On Jan. 17, Illinois will for the first time mark Muhammad Ali Day along with Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The Illinois Muslim Coalition worked to get Muhammad Ali Day recognized statewide. The move is part of a new state law that requires history courses to include the study of the contributions made by Muslim […]
More than a dozen national Jewish organizations are calling for an additional one billion dollars in funding for Israel. That’s in addition to the more than $3.8 billion Israel already receives from U.S. taxpayers. Israel has received more U.S. funding than any other nation — on average, 7,000 times more per capita. The groups want […]...
In another setback to the President, the U.S. Supreme Court’s conservative majority blocked a Biden administration rule requiring 80 million workers to get COVID-19 vaccine shots or periodic tests. The court, however, allowed the administration to proceed with a vaccine mandate for most healthcare workers in the US. Meanwhile, hospitals have ...
President Joe Biden on Thursday said he is not certain his voting rights agenda will pass the Senate after he failed to secure sufficient backing from his own Democratic party. Immediately after a last-ditch meeting to persuade party members, Biden said he hoped “we can get this done but I’m not sure.” “It’s about election [&...
The U.S. Justice Department said yesterday it has charged the leaders of the far-right Oath Keepers militia and 10 others for their involvement in the Jan. 6 Capitol Hill attack. Stewart Rhodes, the group’s leader and founder, was arrested Thursday in Little Elm, Texas. A federal grand jury in Washington, D.C., indicted Rhodes and 10 [&h...
Israeli authorities blocked the appointment of new Palestinian security guards at the Al-Aqsa compound in occupied East Jerusalem’s Old City. Authorities threatened Palestine’s Jerusalem Islamic Waqf with arrest if they refused to comply. The religious trust administers the Al-Aqsa compound and needs new guards. There have been no new guards a...
Kazakhstan’s President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev issued a rare criticism of his long-ruling predecessor Tuesday. Tokayev said he expected Russian-led forces to leave the Central Asian country in the next 10 days. The oil-rich country’s descent into chaos has laid bare infighting at the top. Tokayev’s mentor, 81-year-old Nursultan Nazar...
The administration of US President Joe Biden on Tuesday said it will contribute roughly $308 million in humanitarian aid to Afghanistan. But the newly announced aid falls far short of the war-torn country’s immediate needs. Millions of Afghans are on the brink of starvation and at risk of freezing to death in the aftermath of […]
Mali’s military ruler said on Monday he is open to talks with West Africa’s economic bloc ECOWAS about returning the nation to civilian rule. President Assimi Goita asked the group to reconsider sanctions imposed on Mali over his refusal to hold elections next month. Goita said in a statement broadcast on state television “we’re asking [&helli...
Sukuk issuance surged Tuesday by 36% year-on-year to hit $252.3 billion in 2021, according to Fitch Ratings. A sukuk is an Islamic financial certificate, similar to a bond in Western finance, that complies with Islamic religious law, or sharia. Central banks, governments, and multilateral institutions dominated sukuk issuances, the global rati...
