Resources on Muslims for the Entertainment Industry
The MOST Story Bank is a live archive of stories on the most current events, people and cultural perspectives of Muslims in America and around the world. With writers in mind, MOST carefully selects story-driven news from the most reputable published sources.
For the 2016 election, Asma Khalid worked as a campaign reporter who focused on the intersection of demographics and politics. She is a self-described “identifiable Muslim" who wears the hijab. In … [Read more...]
Speaking at an interfaith event at the All Dulles Area Muslim Society (ADAMS) Center, U.S Attorney General Loretta Lynch addressed a recent FBI report which stated a 67% increase in hate crimes … [Read more...]
A Pew study released last week showed that there has been a major shift in how Americans perceive Muslims these past three years. The survey found that 82% of Americans believe Muslims face … [Read more...]
A group of Muslim police officers in New York City are requesting a meeting with President-elect Donald Trump to discuss the recent increase of hate-crimes against the community. Among the group is … [Read more...]
In this new era of the Trump administration, many American Jews have pledged not to abandon American Muslims who have been threatened with a Muslim Registry and harassed with an uptick of xenophobic … [Read more...]
In Manhattan, Nisma Zakria teaches a self-defense class through the Muslim nonprofit Women's Initiative for Self-Empowerment (WISE). Due to the increase of anti-Muslim hate crimes this election year, … [Read more...]
Guess who Eric Trump was seated next to on a flight to Scotland? No, not Chelsea Clinton but someone almost as, um, interesting -- comedian Mo Amer, an American comedian and writer of Palestinian … [Read more...]
Over Thanksgiving several mosques in California, including the Evergreen Islamic Center in San Jose, received highly threatening and Islamophobic letters. As a response, the San Jose community offered … [Read more...]
In this new photo series called America 2.0, photographer Mark Bennington captures images of young American Muslims in New York City creating, as he says, “a visual translation through representation … [Read more...]
The Council of American Islamic Relations (CAIR) reports that there was an extraordinarily high turnout this past election with 90% of American Muslims voting -- 74% voted for Democratic nominee … [Read more...]
