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From “Us” to “Them”

In recent years, there has been a rise in media discourse regarding Western converts to Islam. This is unsurprising, con...

Charlotte Moeyens | November 2nd, 2017

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The Grand Bazaar is the heart of old Istanbul. It is one of the oldest shopping malls in the world, with more than 3,000...

Robert Rigney | March 21st, 2017

My little brother, a freshman in high school, recently texted me, “I just had history class where we talked about ...

Nabiha Nuruzzaman | March 10th, 2017

Notwithstanding ebbs and flows, as well as variation across regions, opposition to racism, ethnocentrism and nationalism...

R. Charles Weller | March 8th, 2017

President Donald Trump’s crackdown on refugees has called to mind comparisons with the Franklin D. Roosevelt admin...

Max Paul Friedman | March 3rd, 2017

Growing up in an interracial household during the turbulent 1960s and ’70s in Crown Heights Brooklyn left me with ...

Kevin James | February 14th, 2017

Written by Franklin Zemel and Ariel Deray Leaders of the Islamic Center of Western Suburbs wanted to build a mosque in D...

Franklin Zemel | February 9th, 2017

The day after Donald Trump won the elections, Alisa Wartick decided to focus her energies on helping refugees because sh...

Hina Tai | January 31st, 2017