New York City Mayor Eric Adams has credited Rebecca Weiner, an adjunct professor at Columbia University, for leading a crackdown against students advocating for a Free Palestine at the school. The police raid saw arrests of nearly 300 students peacefully protesting against Israel’s war on Gaza. Weiner also serves as intelligence director of t...
NEW YORK (AA) – In a historic first, adhan, the Islamic call to prayer, resonated through the loudspeaker of one of New York’s largest mosques on Friday. Many Muslims attending Friday prayers at the Islamic Cultural Center of New York (ICCNY) in Manhattan recorded the moments with their mobile phones. On Tuesday, Mayor Eric Adams [...