A Minnesota home seller and financier has been found liable for violating state laws in a scheme that targeted East African Muslims with deceptive real estate deals marketed as “sharia compliant.” After a two-week trial in downtown Minneapolis, a jury sided with Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison’s office Monday afternoon in a civil case alleging…
For many Muslims in the Middle East, another Eid arrived this week with little joy, under the shadow of war. Eid al-Adha, which marks the sacred Hajj pilgrimage to Mecca, began on Wednesday. In a region battered by conflict, the festive holiday — known to some as the “Big Eid,” compared with Eid al-Fitr, which…
(RNS) — Last month, Muslims marked Eid al-Fitr amid war in Iran and surrounding countries, continued bombings in Gaza, violence in Sudan, crushing immigration enforcement and rising anti-Muslim attacks and verbiage, coupled with fear permeating in American Muslim communities as Islamophobic political efforts rise. That didn’t stop about 480 Muslims and interfaith allies from gathering…
Authorities in Nigeria’s Kwara state say an attack that killed dozens of people on Tuesday was driven by ideology, not criminal banditry, blaming Islamist militant group Boko Haram. The state governor said residents of Kaiama community were attacked after they rejected a particular interpretation of Islam. He put the death toll at 75, but the…
