A new book about Mahatma Gandhi’s killer, titled “Gandhi’s Assassin,” reveals that Ramachandra Vinayak Godse was a member of the RSS Hindu nationalist group. Gandhi, who led a nonviolent movement for India’s independence and advocated for Hindu-Muslim unity, was assassinated on Jan. 30, 1948 by Godse. Godse was a member of the Rastriya Swayams...
Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis asked the FBI Sunday to assess security at her courthouse. The request came in response to comments by former President Donald Trump against prosecutors investigating his business dealings and conduct after the 2020 election. Trump is at the center of at least two criminal investigations. He...
A U.S. District Court judge Monday rejected a plea deal allowing a white man convicted of murdering Ahmaud Arbery to serve a large part of his sentence in federal prison. Judge Lisa Godbey Wood’s decision rejecting Travis McMichael’s plea agreement with federal prosecutors came after emotional statements by Arbery’s parents and two aunts. They...
Six historically Black colleges and universities have received bomb threats for the second time in January. Howard, Bowie State, Bethune-Cookman, Southern, Delaware State and Albany State universities reported potential threats Monday. The FBI is investigating the bomb threats with local law enforcement. Members of the public are urged to repo...
U.S. President Joe Biden on Monday designated Qatar as a major non-NATO ally. Biden spoke alongside Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim Bin Hamad al-Thani at the White House. He said Doha has been central to vital American interests, including aiding the U.S. mission in Afghanistan and providing assistance to the besieged Gaza Strip. The partnership also...
“Midwives,” a film about a Buddhist midwife and her Muslim apprentice, has earned one of the prestigious Sundance Film Festival’s major awards. On Friday, it won the Special Jury Prize for Excellence in Vérité Filmmaking. It features the story of two midwives. Hla, is Buddhist and part of the majority population in Burma. Her apprentice, [&h...
The Islamic Center of Santa Clarita in California hosted an education and job workshop Saturday aimed at helping Afghan refugees who are recent arrivals in the city. Earlier this week, more than 130 refugees from Afghanistan, including men, women and young children were temporarily placed in Santa Clarita after a rushed evacuation. The total n...
Security camera footage at Al-Noor Islamic Community Center in the Canadian city of Waterloo showed a woman on December 28 picking up some snow and drawing crosses on every window she was able to reach. After doing this twice, her messages became hate-fueled attacks on Muslims written with an oily substance that mosque officials have […...
A 22-year-old man accused of killing a British-Bangladeshi imam in East London has pleaded not guilty to the charges. Muzahid Ali, one of three men charged with murdering Mohammed Aqil Mahdi, appeared at Southwark Crown Court Friday and was remanded to custody. The other defendants are Majid Ahmed and Abul Kashem. They did not appear [&helli...
Sarah Abou-Bakr, a graduate student at Montreal’s McGill University, is this year’s recipient of the Centre Culturel Islamique de Québec Memorial Award. Abou-Bakr is the Quebec Public Affairs Lead at the National Council of Canadian Muslims. The award honors a student at the university whose work fosters inclusion of Muslims in Quebec and Can...
