NYTIMES (J. David Goodman and Desiree Rios) - A ‘Muslims Only’ Swim Party and the Backlash That Followed
A Muslim mother’s plan for an Eid swim party near Dallas drew backlash, then threats that upended her quiet life.
DAILYCALLER (Christine Sellers) - Rare Buffalo Goes Viral For Resembling Trump. Fame Spares It From Religious Sacrifice
The animal's name is linked to its blond hair
REDSTATE (Rusty Weiss) - Big Win: Muslims-Only Eid Waterpark Takeover Crushed in Texas
THEAMERICANCONSERVATIVE (Mason Letteau Stallings) - Taliban Release U.S. Citizen
State of the Union: Dennis Coyle had been detained for a year. The post Taliban Release U.S. Citizen appeared first on The American Conservative .
The Taliban-run government of Afghanistan announced Tuesday that it will be releasing Dennis Coyle, an American citizen. Coyle had been detained for over a year in Afghanistan and landed back in the U.S. on Wednesday. Afghanistan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs announced that it was releasing Coyle as part of the Islamic holiday of Eid at the end of Ramadan. “The Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan undertakes this action on the basis of humanitarian compassion and goodwill,” the foreign ministry stated. Coyle, an academic, was arrested in his Kabul apartment last year and detained without charges . Coyle had spent nearly two decades in Afghanistan conducting research into local linguistics. In his statement on Coyle’s release,…Open
NYTIMES (Maya King) - New York City Celebrates Its First Ramadan With a Muslim Mayor
Many New Yorkers said Ramadan felt especially poignant this year under Mayor Zohran Mamdani, who used his own observance of the holiday to model the diversity of Muslim life in the city.
NYTIMES (Sadiba Hasan and Amir Hamja) - How Muslim Businesses in New York Prepare to Celebrate Eid
From Fordham to Bay Ridge to Hollis, Muslim businesses get ready for Eid al-Fitr, the exultant celebration marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan.
NYTIMES (Elian Peltier, Safiullah Padshah and Zia ur-Rehman) - Pakistan to Pause Afghanistan Airstrikes for Eid
At least 143 people were killed in a Pakistani airstrike that hit a drug rehabilitation facility in Kabul on Monday, according to a top U.N. official.