How's this for a Downworthy headline? Earlier this week, the conservative Heritage Foundation sponsored a panel discussion on #Benghazi and a Muslim woman wearing a headscarf asked the panelists a question. What happened next will truly fulfill every negative conservative stereotype you can imagine. » 6/17/14 9:50am 6/17/14 9:50am

In the post 9/11 world, where everyone loves to fall back on a clash of the civilizations explanation for Why We Don't Get Along with "The Muslim World," one group of people tend to get a lot of attention in the midst of the cultural debate: veiled women. They have become the focal point of countless debates on Islam,… » 6/26/13 1:40pm 6/26/13 1:40pm

FEMEN, the "sextremist" feminist group known for staging topless protests, declared yesterday "International Topless Jihad Day" in solidarity with Amina Tyler, a 19 year old Tunisian activist who had received death threats after posting topless pictures of herself to Femen's Tunisian Facebook page. She had written… » 4/05/13 1:10pm 4/05/13 1:10pm

Given that it's still Christmastimeish, if you're planning on releasing an ad campaign targeting a massive group of people, you may want to ask yourself: What Would Jesus Do? (Feel free to picture Jesus in a Don Draper-esque suit.) » 12/26/12 10:50am 12/26/12 10:50am

U.S. states that preach abstinence-only education based on Christian values end up with sky-high teen pregnancy rates and scores of guilty young people wondering What Jesus Would Do with their purity rings. A new study in the American Sociological Review found that evangelical virginity-pledgers could learn a thing… » 10/29/12 10:55am 10/29/12 10:55am

Filipino Muslim girls flash the peace sign during a rally in support of a preliminary peace agreement between the government and the nation's largest Muslim rebel group outside the Malacanang presidential palace in Manila, Philippines, on Sunday Oct. 14, 2012. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila) » 10/14/12 1:00pm 10/14/12 1:00pm

Just in case y'all were wondering, today is "World Hijab Day," a day meant to celebrate a woman's right to wear hijab. First created back in 2004 in response to the start of Sarkozy's war on covered ladies in France, it has become a day to make a statement against bans on veiling — particularly in the West. » 9/04/12 6:15pm 9/04/12 6:15pm

Since newly-elected French President François Hollande appointed her to his cabinet as the minister for women's rights (and made her the official government spokesperson to boot), Najat Vallaud-Belkacem's most high-profile order of business was her pledge to "see prostitution disappear" in Paris. This came as a pretty… » 7/16/12 11:55pm 7/16/12 11:55pm

Muslims today are young, sexually and politically frustrated. This isn't the strapline of a new reality show, but the conclusions of stereotype-laden analysis from the Daily Beast. Data from Google Trends showed that six of the ten countries most frequently searching for the word "sex" on the search engine have a… » 5/22/12 6:00pm 5/22/12 6:00pm

Here's the trailer for the upcoming The Muslims Are Coming! — a documentary that follows a group of Muslim-American comics as they tour the country attempting to confront and heal Islamaphobia through jokes and outreach. They hit several roadblocks, some set up by the very community they're representing, but,… » 4/18/12 4:15pm 4/18/12 4:15pm

Veiled Indian Muslim voters display the indelible ink mark on their fingers after casting their vote at Mubarakhpur in Azamgarh district in the northern Indian state of Uttar Pradesh, Saturday, Feb. 11, 2012. Residents in India's largest state were voting in the second phase of a month-long national election. (AP… » 2/12/12 4:15pm 2/12/12 4:15pm

The government of The Netherlands has announced plans to ban the wearing of veils that cover the face of the wearer that will take effect within the year, citing the need to see people's faces when greeting them on the streets. The French immediately scoffed at the announcement, as the law is just a French knock-off. » 1/30/12 2:40pm 1/30/12 2:40pm

Look, I'm no PR expert, but it can't be good for your brand to have folks writing stuff like, "I proudly admit to hating Islam" on your official Facebook page. After pulling ads from TLC's All-American Muslim, Lowe's issued a tepid apology on Facebook, which read, in part, "It appears that we managed to step into a… » 12/14/11 12:25pm 12/14/11 12:25pm

All-American Muslim's Nina Bazzy does not wear a hijab or abaya — she prefers her ensembles to be tight and short. She's a successful party planner, and wants to open a club, but her parents consider that to be preposterous, because she is a woman. Her mother told her that a woman needs to be home with her family;… » 12/05/11 12:30pm 12/05/11 12:30pm

On last night's All-American Muslim, we saw Coach Zaban get invited to the White House for the annual Ramadan Iftar (fast breaking) dinner. The coach had a tough time deciding whether or not he should go, since football is so important to Fordson High and the dinner was happening the same night as the first practice… » 11/28/11 3:00pm 11/28/11 3:00pm

New Delhi, , August 5: An Indian Muslim prays after breaking the Ramadan fast at the Jama Masjid. Muslims around the world are marking the holy fasting month of Ramadan, where the devout fast from dawn until dusk. (AP Photo/Kevin Frayer) » 8/07/11 3:04pm 8/07/11 3:04pm

You know all that stuff you hear about America being a melting pot where people of all ethnicities and faiths can come together over their shared love of freedom and eating hot dogs on the Fourth of July? Well, apparently someone wasn't sure that applied to Muslim Americans too, so they decided to conduct a survey.… » 8/03/11 10:30am 8/03/11 10:30am

TLC — the network that mostly offers shows about what the New York Times refers to as "abnormal families" — is working on a series called All-American Muslim. Hmm. » 7/22/11 2:55pm 7/22/11 2:55pm