Hundreds of thousands of Hindu worshippers flocked to the banks of the Ganges river in India’s West Bengal state Friday despite a surge in COVID-19 infections. The Gangasagar Mela is a nine-day festival that runs Jan. 8 through 16. The age-old ritual of bathing in the waters of the holy river traditionally draws millions of […]
Muslim American human rights group Justice for All joined Illinois faith leaders in signing a letter urging state lawmakers to enact bond reform. It led to the passage of the Pretrial Fairness Act in January of 2021 and was signed into law last February. On the anniversary of the law’s adoption, advocates plan to celebrate […]
The U.S. and U.S.-based Cuban organizations have sent roughly seven tonnes of powdered milk to Cuba. The island is suffering from severe shortages of food and medicine. This is the result of the tightening of a US embargo on Cuba by former president Donald Trump. President Biden has not lifted it. It is also because […]
U.S. President Joe Biden and First Lady Jill Biden packed food boxes while volunteering Sunday ahead of the national Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service. They joined hunger relief organization Philabundance in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. The National Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service is a nationwide effort to transform the federal holida...
South Africa launched three locally produced nanosatellites into space Thursday. It was part of U.S. aerospace company SpaceX’s Transporter-3 mission. It marks the first launch of a satellite constellation developed entirely on the African continent. According to a government statement and a live webcast by SpaceX, the nanosatellites were lau...
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 […]
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...
Dr. Muhammad Mohiuddin, a Pakistani American Muslim, led a team of U.S. surgeons that implanted a genetically modified pig heart into a human being. It was a medical first that could help solve the chronic shortage of organ donations. About 110,000 Americans are waiting for an organ transplant, and more than 6,000 patients die each […]
Pakistan has finalized a $63 million education package for Afghan students and plans to establish a university campus in Kabul, Afghanistan’s capital, a senior official said on Monday. The Ministry of Education and Professional Training package “includes 3,000 scholarships, free training with stipends for 5,000 Afghan nationals. It also...
Dr. Saleyha Ahsan, who lost her father last year to COVID-19, called for the resignation of UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson. This was after he held a party and made jokes about it, in violation of the Covid-19 bans in the country. The Mirror newspaper reported that several parties with 40 to 50 people were […]
