Detroit Muslim community

Today, Israel’s invasion in Lebanon and its ripple effect for Lebanese Americans in Michigan.In a year of catalytic political change for Michigan’s Arab American communities, the latest developments overseas represent yet another inflection point, and more pain at civilian deaths.Also: how we talk about immigrants in election years — one scholar on the political endgame of divisive language in this presidential election cycle.

Detroit's Muslim-Jewish Forum has been barely active for the last few years. The loss of one of the group's founding members and ongoing bloodshed in the Gaza Strip presents a lot of pain and tension for both religious minorities. But a group of new and old forum members say there is an opportunity in that "agony" to build bridges and act to support each other politically.

What Coach Harbaugh's suspension means; the attitude shaping media and how it affects our perception of Arabs, Jews, and Muslims; and the Upper Peninsula adds another book-store to its short list.

A Michigan rabbi on processing the horrific violence in Israel and Palestine. The cross roads of hip hop and fashion. And remembering the 1997 U-M national champion football team.

Southeast Michigan is home to the largest and most diverse population of Arab Muslims, with 40% of its population identifying as Muslim. Some claim that…

As a part of the Democratic National Committee’s Muslim Listening Tour, DNC Chairperson Tom Perez met with about 30 Muslim politicians, organizers, and…

Today on Stateside, we grow our understanding of Jewish and Muslim communities in Michigan and learn more about their histories and their futures. Plus,…

Last spring, Luqman Peaks noticed some fellow Muslim students praying in the library on the downtown Detroit campus of Wayne County Community College…

I’ve always been curious about what it’s like to fast all day long for Ramadan and then break the fast with an Iftar, or evening meal.Luckily, I can…

UPDATED AT 8:53 am on 12/18/15At a mosque in Dearborn Heights today, about a dozen faith leaders rallied against what they described as the recent "wave…