Thirty-two Muslim groups wrote to US Education Secretary Miguel Cardona last week, saying the student debt crisis poses a major challenge for American workers and students, including Muslims. The letter was initiated by A Continuous Charity, CAIR, the Islamic Scholarship Fund, and the National Association of Muslim Lawyers. Nearly one-third ...
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...
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 […]
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...
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...
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...
ISTANBUL (AA) – Activists from around the world have sought an end to what they called “total impunity” against those involved in anti-minority activities in India. “Many will argue (there are) early signs of genocide, but … genocide of Bengali Muslims has already occurred in Assam,” said Aman Wadud, a legal schol...
