Muslim Affairs

Advocates pledge to continue fighting the discriminatory ban, which denies nationals from several majority Muslim countries from entering the United States.

Abdurraqib for BuzzFeed News: “I do this in the name of a faith that I am uncertain of, and haven’t always felt at home in, and that makes the act both more complicated and more fulfilling.”

Put your Twitter fingers to good use helping people of color who identify as women.

Rep. Keith Ellison (D-Minn.): “The president is racist. There’s no doubt about that in my mind.”

These seven tweets speak to the youth-driven social media campaign’s goal of celebrating Muslims in all their complexity.

From the executive director of South Asian Americans Leading Together: “This September 11, I will remember that this is the true patriotism—working with our communities to protect each other, and in doing so, to form a more perfect union.”

“The government does not offer a persuasive explanation for why a mother-in-law is clearly a bona fide relationship, but a grandparent, grandchild, aunt, uncle, niece, nephew or cousin is not.”

The FBI has not yet ruled the bombing at the Dar Al-Farooq Islamic Center a hate crime, but confirms that the explosion was the result of a “destructive device in violation of federal law.”

The court just ruled that the federal government must extend travel privileges to a larger set of foreign nationals.