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Student Newswire of The University of Arizona School of Journalism

Arizona Sonoran News

Nahid K. and her friend Barbra in Iran. (Photo Contributed by: Nahid K)

From Islam to Catholicism–A Story about Conversion

Ashlee Fenn March 1, 2018

  Nahid K. grew up in Iran, where 90 percent of the population is Muslim. Her parents, however, were not very religious. When she was 25, Nahid converted from Muslim to Catholicism, something...

Un hombre bajo el alias Brian se sienta detrás de su computadora mientras publica anónimamente "Voy a matar hasta el último ... musulmán y judío en todo el planeta", a su sitio web bombislam.com.

The Anonymity of Hate

Chad Hanna November 29, 2017

A man going under the alias Brian sits behind his computer as he anonymously posts “I'm going to kill every last ... Muslim & Jew on the entire planet,” to his website bombislam.com. White supremacists...

Rampant stereotypes challenge state's Muslim population

Rampant stereotypes challenge state’s Muslim population

Rachel Leinson February 2, 2015

Tucsonan Hashem Khazdooz is Muslim. He does not have a beard and he is not a terrorist. “A terrorist is anyone who kills innocent people regardless of their religion, race, gender or beliefs,” said...

Heba Albasha, a UA medical student, said she welcomes all the "hijab questions" she receives on campus.

Muslim women show resiliency underneath a veil

Amer Taleb November 5, 2014

                          It was a bad morning for Samantha Noyes. The stakes were high and her nerves were shot - the start of fifth grade...

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