ISIS Was Not Ended By Trump Or Obama – But By Muslims

Extremism was defeated by the Muslims. That should be the headlines. That is what Americans have trouble getting their heads around.

Juan Cole
By Juan Cole
Iraqi soldiers guard a graduation ceremony of Sunni tribal volunteers joining Iraqi security forces in the town of Amiriyat al-Fallujah, west of Baghdad, Iraq, Friday, May 8, 2015. (AP/Hadi Mizban)

Raqqa, the capital of the ISIL phony “caliphate” in eastern Syria, has completely fallen, according to a spokesman for the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces. It is just a matter of neutralizing a few remaining cells and defusing booby traps in the city. The SDF is primarily made up of leftist Kurds of the YPG or People’s Protection Units, the

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Trump Is First Sitting President To Speak At Hate-Filled ‘Values Voter Summit’

President touted religious freedom for right-wing Christians at annual anti-Muslim, anti-LGBT event

Julia Conley
By Julia Conley
President Donald Trump looks into the crowd as he speaks to the 2017 Value Voters Summit, Friday, Oct. 13, 2017, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Advocates of LGBT rights and religious freedom denounced President Donald Trump as he became the first sitting president to address the Values Voter Summit on Friday. In his speech, Trump assured his supporters that Judeo-Christian religious values would be protected by his administration and pushed the narrative that social conservatives have

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Trump Urges Supreme Court: Get Rid Of Rulings Against Muslim Ban

What the administration wants is for organizations that bring challenges to their authority to be constrained from invoking the record of unjust and unconstitutional conduct against Muslims seeking to enter the United States.

Kevin Gosztola
By Kevin Gosztola
In this Sunday, Sept. 24, 2017, file photo, President Donald Trump speaks with reporters before boarding Air Force One at Morristown Municipal airport, in Morristown, N.J. The Trump administration announced new travel ban restrictions after spending months hashing out the details determined to avoid a repeat of the chaos of Trump’s first travel ban. (AP/Evan Vucci)

With a third version of the Muslim ban set to go into effect on October 18, President Donald Trump’s administration has asked the Supreme Court to vacate lower court rulings on previous versions of the ban. “If allowed to stand, the lower courts’ decisions threaten to undermine the executive’s ability to deal with sensitive foreign policy issues

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Burma: Military Massacres Dozens In Rohingya Village

Witnesses said that Burmese soldiers had beaten, sexually assaulted, stabbed, and shot villagers who had gathered for safety in a residential compound.

Human Rights Watch
By Human Rights Watch
Alishaan, a Rohingya Muslim man, walks towards a hospital carrying his sick mother Aishya Khatoon at Taiy Khali refugee camp, Bangladesh, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017. More than 400,000 Rohingya Muslims have fled to Bangladesh since Aug. 25. (AP/Dar Yasin)

The Burmese military summarily executed several dozen Rohingya Muslims in Maung Nu village in Burma’s Rakhine State on August 27, 2017, Human Rights Watch said today. Witnesses said that Burmese soldiers had beaten, sexually assaulted, stabbed, and shot villagers who had gathered for safety in a residential compound, two days after Rohingya

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Green Fatwas: Imams Champion The Environment In Water-Scarce Jordan

Jordan is facing severe water shortages and as refugee numbers rise, so is demand. The state is enlisting imams to help.

Olivia Cuthbert
By Olivia Cuthbert
A father and son wash before prayer at a mosque in Jordan. Water usage at mosques is an issue imams are tackling. (Credit: GIZ)

Even before the arrival of an estimated 1.3 million refugees, Jordan was one of the most water-scarce countries in the world. In 2014, annual water availability plummeted from 147 cubic metres to 123 cm per person, far below the international water poverty line of 500cm per capital per year. Meanwhile, demand is rising. In the northern

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16 Years After 9/11, Muslims Still Central Targets In War With No End

On Monday, many Americans “mourn the often forgotten victims of the never-ending wars and draconian counter-terrorism policies of the post-9/11 world: the Muslim community.”

Jessica Corbett
By Jessica Corbett
People carry posters during a rally in support of Muslim Americans and protest of President Donald Trump's immigration policies in Times Square, New York, Sunday, Feb. 19, 2017. (AP/Andres Kudacki)

As the nation on Monday mourned the nearly 3,000 lives lost 16 years ago in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, the lifting of restrictions on the Trump administration's "Muslim ban" by the U.S. Supreme Court served as a timely reminder of how Muslims in the United States and worldwide continue to suffer from the so-called "War on Terror" launched in the

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