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DAMASCUS — The Syrian higher electoral committee announced the results of the parliamentary elections, held on April 13. According to media reports, Syria’s ruling Baath party and its allies won a majority of seats in parliamentary elections last week across…
Hancock, NY — On Sunday, April 24, 2016, The Muslims of America, Inc. (TMOA) community of Islamberg partnered with clergy and residents of Hancock, NY to host an information program about Islam and their Muslim neighbors. The program was an…
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will offer an apology in the House of Commons on May 18, almost 102 years after the Komagata Maru incident, where the government of the day turned away more than 300 Indians, 24 Muslims, and 12…
Jim Driscoll is the quintessential all-American. He has a PhD from Cornell, was a star football player at Harvard, was awarded a Bronze Star for fighting in Vietnam, and was on staff as a teacher at MIT before quitting in…
Drug prohibition policies implemented by nations across the world do not seek to criminalize the consumption of narcotics, rather it seeks to criminalize working class and marginalized people, argues Mexican Catholic priest and human rights defender, Alejandro Solalinde. “We are…
Brazil’s lower house of congress has voted to impeach President Dilma Rousseff, delivering a major blow to a long-embattled leader whose supporters repeatedly argued that the push against her was a “coup” attempt by her political rivals who seek to…
(Binghamton, NY) The Muslims of America, Inc. (TMOA), held a press conference at the Holiday Inn Binghamton on April 6 to discuss their ground-breaking civil lawsuit filed against Robert Doggart of Signal Mountain, Tennessee, William Tint of South Carolina, and…
PRESS CONFERENCE INVITATION Wednesday, April 6, 2016 11:00 a.m. Holiday Inn Binghamton (Tioga Room) 2-8 Hawley Street Binghamton, New York 13901 The Muslims of America, Inc. welcomes representatives of the media to an invitation-only press conference on Wednesday, April 6,…
The Muslims of America, Inc. (TMOA) condemns the horrific bombings in Brussels, and extend condolences for the tragic loss of lives and the suffering of victims and the families of all impacted by recent violence including those suffered in the…
Gunmen in army uniform walked into a UN camp in South Sudan and murdered 25 refugees and aid workers, wounding 120 more, the UN has said in a report. The killings took place in February, but recently the UN finally…
Russia warns the U.S. that it may resort to the use of force against those parties that refuse to honor the ceasefire in Syria. In a statement on March 21, Sergei Rudskoi, the head of the Main Operative Department of…
Contact: Muhammad Matthew Gardner TMOA Public Relations Director Phone: (434) 352-1166 Email: [email protected] Hancock, NY (March 21, 2016) The Muslims of America, Inc. (TMOA), has filed a landmark civil lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of…
The race for the 2016 Republican nomination has evolved into venomous expressions of bigotry, hatred and Islamophobia, which many Americans, especially the targeted minorities, immigrants and Muslims, find alarming. The republican candidates have polarized the world with the help of…
On February 24, a deadly EF-3 tornado approximately 1200 feet wide ripped through Appomattox, VA. Estimated wind speeds were over 160 miles per hour, and the destruction could be seen for several miles. Footage captured by drones and satellite imagery…
The UN Security Council (UNSC) has urged Ankara to comply with international law in Syria, following a briefing requested by Russia. The closed-door meeting was called to discuss recent Turkish shelling of Kurdish YPG militia targets in Syria’s north. UN…
The ceasefire agreement between Syria and the main opposition groups is holding, so say media reports thus far, although the truce will not prevent terrorists such as Al Nusra, and others aligned with ISIS from launching attacks against the Kurdish…
Russia, Saudi Arabia, Venezuela and Qatar announced Feb. 23 that they’ve agreed on a plan to freeze oil production at current levels to help stop a decline in oil prices caused in part by oversupply in the market. They’re waiting…
The fact that to date, Governor Mike Pence of Indiana has refrained from offering public condolences regarding the murder of three young men of African descent has drawn criticism and along with some other factors has prompted outrage from the…
On February 3, 2016, President Obama visited Masjid Al-Rahmah, also known as The Islamic Society of Baltimore. The Islamic Society of Baltimore, located in western Baltimore County, also includes the Al-Rahmah School, a full time primary school, and the Quran…
The eastern German city of Dresden paid its respects to the victims of the devastating allied bomb attack which was carried out 71 years ago. Memorials were eclipsed, however, by a right-wing march. Some 13,000 people gathered on both sides…
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has said tensions between Russia and the West have reached Cold War levels. Other leaders also warned of dangerous divisions within Europe. Speaking at the Munich Security Conference on Feb.13, Medvedev said the world had…
Americans of African descent are being terrorized in the United States at alarming rates and in alarming ways concludes the Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent in its preliminary statement, following an investigation which included an 11-day…
YAOUNDE, Cameroon — As Cameroon’s young people prepared to observe national youth day on February 11, many were questioning their future. As the week long activities took place, youths were complaining that galloping unemployment and economic insecurity are causing many…
WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Working Group of Experts on People of African Descent ,WGEPAD , thanks the Government of United States of America for its invitation to visit the country, from 19-29 January 2016, and for its cooperation. This visit…
A New York nuisance abatement action, a little-known type of lawsuit that gives the city the power to shut down places it claims are being used for illegal purposes, has been used in cases to evict entire families from their…
Three University of California San Diego,UCSD, political scientists have published a paper that questions earlier research done on the impact of voter identification and registration laws on people of color, with an initial finding that voters of color are “increasingly,…
A controversy with Ecuador’s Armed Forces that led President Rafael Correa to dismiss top military commanders for disobedience has sparked a new round of opposition protests in Quito, with government supporters simultaneously holding counter demonstrations in support of Correa and…
Venezuelan shopping centers are scaling back hours of operation, causing an uproar among consumers, in the wake of the government’s move to reduce their electricity supplies in the early afternoon and evening hours. Socialist President Nicolas Maduro’s government in February,…
He was a popular Fox News contributor who had an audience hooked on his every word. Appearing as a retired CIA operative, his prime time media slot even got him into the Pentagon’s inner circle of military analysts – and…
Mahommah Gardo Baquaqua’s nightmarish journey started in the middle of the 19th century, when the Muslim civil servant from West Africa was sold into slavery and shipped to Brazil. Years later, Baquaqua recounted the horrors of his experiences as a…