The judge’s ruling stopped a “targeted attack on the Muslim community,” said Hiba Rahim, interim ED of CAIR-Florida. The judge wrote: “Once again, Florida chooses political posturing over the First Amendment.” religionnews.com/2026/03/05/c...

A federal judge today barred Florida's governor from labeling a Muslim civil rights organization a terrorist group. The judge wrote Ron DeSantis' order against CAIR put "political posturing over the First Amendment."

🎊🎊 Happy Texas Primary Day yall! I’m celebrating by tracking whether far-right candidates continue a years long electoral hot streak. A 🧵🧵 of storylines I’m watching, replete with all the color and wackiness you’d expect from our most colorful and wacky state:

“I just bought an elementary school, and that’s kind of crazy,” Mohamad Altabaa said at the start of each video, all of which have since gone viral, with more than 1 million views and 100,000 likes on one video alone.

Imam Shuaib Din of the Utah Islamic Center told @rns.org he is nearly certain the shooter targeted him. “He knew where I lived, he knew my schedule, knew the make and model of my car, and then he came after me,” Din said. religionnews.com/2026/02/25/s...

“The lessons of Ramadan are most relevant this year because of the fear and despair,” Imam Abdisalam Adam said. “So definitely, people are tapping into their faith for grounding.”

“The lessons of Ramadan are most relevant this year because of the fear and despair,” Imam Abdisalam Adam said. “So definitely, people are tapping into their faith for grounding.” religionnews.com/2026/02/20/r...

Back in 2010, a group of activists warned that Muslims were going to take over America and said Muslims have no right to freedom of religion. The courts disagreed, and these groups faded. And now the fear of Sharia law is back religionnews.com/2026/02/13/s...

Good @rns.org piece by @ulaakuzi.bsky.social & @bmietana.bsky.social on anti-Shariah politics in DC, Texas, & Oklahoma: religionnews.com/2026/02/13/s... This form of Islamophobia also popping up elsewhere. Last month, I testified against such legislation in Missouri: www.youtube.com/watch?v=S5_c...

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton has filed another lawsuit in Collin County related to a planned Muslim-centric development with ties to the East Plano Islamic Center. https://bit.ly/3ZFIR32?utm_medium=social&utm_source=bluesky_ 

Via @ulaakuzi.bsky.social: Leqaa Kordia returned to ICE detention after lawyers say she was 'disappeared' —> religionnews.com/2026/02/11/p...

This morning at @propublica.org, we published a pair of stories about the children held at the immigrant detention center for families in Dilley, Texas. www.propublica.org/article/life...

Heartbreaking reporting on amputations and frostbite this winter in St. Louis by STLPR's Sarah Fentem: “Sitting at these bus stops, waiting, I'm wearing two packs of warmers, three pairs of gloves, just trying to save my fingers...I think they’re unsavable now because I've lost the feeling.”

Via @fiona-murphy.bsky.social: Minneapolis Native communities fight fear of ICE with traditional ritual and prayer —> religionnews.com/2026/02/07/m...

Big thanks to @ulaakuzi.bsky.social for this interview with @annapiela.bsky.social and I - check it out, and support our work to build a pluralistic democracy.

My latest on tornado recovery in North St. Louis. “There's so much red tape, and nobody knows what they're doing... Everybody is falling through the cracks.” www.stlpr.org/government-p...

NEW: Epstein may have had a mosque on his private island. He bought Kaaba covers valued at $11K, mats and Arab-style sofas btw 2016-17. The items seem to have been used in the mosque, emails between a Saudi man and Epstein's associates show. religionnews.com/2026/02/03/e...

I went to a thrift store in Harlem that sold modest clothes. The owner told me she offers street wear and cultural pieces that debunk stereotypes about Muslim women. “Muslim women are some of the most fashionable people out there,” Kadjahtou Balde said. MORE: religionnews.com/2026/02/02/a...

“The black piece was touched by minimum 10 million Muslims of different denominations, Sunni, Shia and others,” UAE-based businesswoman Aziza al-Ahmadi wrote to Epstein in 2017, nearly a decade after he first served time for sex crimes. It's unclear why Epstein was interested in the Kiswah cloth.

Here in Minneapolis, hundreds of clergy from all over the country have been deployed into the streets to participate in ICE/DHS watch. The hail from a range of religious traditions, and have come from all over. This particular group is in a heavily immigrant neighborhood.

Yo aspiring journalists in Texas: want to intern for @rns.org AND the @texastribune.org AT THE SAME TIME?! Then check this awesome initiative out:

Anti-Muslim rhetoric is too common among too many congressional Republicans, but Tommy Tuberville is taking this to levels that deserve to be seen as a scandal. @vanhollen.senate.gov said the Alabaman’s bigotry represents “a stain on our Congress,” which was exactly right www.ms.now/rachel-maddo...

Via @ulaakuzi.bsky.social: Oklahoma mosque project voted down after weeks of anti-Muslim pushback, zoning debate —> religionnews.com/2026/01/13/o...

Interfaith leaders stood in solidarity with Muslims against hateful rhetoric spewed at public hearings in recent weeks such as: “I don’t want somebody trying to behead me when suddenly there’s an Islamic majority," and "They are here to conquer and kill us." CAIR-OK says lawsuit is possible.

Imad Enchassi, a professor and imam, said “unfounded fear” spreads quickly around proposed mosques. “It’s the same Islamophobia cycle that comes every once in a while,” he said. “I see a pattern in which people are being fed lies and misconceptions.” MORE: religionnews.com/2026/01/13/o...

The Tulsa-area mosque will not move forward after the council denied its rezoning request by a vote of 4-1. The council said the proposal didn’t meet standards for land use. Close to 70 people spoke during the nearly four-hour meeting, with a majority opposing the rezoning.

Hundreds are at a Tulsa suburb city council meeting tonight weighing a proposed mosque that has faced Islamophobic pushback from some residents. One speaker worried about "the incursion of Islam." Others concerned about traffic. Several interfaith leaders speaking in support. Context below:

NEW from me: In MN, George Floyd-era faith networks have reignited after Renee Good's killing by ICE. They often partner w/others: last night, a church, brewery & bookstore hosted an event. If you showed up w/a whistle (to warn people of ICE), you got a free drink. religionnews.com/2026/01/11/i...

A thing I noticed reporting in Minneapolis today: if DHS was under the impression the events of this week would discourage ICE observers from continuing their work, that, uh, doesn't appear to be happening.

Salsabeel Cafe in Kansas doesn’t appear to be an exclusively religious place—and that’s by design. It’s one of a growing number of mosque cafes meant to attract young Muslims who feel disconnected from their religious communities. MORE: religionnews.com/2025/12/11/4... (📸 creds: Kit Doyle)

An imam is one of four people who died in ICE custody during a four-day period this month, raising alarm among advocates about deteriorating conditions at immigrant detention facilities. MORE: religionnews.com/2025/12/21/e...

Via @ulaakuzi.bsky.social: Eritrean imam dies in ICE custody as detainee deaths hit 20-year high —> religionnews.com/2025/12/21/e...

Imam Fouad Saeed Abdulkadir is one of four people who died while in immigration detention during a four-day period this month, raising alarm among advocates. religionnews.com/2025/12/21/e...

Via @ulaakuzi.bsky.social: Muslim civil rights group sues Texas governor after terrorist accusation —> religionnews.com/2025/11/20/m...

An absolute powerhouse of a @propublica.org team has done what U.S. officials refuse to do: identify the men and women swept up in that midnight raid in Chicago. Life in the building was not perfect, but reporters found little evidence to back up government claims: www.propublica.org/article/chic...

The government did not charge Sami Hamdi with any criminal conduct, and in court filings depicted his case only as an overstayed visa. But on social media, DHS officials labeled him a threat & “maligned him,” his lawyers say. religionnews.com/2025/11/10/b...

While campaigning, Hashmi faced bigoted attacks for her Muslim faith. She told me that only fortified her resolve to “shatter stereotypes” and show “how foundational and essential the traditions of the faith are to the same values of American democracy.” religionnews.com/2025/11/05/v...

“He was so brave to openly declare that he’s a Muslim trying to be the mayor of the city,” said Shamsi Ali, imam at Jamaica Muslim Center in Queens, NY. “It is truly uplifting us.”

"…(Mamdani) has attended Friday prayers, Diwali celebrations in Queens, Baptist church services in Harlem and Sukkot observances in Hasidic Williamsburg." … "On the final Friday before Election Day, volunteers from the campaign and other organizations canvassed at 210 of the city’s 300 mosques…"

Via @ulaakuzi.bsky.social: Muslim voters didn't cost Dems the 2024 election, a new poll says. But they may have found their voice —> religionnews.com/2025/10/31/m...

Three Missouri universities received the coveted R1 status yesterday, including Saint Louis University. Here’s what the new research classification could mean for SLU’s reputation, international student enrollment & funding: unewsonline.com/2025/02/slu-...