Preliminary data show a double-digit spike in hate crimes last year, and a continued rise into 2022. Bias-motivated incidents in 37 major U.S. cities increased by nearly 39% on average. The 10 largest metropolitan areas reported a record 54.5% increase. Incidents targeting Asian and Jewish Americans accounted for the bulk of cases. The analy...
Thousands of displaced Syrians living in tents in the country’s northwest province of Idlib are suffering from extreme poverty. Many displaced Syrians are sheltering in the Kafar Houm Camp and struggling to survive during Ramadan. Abu Omar, who is unemployed, said his family cannot afford to buy basic living and food supplies, such as oil [&he...
A Jewish-owned bakery in southwest Houston is offering support to the city’s Muslim community during the month of Ramadan. Sara Brook, founder of Dessert Gallery Bakery & Café, is offering hand-decorated Ramadan butter cookies to Muslims breaking their fast. The inspiration came from her involvement with a group called The Sisterhood of S...
Care packages were distributed at Masjid Ar-Rahama for the start of Ramadan, three months after a deadly fire killed 17 people. The Bronx, New York, community is still reeling from the tragedy at a nearby apartment complex. A number of the dead worshiped at Masjid Ar-Rahama. Husainou Waggeh, who serves on the mosque’s executive board, [&hellip...
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,...
STOCKHOLM (AA) – Muslim immigrant families in western Sweden continue to protest against state social services for “unjustly” taking their children away. Protesters, demonstrating in different cities of Sweden since Feb. 7, gathered in Gothenburg’s Gustaf Adolf Torg Square for their eighth demonstration. Families were h...
Among religious minorities, Muslim Americans were estimated to be 27% of the population, but they actually only make up 1%. The same is true for Jewish, and other racial and ethnic minorities, such as Native Americans, Asian and Black populations. Two recent YouGov polls asked respondents to guess the percentage of American adults who belong ...
More than $1.5 billion has been spent on settling police misconduct claims in the United States between 2010 and 2020, according to a Washington Post analysis. Among major U.S. cities, Chicago had the highest rate of misconduct claims involving officers named in multiple cases. More than 70% of the city’s roughly 1,500 payments during that [&h...
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro signed a decree Tuesday providing for free menstrual supplies for low-income women and girls. The far-right leader signed the executive order at a ceremony for International Women’s Day. The new decree will be funded by a budget of $26 million reaching an estimated 3.6 million people, according to the h...
Spain’s Interior Ministry denied wrongdoing Friday after a viral video showing several Spanish agents beating a young African migrant who crossed the border into the city of Melilla. The video was captured by Spain’s public broadcaster RTVE. It shows a young man, possibly a minor, slowly climbing down the border fence separating Spain’s Africa...
