to show in our best bets, there’s still plenty of variety out there ...
Some years ago, I heard an amusing exchange on a right-wing radio show. A caller railed against feminists, homosexuals, atheists and other usual suspects. The host enthusiastically agreed, whereupon ...
Hip-hop dancer Amirah Sackett is challenging stereotypes of Muslim women with her group, We're Muslim, Don't Panic, in an effort to "[bring] empowerment to Muslim-American women and girls who ...
Fahima Mirzaie performs a Sema dance (Sufi Whirling) in Kabul Afghanistan, Thursday, Aug. 20, 2020. Taking on an unorthodox task in her society, the 24-year-old teaches men and women Sufi whirling.
President Obama took office with a mission to transform America’s image around the world. In particular, he was determined to extend the hand of friendship to Muslims whom he felt had been slighted ...
On Jan. 22, The Durango Herald ran a brilliantly written column by New York Times columnist Thomas Friedman, headlined “Don’t dance around Islamic extremism.” The author’s point was: Call it what it ...
Malaysia’s Islamic affairs minister Idris Ahmad has advised Muslims to avoid a festival of Japan’s traditional summer Bon dance as it contains elements from other religions that go against Islam, ...
Hip-hop dancer Amirah Sackett is challenging stereotypes of Muslim women with her group, We're Muslim, Don't Panic, in an effort to "[bring] empowerment to Muslim-American women and girls who ...