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Graphene, a “wonder material” thinner than paper and 200 times stronger than steel, has many potential uses such as energy generation and tissue engineering. It’s also one of the most expensive materials to produce. But Arsheen Allam, founder and CEO of the Durham, North Carolina based cleantech startup GOLeafe, has developed a low-cost, susta...
The global Islamic funds market has grown by more than 300% in the last decade to reach nearly $200 billion in assets under management. That’s according to the Bahrain-based General Council for Islamic Banks and Financial Institutions. Islamic finance bans interest payments and pure monetary speculation. It can be used only to invest in assets...
The Houston Museum of Fine Arts is launching a $3.5 million project to expand its Islamic art galleries that are part of its permanent collection. The project is slated to be unveiled next year. It will double the size of the Islamic art galleries to around 6,000 square feet, reconfiguring a space that now houses […]
London Mayor Sadiq Khan announced the resignation of Metropolitan Police Commissioner Dame Cressida Dick. Khan thanked Dick for her 40 years of public service. But he also made it clear that he believed she wasn’t up to the task of rebuilding Londoners trust in the police force. The force has been plagued by scandals, including […...
Unknown vandals painted a swastika Wednesday on one of the doors of a mosque in Germany, according to a Muslim group. Turgut Ulker from Turkish-Islamic Union for Religious Affairs said similar attacks on mosques in Dortmund were carried out last month. These have increased recently and are worrisome to the Muslim community. Ulker demanded auth...
A Confederate monument that will be the centerpiece of James H. Berry Park in Bentonville, Arkansas, has drawn criticism from a Muslim civil rights group. The city’s planning commission on Feb. 1 unanimously approved the park’s development. The Council on American-Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organiz...
A court in a southern Indian state told Muslim students on Thursday not to wear hijab until it delivers a verdict on their petitions. The students had requested the court overturn a ban on hijabs or headscarves worn by Muslim women. The Supreme Court of India on Friday declined to hear the case. Hijab protests […]
In response to the killing of three civilians by the Israeli military, Al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, an affiliate with Fatah, called for a “general mobilization” of its fighters. It also called for the cancellation of the Oslo Peace Agreement. Eyewitnesses told Anadolu Agency an Israeli special forces member, hidden in a civilian vehicle, st...
Civil rights leader El Hajj Malik El Shabazz, also known as Malcolm X, called many Michigan communities home — Lansing, Mason and Flint. The home he lived in just outside of Detroit in Inkster recently received historical recognition. The house at 4336 Williams St. where he lived from 1952 to 1953 is now on the […]
Durham County Commissioner Nida Allam said she is helping keep her friends’ legacies alive with her run for Congress. Seven years ago, three Muslim college students were murdered in their Chapel Hill home by a neighbor. Yusor Abu-Salha, 21, Razan Abu-Salha, 19, and her sister Deah Barakat, 23, were shot dead. The killings were initially [&hell...
