Tag: muslims

Hateful letters sent anonymously to three mosques in California with a warning that President-elect Donald Trump would "cleanse" the United States of Muslims have stirred fears among congregants, a community leader said on Saturday.

As terror attacks by ISIS extremists have proliferated, many in the West have demanded that Muslims do more to denounce radicalized Islam – and with protests and sermons and theological arguments, average Muslims, imams and scholars and have done that more than is often realized.

Muslims around the world began observing Ramadan on Monday, Islam's holy month during which believers abstain from eating and drinking during daylight hours.

Out of the major world religions, Islam is among the most misunderstood.

Such displays of intolerance can make Muslims feel like they don’t belong in Europe or the United States.

Addressing his congregation on the Eid al-Fitr holiday celebrating the end of Ramadan, Imam Mohamed Abdul-Azeez implored worshipers to combat Muslim extremism in the aftermath of a shooting rampage that killed five servicemen in Tennessee.

Muslim Americans will gather today (July 17) to celebrate Eid al-Fitr to mark the end of the month-long Ramadan.