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For one woman with an eating disorder, Ramadan was a chance to blend in

Adeline Hocine saw the holy month — when everyone would abstain from food and water — as an opportunity to hide her illness.

For one woman with an eating disorder, Ramadan was a chance to blend in
A woman wearing a headwrap and as shimmering blue and gold dress stands in front of a camera, with her hands to her hips.

Fashion, faith and culture come together through the global art of head wrapping

Fashion, faith and culture come together through the global art of head wrapping
Torn up Quran in Canada

Canadian groups are lashing out about Muslim prayer in schools

Canadian groups are lashing out about Muslim prayer in schools
Sarah Zouak is one of the co-founders of Lallab, a new webzine featuring the voices of Muslim women in France.

One group aims to give Muslim women in France a voice

One group aims to give Muslim women in France a voice
Imam Khalid Latif

This NYPD chaplain is young, male and Muslim. He's been told 'those things don’t go together so well right now.'

This NYPD chaplain is young, male and Muslim. He's been told 'those things don’t go together so well right now.'
Abu Radwan and his family converted to Christianity after they fled Syria to Lebanon. He says it's a genuine conversion, though he does say he thinks it might help him get resettled in the West.

Why some Muslim Syrian refugees are converting to Christianity

Converting from Islam to Christianity can be a dangerous thing in the Middle East. In some countries, it's illegal. Yet some Syrian refugees are converting, despite receiving threats.

Why some Muslim Syrian refugees are converting to Christianity
Afghan journalist Habib Zahori made a cold trek across the US-Canada border on foot and on bicycle. "I remember thinking, wishing, 'Oh God, please, please send someone to arrest me!’ "

Habib Zahori was scared to seek asylum in the US. So he pushed a rickety bicycle through snow to get to Canada.

"I think I was the only living thing walking there, with my bicycle. ... I've never felt as miserable as that day."

Habib Zahori was scared to seek asylum in the US. So he pushed a rickety bicycle through snow to get to Canada.
Protestors gather at San Francisco International Airport to oppose Donald Trump's "Muslim Ban."

Donald Trump's 'disruptive' leadership style presents huge problems for Homeland Security

Juliette Kayyem was an official in the Department of Homeland Security under Barack Obama and is now an analyst for various media. She says the ban on Muslims from seven nations entering the US will be a big problem for her former colleagues.

Donald Trump's 'disruptive' leadership style presents huge problems for Homeland Security
Community members take part in a protest to demand a stop hate crimes during the funeral service of Imam Maulama Akonjee, and Thara Uddin in New York City.

How likely are you to be the victim of a hate crime?

Based on your race, religion and ethnicity, this tool calculates whether your chance of being the target of a hate crime has increased since 9/11.

How likely are you to be the victim of a hate crime?
People light candles on the ground

Born with two strikes? These Somali Muslims in Minnesota find a home with Black Lives Matter

It isn't easy being Muslim and black in Minnesota, where there have been two police killings of black men in less than a year. But Somali immigrants are finding power in joining with their African American neighbors.

Born with two strikes? These Somali Muslims in Minnesota find a home with Black Lives Matter
The Beirut-based indie-rock band Mashrou' Leila.

A Beirut-based band that challenges homophobia

The indie-rock band Mashrou' Leila is perhaps the only high-profile Middle Eastern musical group with an openly gay lead singer.

A Beirut-based band that challenges homophobia
Islamophobia

Love in the time of mania: Six ways Americans are defying Islamophobia

If you watch the news, you'd think anti-Muslim hysteria is everywhere. Thankfully, that's not true.

Love in the time of mania: Six ways Americans are defying Islamophobia
Dueling demonstrations in Irving, Texas: Residents supporting their local mosque hold placards critical of armed men who are intimidating those who attend the Islamic center.

A Texas town stands divided, after armed men in camouflage menace worshipers at a local mosque

How a "fairly normal" Texas suburb became an international focus of Islamophobia.

A Texas town stands divided, after armed men in camouflage menace worshipers at a local mosque
Puteri Hasannah Karunia is a popular fashion blogger, one of Indonesia's generation of young Muslim fashionistas known as "hijabers."

Hijab fashion is so popular in Indonesia non-Muslim designers are getting in on it

There's a thriving hijab fashion scene in Indonesia. But as more and more women there are wearing the hijab, some women who don't say they're feeling the pressure.

Hijab fashion is so popular in Indonesia non-Muslim designers are getting in on it
mosqueMuslim women arrive for the prayer service at the Women's Mosque of America in downtown Los Angeles in January. The mosque, the first of its kind in the US, launched with a women-led prayer service.

America's first all-female mosque is receiving praise — and some pushback

The leaders of a new mosque in Southern California want to create a "safe space to be with their sisters" and a way to empower Muslim American women. Will all-female mosques catch on elsewhere in the United States?

America's first all-female mosque is receiving praise — and some pushback