Coleman Barks, Who Popularized the Islamic Poet Rumi in the West, Dies at 88

Although he did not speak a word of Persian, his interpretations of the 13th-century mystic’s work made Rumi a New Age icon ...
Washington Examiner

‘We will chop off their heads’: Young girl in Philadelphia Muslim group reads bloodthirsty poem

An American Muslim group posted a video on Facebook of children speaking in Arabic about chopping off heads and “eternal torture.” The video, posted by the Philadelphia chapter of the Muslim American ...
The American Spectator

One Other Troubling Thing About the Muslim Poem Replacing The Pledge of Allegiance

As Matthew Naham has noted, it is quite troubling for a Muslim poem to have read in place of the Pledge of Allegiance at Concord-Carlisle High School on the 12th anniversary of the September 11th ...
The Burlington Free Press

Vermont middle schooler details fear in poem 'To all the people who hate Muslims'

An eighth-grade student in Vermont asks people to consider the fear they feel toward Muslims — and then to consider the fear she feels as a religious follower of Islam. The piece, "To all the people ...
Publishers Weekly

Muslim Child: Understanding Islam Through Stories and Poems

With eight stories about Muslim life from such places as the United States, Pakistan, Canada and Nigeria, Muslim Child: Understanding Islam Through Stories and Poems by Rukhsana Khan, illus. by Patty ...