Since 2015, my broader research on Islam in Latin America and the Caribbean has taken me back and forth between Puerto Rico and cities in the U.S. where Puerto Rican Muslims live in large numbers ...

Muslims praying in Puerto Rico. Photo by Tomas van Houtryve/AP . Ken Chitwood. June 26, 2017 ...

What I have found, in talking to Muslims in Puerto Rico and in many U.S. cities, is a deep history and a rich narrative that expands the understanding of what it means to be Muslim on the one hand ...

For Miriam Colón, who has practiced Islam since 2001, spending quarantine with her non-Muslim parents and two younger brothers in Puerto Rico was a choice. Photo courtesy of Miriam Colón ...

Miss Puerto Rico 2015 has been suspended indefinitely for posting a series of anti-Muslim messages on Twitter. Destiny Velez tweeted filmmaker Michael Moore last week after he launched a campaign ...

Destiny Velez, Miss Puerto Rico 2015, was suspended indefinitely by the island's Miss America organization after suggesting that all Muslims are terrorists and criticizing U.S. moviemaker Michael ...

Miss Puerto Rico suspended for tweets saying Muslims 'build mosques, feel offended and plant gas stations' Published: Dec. 21, 2015, 4:52 p.m. Miss Puerto Rico 2015 Destiny Valez ...

Destiny Velez, Miss Puerto Rico, has been suspended indefinitely from the Miss America competition after she fired off anti-Muslim comments directed at the "We Are All Muslim" movement.

Puerto Rico may be looking for a new beauty queen after 20-year-old Destiny Velez fired off a round of offensive tweets about Muslims. The former beauty contestant sent several tweets to filmmaker ...