Eight local churches in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania have pitched in to prepare a home for Afghan refugees. The family of 10 Afghan evacuees arrived earlier this year. Church volunteers have been painting, sanding and ripping out old carpeting in the home. Once the family arrived, volunteers drove members to medical appointments, helped the child...
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Sunday Russia’s leadership was responsible for civilian killings in Bucha BOO CHA, outside Kyiv. Bodies were found lying in the street after the town was retaken by Ukrainian forces. Zelenskyy vowed to investigate and prosecute all Russian “crimes” in Ukraine. He spoke as global outrage mount...
Chef Khalipha Kane, a halal food truck owner and caterer in Detroit, is ramping up service for Ramadan, which starts Saturday. Kane said her passion for the food service industry has been fortified by positive reaction from her food truck and catering customers. Khalipha’s Mobile Kitchen Kane will offer $15 grab-and-go iftar meals during Rama...
As Ramadan begins for Muslims worldwide, some Canadian Muslims are concerned for loved ones unlawfully detained in northeast Syria. An estimated four dozen Canadian Muslims have spent three or more years detained in squalid prisons and camps for people suspected of ties to ISIS. Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau releases statements at the...
Muslim college students will return to observing Ramadan on campus after a two-year hiatus during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many colleges have Muslim Student Associations and Islamic prayer rooms to support those students. Ramadan, the Islamic holy month of daytime fasting and reflection, begins at sundown Friday with the sighting of the new moon...
On Thursday, President Joe Biden announced the unprecedented use of U.S. oil stockpiles to “ease the pain” of rising domestic fuel prices after Russia’s war on Ukraine. The measure will pump a million barrels of U.S. government oil per day for six months into the global market. Biden hopes to dampen inflationary shockwaves ripping through [&he...
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security is creating a Detroit-based U.S. Customs and Border Protection community relations position. The role is dedicated to building trust and working with Michigan’s Arab and Muslim American communities, and other minority groups. It took years of deliberation between various Homeland Security administration...
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week that Wisconsin’s legislative maps, that would have increased the number of Black-majority districts, were unconstitutional. Democratic Governor Tony Evers proposed the maps, which were approved in a 4-3 ruling by the state’s Supreme Court. They increased Black-majority state assembly districts from six t...
Acclaimed British actor Riz Ahmed and his production company, Left Handed Films, will partner with Pillars Fund on a new fellowship for aspiring Muslim writers and directors. Ahmed said Muslim communities in the U.S. and U.K. “are amongst the most economically disadvantaged.” He said there’s no other program like the Pillars Artist Fellowship,...
Two dozen congressional Democrats are asking U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from cases involving the Jan. 6 Capitol attack. Their call comes after revelations that Thomas’ wife communicated with members of the Trump administration about overturning the 2020 election. The U.S. House committee probing the attack cou...
