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Census 2020: America’s white population 58%, Hispanics, Asians push growth
Urban population booms with growth in 80% of metro areas...Read MoreAug 13, 2021 1062 1 -
Pakistani-American Khizr Khan appointed to US Commission on Religious Freedom
President Joe Biden has picked Pakistani-American Khizr Khan for appointment as an independent commissioner with the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom. Khan, founder of the Constitution Literacy and National Unity Project, is an advocate...Jul 31, 2021 1046 0 -
Pakistan to ban air travel for unvaccinated people from August 1
Pakistan will ban air travel for anyone without a COVID-19 vaccine certificate from August 1 and will require all public sector workers to get vaccinated by Aug. 31. From Aug. 1, unvaccinated people will no longer...Jul 29, 2021 568 0 -
“Where are your parents from?” Studying generational shifts in identities of Muslim-American immigrants
This past Spring Semester at American University’s School of International Service, the course Researching Islam allowed students to explore the origins of the Islamic faith and develop their understanding through the contemporary lens of Muslims in...Jul 28, 2021 786 0 -
US to conclude Afghan military mission on August 31
President Joe Biden Thursday announced the U.S. will conclude its military mission in Afghanistan by August 31, stressing that Washington did not go into the landlocked country for the task of nation-building. Biden also justified his...Jul 9, 2021 751 0 -
American Muslims – still far from finding a national voice
Despite all the hoopla of their growing numbers, US Muslims, in effect, remain a non-entity...Read MoreJun 19, 2021 668 1 -
COVID may push world jobless numbers to 200 million
The COVID-19 pandemic is far from over yet, and so is the economic cost it will put on the world for the pause in the economic activities around the world. But a new report is shedding...Jun 6, 2021 611 0 -
US, China help Pakistan gear up COVID fight
Pakistan has become one of the first few countries outside the developed world to produce homemade COVID-19 vaccine “PakVac”, a week after Islamabad announced it had successfully accomplished the process of making the preventive medicine with...Jun 6, 2021 680 0 -
The pandemic and America’s engagement with the Muslim community
Majoritarian tyranny prevails where tribalism is dominant. And this can occur anywhere, underlying the necessity to not take the eye off the ball. This was the core takeaway when I was asked by Professor Akbar Ahmed to...Jun 2, 2021 667 0 -
Modi refuses oxygen supplies from Pakistan as COVID takes more Indian lives
A milestone on the Indian side of Wagah-Attari border shows Pakistani city of Lahore just 22 km away, Image: Satdeep Gill via Wikimedia Commons Even as more Indians lose lives to COVID-19, Indian prime minister Narendra Modi...May 19, 2021 551 0
