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Head of Boeing supplier connected anti-mosque campaign in Mukilteo
The Islamic Center of Mukilteo plans to build a mosque in the city. (Image from icomwa.com.) Peter Zieve, the owner and president of a north-end aerospace company, has been linked to an anti-mosque...
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France has “misunderstood” burkini, Australian designer says
Aheda Zanetti (L), designer of the Burkini swimsuit, adjusts one of the swimsuits on model Salwa Elrashid at her fashion store in Sydney, August 23, 2016. (Photo by Jason Reed for Reuters.) By Lin...
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Interfaith Christmas Eve dinner hints at a brighter 2017
Volunteers serve food at last year’s interfaith Christmas Eve Dinner. (Photo courtesy Muslim Community Resource Center) It’s hard to find the good this holiday season. From domestic political strife to...
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1,000 Somali Shillings: How mosques hold Somalia together
A small mosque in Awdal, the northwestern corner of Somaliland. (Photo by Hana Omar) Back when I lived in Seattle, I really only had a working understanding of what it meant to be Muslim. I’ve prayed...
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How to be a Muslim ally in the Trump era
Seattle Quaker community members and peace activists visited the Islamic Center of Federal Way last Ramadan in a show of solidarity and support. Here Megan Fair of CAIR-WA, left, stands with Shabbir...
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The doors are wide open at Northgate’s Idris Mosque
Aaron Cayko has attended the Idris mosque for five years. (Photo by Julia-Grace Sanders) A few days ago, I attended my first Islamic prayer service. As someone who grew up Christian, the Idris Mosque...
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Muslim women have plenty to say, no permission required
Nimo Abdi, 22, says ‘hijabis’ are a feminist movement and that it’s important to be a positive force in the community. (Photo by Aliah Elaoud) Nimo Abdi, a 22-year-old Kent resident, says she struggles...
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Searching for a greater interfaith understanding
Muslims end their daily fasts during Ramadan with an iftar, an evening meal often eaten with others. (Photo by raasiel via Flickr.) We are currently in Islam’s holiest month. U.S. Secretary of State...
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Five ways Ramadan is different between America and Somalia
A group of men and their sons sit on the floor of a mosque in Mogadishu, Somalia, reading from the Quran during the holy month of Ramadan on July 11, 2013. (Photo by Ilvas A. Abukar for AMISOM Public...
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How to be an ally to Muslims during Ramadan
Muslims who are observing Ramadan break the daily fast in the evening after sunset. (Photo by Hanan Soulaiman) This is the time of year that Muslims in Seattle and around the world abstain from food,...
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