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Federal Agents Search Rep. Ilhan Omar’s D.C. Home

The search is reportedly part of a criminal probe into immigration paperwork her late father filed when she was a child.

By The Fajr Times

2026-10-12

Federal Agents Search Rep. Ilhan Omar’s D.C. Home

Federal agents searched the Washington, D.C.-area home of Rep. Ilhan Omar early Monday morning. The Justice Department confirmed that agents carried out a court-authorized search warrant....

The 2026 Nobel Prizes: Who Won and Why

A brain tool made from algae, a telescope buried in Antarctic ice, a century-old chemistry puzzle, a Canadian poet, and the jurist who called Gaza a genocide.

By S. Spiegel

2026-10-11

Turkiye’s parliament votes to lock kids under 15 out of social media

Ankara’s new bill goes beyond screen time as it forces platforms to prove every user’s age and puts e-government ID checks on the table.

By E. Redwood

2026-04-23

Podcast of the Week: True Talk on Iran, Lebanon, and the Hormuz blockade

Samar Jarrah and Ahmed Bedier blend sharp news, sarcasm, and Tampa community love in under an hour.

By E. Redwood

2026-04-22

US commandos seize sanctioned tanker far from the Strait of Hormuz

The M/T Tifani interdiction in the Bay of Bengal shows Washington’s Iran blockade now stretches deep into the Indo-Pacific.

By E. Redwood

2026-04-21

EU corrals 60 countries for Gaza-West Bank security forum

Brussels pushes for relevance as Palestinian PM Mohamed Mustafa asks for unified control in Gaza and Spain demands the EU punish Israel.

By E. Redwood

2026-04-20

Abdul El-Sayed is a month from making Senate history

After winning the primary despite heavy outside spending against him, the Muslim doctor from Michigan is narrowly ahead of Republican Mike Rogers.

On November 3, Michigan voters will decide whether to send Abdul El-Sayed to the U.S. Senate. If he wins, the 41-year-old physician from Ann Arbor would be the first Muslim and the first Egyptian-American ever to serve in the chamber

Gaza Aid Blocked at Beginning of Ramadan

A short update on negotiations for phase 2 ceasefire.

By S. Spiegel

2025-03-02

Words From The Past To Refocus The Present

A reflection of Gaza and the undocumented through the lens of past civil rights leaders.

By Rahma Jama-Grupp

2025-02-21

New Retaliation Against South Africa

On February 7, 2025, just three days after meeting with Netanyahu, Trump signed an executive order to withhold foreign aid from South Africa in response to its 2023 claims of genocide.

By S. Spiegel

2025-02-11

Trump to Bring Back Plastic Straws

Amid all the Trump chaos and crises, one thing everyone can celebrate, the end of the paper straw nuisance thanks to a new executive order.

By S. Spiegel

2025-02-09

Why DeepSeek R1 AI poses a large risk to American Muslims

A new groundbreaking LLM is raising concerns about its potential influence over global narratives, like Islam and Uyghurs, given the company's alleged ties to China's CCP.

By S. Spiegel

2025-01-28

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