Muslims love Jesus, too: 6 things you didn’t know about Jesus in Islam

Muslims love Jesus, too: 6 things you didn’t know about Jesus in Islam

NewsTaco December 30, 2015

*Five days past Christmas, this is still relevant. Some of the most beautiful Islamic mystic poetry is dedicated to Jesus and Mary. In these times of bitter suspision and dangerous […]

Latina Immigrants: The New Ambassadors of Islam

Mary Mata January 22, 2013

By Wendy Diaz, New America Media/The Muslim Link SOMERSET, N.J. — Tucked away in a quiet rural neighborhood in Somerset, New Jersey is an old brownstone that houses the New […]

News Taco’s 9/11 Coverage

Mary Mata September 11, 2011

Today as we remember those we lost on 9/11, here are a few remembrances from our News Taco community: 9/11 Is No Excuse for Bashing Muslims The September 11 Lessons […]

Experiencing The Post-9/11 New York City

Mary Mata September 9, 2011

I moved to New York City the summer after 9/11, though I was actually born in Brooklyn, but raised in Miami, so it was a return of sorts. The city […]

The Growth Of Islam Among Latinos

Mary Mata April 12, 2011

By Jameelah Xochitl Medina Re-visiting the Past: Ancestral Memory of Islam Although many U.S. Americans of all ethnicities are embracing Islam, I often wonder if ancestral memory plays a role in […]

News Taco To Go: Gas, Burkas, Earthquakes, Budgets And Libya

Mary Mata April 11, 2011

Gas prices keep inching toward $4 nationwide, albeit in some places it already costs more than that for a gallon of gas. Unrest in the Middle East is being blamed […]

News Taco To Go: Pigs Feet, Bad Storms, Border Violence, Radiation And More

Mary Mata April 5, 2011

New York Rep. Peter King – R was sent a bloody pig’s foot with a note containing anti-Semitic sayings yesterday. He’s the same guy who went on a witch hunt for […]

News Taco To Go: Oil, Jobs, Muslims, Walmart And Radiation

Mary Mata March 30, 2011

President Obama is set to cut U.S. oil imports by 1/3 over the next decade due to unrest in the Middle East and rising prices. There were 201,000 jobs added […]

NPR Manufactures Latino Muslim Terrorist Story

Mary Mata December 10, 2010

NPR, while capable of some incredible journalism, did a half-assed job of trying to create a trend story this week that implied Latino Islam converts were somehow more dangerous or […]