Dearborn, Michigan police fatally shot a man Saturday after he allegedly started a fire at a mosque and shot at law enforcement officers. The incident stemmed from a shooting in Detroit, the police chief told The Detroit News. At 1:18 a.m., Dearborn officers on patrol observed a fire at the Al-Huda Islamic Association on the […]
Russian President Vladimir Putin said he does not understand why U.S. President Joe Biden “knowingly gave false information on the invasion of Ukraine,” the Kremlin said. Putin spoke to reporters Saturday about the more than hour-long telephone call between him and Biden. Yury Ushakov, Russia’s presidential adviser on foreign policy issues, sa...
Afghanistan’s central bank on Saturday rejected U.S. President Joe Biden’s executive order to seize half of its $7 billion in assets held in American financial institutions. Da Afghanistan Bank said the decision to block their foreign exchange reserves and allocate them to “irrelevant” purposes is an injustice to the Afghan people. The bank sa...
Sweden is seeking to discredit Muslim parents’ claims on social media that Swedish social service agencies kidnap Muslim children. The government said Friday the allegations are false, as well as “seriously misleading and aim to create tensions and spread mistrust.” The Swedish Foreign Ministry said “all children in Sweden are protected and ca...
Diabetes U.K. and the British Muslim Heritage Centre are raising awareness of the risks associated with type 2 diabetes. They aim to reduce the number of Muslims being diagnosed with the condition. The project has helped ensure people across Greater Manchester have access to accurate, culturally sensitive and relevant information. The organiza...
Almost half of more than 1 million Rohingya living in congested refugee camps in Bangladesh are children growing up in subhuman conditions. The stateless minority is now worried about the future of more than 100,000 newborn babies. Violence, food shortages, lack of healthcare and access to basic education are some of the problems these childre...
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 […...
