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JERUSALEM (AA) – Israeli Public Security Minister Omer Barlev on Sunday described settler attacks against Palestinians as “actions of a terror organization.” Barlev was referring to settler assaults on Friday against activists near the Burin village in the occupied West Bank, where 10 activists were injured, including four Israelis...
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 […]
Malik Faisal Akram, the man who caused a dramatic 10-hour standoff Saturday at a Texas synagogue last weekend, had mental health issues, according to his brother. The 44-year-old British national held four people captive at Congregation Beth Israel in Colleyville, Texas. Akram wanted Pakistani neuroscientist Dr. Aafia Siddiqui to be brought to...
The Islamic Development Bank has launched a $1 billion financing plan to support renewable energy. Working with the Arab Petroleum Investment Corporation, the initiative will support utility projects in the 57-member Organization of Islamic Cooperation countries. The funds will be for electricity generation and transmission projects using ren...
Tufail Ahmad, who founded Maryland’s Montgomery County Muslim Foundation or MCMF, died Thursday, according to a statement from the organization. Ahmad died in Pakistan while visiting his home country. He worked “tirelessly to uplift the needy,” the statement read. He came to Montgomery County with his family in 1973. After the 9/11 attack...
In international news, U.N. Special Rapporteur on Minority Issues Dr. Fernand de Varennes took to Twitter over the social medial harassment of Indian Muslim women. Varennes asked that the culprits be prosecuted. His remarks came amid recent shock and furor over the “Bulli Bai” App. It targets prominent Muslim women by putting up their images ...
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 […]
Hashir Faruqi, a British Muslim intellectual, passed away in London on January 11.The 92-year-old journalist was born in January 1930. He was a student leader of the Pakistan movement and migrated to the country after its establishment in 1947. Faruqi founded the influential English-language Muslim news magazine Impact International in London ...
