Source: Hajdari Group Announces the Honoring and Naming of Tahir Kukaj as Muslim Chaplain for New York City Police Department

Vali, whose family immigrated to the United States from India when he was 9, takes over a critical post in constituent services at a time that immigrants have been scapegoated on the national scene.

Source: Head of Roxbury mosque tapped to lead city’s immigrant-outreach office - The Boston Globe

MIDWOOD - Jabaran Akram is a 22-year-old Muslim man who spends most of his Friday evenings and Saturday afternoons spending Shabbos with his Orthodox Jewish co-workers and friends.

Source: Building Bridges Between Muslim and Orthodox Jewish Communities in Southern Brooklyn, or How Jabaran Saved Shabbos - BKLYNER

Police officers from the St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department who posted racist and bigot Facebook posts are a “ threat to the public,” Reverend Spencer Lamar Booker, senior pastor at

Source: Faith leaders demand to be part of sensitivity training for police | Local Religion | stlamerican.com

The State of Michigan's unemployment office determined that a City of Dearborn employee did not commit misconduct when he made anti-Muslim remarks.

Source: State: Dearborn worker who made anti-Muslim remarks gets benefits

After Donald Trump's election, Dr. Ayaz Virji started giving talks to mostly white, Christian audiences in rural Minnesota to try to dispel misconceptions about Muslims. He faced a lot of backlash.

Source: A Muslim In Rural, White Minnesota On How To 'Love Thy Neighbor' : NPR

(RNS) — Civil rights advocates say Muslim communities are particularly vulnerable to the U.S. Department of Homeland Security’s newly expanded social media monitoring policies.

Source: New social media vetting for visa applicants can hurt American Muslims, advocates say - Religion News Service

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For the first time in St. Louis’ history, City Hall was host to Muslims across the region breaking their fast during the holy month of Ramadan. The official recognition of the celebration meant a lot to St. Louis Muslims, said Donnel Malik Sims, a member of the Islamic Foundation of Greater St. Louis and one of about 100 people in attendance, including elected officials and representatives of more than 16 mosques in the St. Louis area. “It means we’re welcome,” Sims said. “St. Louis is a place where we ca

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Metro area Muslims hope to share the traditions surrounding Ramadan through a series of community events planned for the coming weeks. Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of fasting, will begin for many Muslims at sunset on Sunday and end at sunset June 3, followed by the annual end-of-Ramadan Eid ul-Fitr festival on June 4. The Council on American-Islamic Relations-Oklahoma (CAIR-OK), Islamic Society of Greater Oklahoma City and the Dialogue Institute of Oklahoma City have partnered with several community or

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On Massachusetts' third annual Open Mosque Day on Sunday, 18 mosques across the commonwealth opened their doors to the larger public as members answered questions and gave their neighbors a chance to get to know their local Muslim community. After prayer and a video presentation, Kashif Syed, who represents the outreach team at the Islamic Society of Boston in Cambridge, opened the floor for questions. One woman raised her hand to ask about oppression: “How does your community deal with that?” “We put ou

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A new state law makes it easier for college students to take time off for religious holidays. Gov. Jay Inslee signed Senate Bill 5166 into law on Monday (April 29), making Washington the first state requiring that institutions of higher education provide academic accommodations to students who need them for religious observances. This includes rescheduling exams and permitting absences, as long as the student notifies the professor of the needed accommodation within the first two weeks of class. College p

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