Month: March 2017

Trump’s Muslim Ban and the History of Stolen Citizenship in America | Religion Dispatches. As historians of South Asian America, we know that having your citizenship stripped because of the color of your skin is not unusual in our history. The United States has a long history of racism being…Continue readingTrump’s Muslim Ban and the History of Stolen Citizenship in America | Religion Dispatches

A Children’s Museum ‘Surprise Blockbuster’: A Show on Islam – The New York Times. “Would I love to get more people to this exhibit and get them to understand that Muslims are human beings with desires and passions and artistic creativity in ways that maybe they haven’t thought about before?…Continue readingA Children’s Museum ‘Surprise Blockbuster’: A Show on Islam – The New York Times

A top White House aide was asked if Trump thought Islam was a religion. He refused to answer. – Vox. Questioning whether Islam is a religion is not, in and of itself, a new idea. Dr. Hussein Rashid, a professor of religion at Barnard College, told me that it was…Continue readingA top White House aide was asked if Trump thought Islam was a religion. He refused to answer. – Vox