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Who is Ainee Fatima? First Hijab-Clad Girl in Seventeen Magazine!

FBI Kills Ibragim Todashev During Questioning on Friendship with Tamerlan Tsarnaev

Real Bronx Tours in Hot Water for Offering 'Ghetto' Tours, Making Fun of Bronx Citizens

ISPU Bay Area Muslim Study: 4 Things to Know About Silicon Valley Muslims

Mourners Gather To Remember Malcolm X's Grandson

Will The IRS Tea Party Scandal Get Obama Impeached?

Who is Future US Federal Judge Sri Srinivasan and Why Do We Care?

Muslim Tea Party Movement Challenges Islamophobia on Home Turf

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Obama Sympathizes with Muslims in Counterterrorism Speech

President Barack Obama in a speech discussing changes to American counterterrorism policies urged Americans to work closely with the Muslim American community to combat terrorism.

Who is Ainee Fatima? First Hijab-Clad Girl in Seventeen Magazine!

Ainee Fatima, 22-year old college junior, activist and spoken word artist, became the first hijabi to be featured in Seventeen Magazine this month.

Friends Say More to FBI's Killing of Ibragim Todashev Than Meets The Eye

What are Ibragim Todashev's friends saying aboutthe FBI chasing Todashev and what really went on in the interrogation on May 22, 2013?

[VIDEO] Anthony Weiner Runs for Mayor of NYC, Wife Huma Abedin by his Side

Anthony Weiner and Huma Abedin-- the Jewish-Muslim political power couple-- are back in the news. Anthony Weiner is running for Mayor in NYC. Will his past marital discrepancies ruin his campaign or will his wife Huma Abedin's recent political indiscretions cause him harm?

Foreign Students From India, Africa and Saudi Arabia Describe Oklahoma Tornado Scene

Read what three foreign students-- from India, Sierra Leone and Saudi Arabia-- had to say about their first encounter with a tornado.

FBI Kills Ibragim Todashev During Questioning on Friendship with Tamerlan Tsarnaev

A man who was being questioned in connection with the Boston Bombings was killed by the FBI. So who was Ibragim Todashev and why was he killed?

Real Bronx Tours in Hot Water for Offering 'Ghetto' Tours, Making Fun of Bronx Citizens

VOTE ON OUR POLL. A tour company in New York is under fire for taking tourists through The Bronx while making derogatory comments about the citizens. You vote: How derogatory is the word "ghetto"?

Water Water, Everywhere: Summer 2013 Trends

The summer trend that gives us a shimmer of hope for surviving the upcoming months

Yahoo's $1.1 Billion Acquisition of Tumblr: Good or Bad?

Yahoo's board of directors approved a deal to buy Tumblr on Sunday. This acquisiting is what many were waiting for, since Marissa Mayer took to the helm of Yahoo! last year. It's a good time for Yahoo. Here's a breakdown of what lies ahead for Yahoo!.

ISPU Bay Area Muslim Study: 4 Things to Know About Silicon Valley Muslims

Dr. Farid Senzai and Dr. Hatem Bazian released the findings of their long awaited study on Muslims in the Bay Area. ILLUME sums up this fascinating report in a quick article on a few key things to know about Bay Area Muslims. Of course, be sure to read the report, as well!

Mourners Gather To Remember Malcolm X's Grandson

A moving memorial for Malcolm-Latif Shabazz, grandson of the great American civil rights leader, Malcolm X, was held Friday morning at the Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California in Oakland, Calif.

Will The IRS Tea Party Scandal Get Obama Impeached?

Why is the IRS Tea Party Scandal so important? Because some are calling for President Obama to be impeached as a result. And after a horrible week with the AP scandal and the Benghazi issue, is impeachment on the horizon?

Shift It! Iranian-Californian Style

A YouTube video from a Southern Californian Iranian businessman has gone viral on the Internet among Iranian Americans. Watch the video here and see what SoCal Iranians are finding so amusing.

Light Without Fire: The Making of America's First Muslim College [REVIEW]

Growing up in the Bay Area, Zaytuna has been an institution that I've heard of for many years. Founded in 1996 by Shaykh Hamza Yusuf, Zaytuna Institute started off as place that offered classes in Islam to the community, from Arabic to Islamic law and many in between in Hayward, California.

Scott Korb, Author of Light Without Fire: The Makings of America's First Muslim College [INTERVIEW]

In 2009, Zaytuna Institute, a popular Islamic educational organization that offered classes on Islam and Arabic to the Bay Area community, made its transition to a full-fledged college as led by its founders Shaykh Hamza Yusuf and Imam Zaid Shakir.