Moustafa Bayoumi is a professor of English at Brooklyn College, where I teach political science. His book, “This Muslim American Life,” came out in September. It’s a fascinating collection of pieces—sometimes hilarious, often unsettling, always probing and provocative—about, well, Muslim life in America, past and present. More

Four top students at Ryerson University share their thoughts on France’s ban on wearing hijabs in public. More

Israeli forces have killed three more Palestinians in separate incidents across the occupied West Bank over allegations that they tried to attack them. More

The UN Security Council on Tuesday renewed a resolution facilitating the cross-border delivery of aid to millions of Syrians, while complaining previous such measures were not seen through on the ground. More

The secretary general of the International Union of Muslim Scholars (IUMS) called on Tuesday for Muslims all over the world to designate next Friday as a day of solidarity with Al-Aqsa Mosque, Anadolu has reported. Dr Ali Al-Qaradaghi said that Muslim scholars should use the day to explain how the Israeli occupation authorities are violating the More

Russia has proposed deploying four warplanes to protect the aircraft carrying Bashar al-Assad during the Syrian dictator’s upcoming trip to Iran and has warned the U.S.-led coalition against “getting close,” Al Jazeera reports, citing regional media outlets. More

Over 800 followers of radical movements in Kazakhstan were converted to traditional Islam in 2015, said Deputy Chairman of the Spiritual Administration of Muslims of Kazakhstan Serikbai kazhy Oraz. More

US Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton paid tribute to a Muslim American soldier who served in Iraq and laid down his life to save the lives of his entire unit. More

Republican presidential frontrunner Donald Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric tells one story about the modern day US. But, students painstakingly learning Arabic’s right-to-left script in classrooms across the country tells another. More

The UN Security Council on Friday adopted a resolution endorsing a peace plan set out during three rounds of international talks to foster an end to the Syria civil war. More

Thirty-four Muslim countries decided Monday night to establish an anti-terrorism alliance with headquarters in Saudi Arabia, according to the Saudi Press Agency. More

Secretary of State warns that without the two-state solution, terrorist groups will be strengthened and Israel could be "one big fortress". More