The Muslim Observer

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The Muslim Observer (TMO) is a weekly newspaper concentrating on issues relevant to Muslims and Islam. It is operating from Farmington, Michigan but with branches across the United States. It reaches all 50 United States and its website, muslimobserver.com, is visited by 1000s of people every day.^{[citation needed]} The paper claims to have a circulation of 20,000, mostly distributed free to mosques and cultural centers. They show 987 paid subscribers. [1]

It has national and international correspondents, and publishes a wide variety of departments for its readers, including a children's section, a health and nutrition section, and various regional pages, including ones for Houston, southeast Michigan, and south Florida.

The Muslim Observer is the oldest of the branches of Muslim Media Network, Inc., (MMN) which came into existence and subsumed it in 2005. MMN also contains the Muslim Media News Service, a subscription news service with national and international reporters. So far, TMO and Muslim Media News Service are the only branches of MMN.

Dr. Aslam Abdullah is the editor-in-chief of The Muslim Observer. He is also the director of the Islamic Society of Nevada, as well as the director of the Muslim Electorates Council of America.^[1] It has endorsed Ron Paul for the Michigan primary in Jan 2008, [2] citing his views on the war in Iraq and the Patriot Act. However, in the same article, it states that Democractic government will be "less tretcherous" than a Republican one. The article calls on the Muslim community to recognise the importance of Primaries.