Mahasin D. Shamsid-Deen

Xenophobic “loyalists” have long co-opted America’s definition of a “patriot”.  Perhaps the most well-known racist political party was that of the 1850s “Know Nothing Party”.  Their stated objective was to fight against ‘foreign’ influences (meaning America’s ethnic and religious minori

In 2021, the United States finally acknowledged “Juneteenth” as a national holiday for all Americans to reflect upon the experiences of America’s most persecuted ethnic minority – Americans of African descent. 

The U.S. Census Bureau reported that nearly 14 million senior citizens live alone. That is approximately one-third of all seniors in the U.S.

Studies conducted by both the Pew Research Center and the Institute for Social Policy and Understanding report that more than half of the Muslim population in the United States is married.  

Whenever a student graduates, they have successfully completed a particular academic regime. The Muslim population in the U.S. is overwhelming made up of Muslims immigrants from the developing world and American ethnic minorities.