Muslims

The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics are kicking off this week, and they’re marred in controversy for several reasons. The country’s strict censorship is making it difficult for media to cover the events, and its zero-COVID policy has resulted in widespread lockdowns, closing off neighborhoods in the capital city and mass testing 2 million people. The International Olympic Committee has also…

Democratic Minnesota Rep. Ilhan Omar is imploring House Republican leaders to do more to tamp down “anti-Muslim hatred” in their ranks.

Twenty years since the Sept. 11 attacks brings a different kind of anniversary for hundreds of Muslim men and their families

When terrorists attacked the U.S. on 9/11, it led to a surge of anti-Muslim sentiment. It wasn’t the first time that media coverage had cast the Arab world in a negative light. For the 20th anniversary of 9/11, we are answering questions from Millennials and members of Gen Z about that day and what followed. In this installment, an expert...

We asked Millennials and members of Gen Z who were too young to remember 9/11 for their questions about that day and its aftermath. In this installment, we found an expert to explain why the media amplified an “us vs. them” narrative that unfairly cast all Muslims under suspicion.

In the weeks and months following 9/11, Arab and Muslim men across the country found themselves swept up in investigations into the terror attacks, often simply for minor immigration violations. Rachel Meeropol of the Center for Constitutional Rights explained to NBCLX storyteller Clark Fouraker how 9/11 helped create “a two-tiered system of justice in this country” that exists to this...

Muslim Americans who grew up under the shadow of 9/11 have faced hostility and surveillance, mistrust and suspicion

China says it will take necessary measures to respond to the U.S. blacklisting of Chinese companies over their alleged role in abuses of its Uyghur people and other Muslim ethnic minorities