Finsbury Park attack: Theresa May condemns ‘sickening’ terror attack
Source: BBC News A terror attack near a London mosque is “every bit as sickening” as others in recent weeks, Theresa May says. A man drove a van into worshippers […]
This Muslim Convert Is Prepping The Next Batch Of Muslim Scholars To Be More In Tune With UK Society
Source: Huffington Post BY Akbar Ahmed, Contributor CAMBRIDGE, England ― When Tim Winter became a Muslim in 1979, Islam was still something of a mystery to the West. He was a […]
The 712-page Google doc that proves Muslims do condemn terrorism
When a classmate told 19-year-old Heraa Hashmi that “all terrorists are Muslims” she began to compile a dossier of all instances of Muslims condemning terror attacks ‘I wanted to show how weak the argument is that Muslims don’t care about terrorism’ … Heraa Hashmi. Photograph: Courtesy Heraa Hashmi Arwa […]
London fire: Muslims awake for Ramadan may have saved Grenfell Tower residents’ lives
Source: Independent Muslims awake for Ramadan might have helped save lives after noticing the horrific blaze at Grenfell Tower. Read further
It isn’t just young people who have turned to Labour. Muslims have too
Source: The Guardian BY Miqdaad Versi As the Conservative party conducts its postmortem on the 2017 general election campaign, it will no doubt study the apparent surge in support for […]
It’s Time For The Right To Openly Embrace Classically Liberal Muslims
Source: The Federalist By Dan Jones If you were born and raised in the West, think back to your textbooks on world history. Chances are, you remember learning about historical […]
Muslim and Latino groups unite during Ramadan, breaking fast with tacos at mosques
Source: Los Angeles Times BY Anh Do Contact Reporter Activists Rida Hamida and Ben Vazquez wanted to find a way to promote unity among the region’s Muslim and Latino communities, so they […]
Trying to Be an Apolitical Muslim in America
Source: The Atlantic BY EMMA GREEN Haroon Moghul is tired of reading books about American Muslims and terrorism. The 30-something writer and educator often gives talks and teaches courses, where “people […]
5 Ways To Support Muslim Friends And Colleagues This Ramadan
Source: Huffington Post If you want to be a good ally to your Muslim friend this year, there’s no better time to start than during Ramadan. By Carol Kuruvilla, Rowaida Abdelaziz Muslims around the world are now well into Ramadan, the holiest month on the Islamic calendar. During this […]
Myanmar Muslims face charges for holding Ramadan prayers
Source: The Guardian Agence France-Presse in Yangon Authorities in Myanmar have charged three Muslim men for holding Ramadan prayers in the street after the local school where they used to […]
Muslim woman breaks century-high glass ceiling as the first female judge in Israel’s religious courts
Source: By Ari Plachta Hana Mansour-Khatib is pictured in her office in a small law firm in the Arab-Israeli town of Tamra. Credit: Ari Plachta Israel is often celebrated for […]
Britain’s Muslim cabinet minister hopes women will give up burqa themselves
Source: The Express Tribune Britain’s first Muslim member of the Cabinet, on Monday, said she hoped Muslim women should soon do away with ‘burqa’ themselves but emphasised that the change […]
Ramadan around the world – in pictures
Source: The Guardian Jakarta, Indonesia Women offer special ‘Tarawih’ prayers on the first night of the holy month at the Istiqlal mosque Photograph: Solo Imaji/Barcroft Images Dhaka, Bangladesh A man […]
Muslims thankful for support after rant, deadly attack
Source: Associated Press By GILLIAN FLACCUS PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — Muslims in Portland, Oregon, thanked the community for its support and said they were raising money for the families of […]
Bayonne Muslims file federal lawsuit against city after mosque plan voted down
Source: NJ.com BY COREY MCDONALD cmcdonald@jjournal.com The Jersey Journal BAYONNE — A federal lawsuit filed against the city asserts the Bayonne Zoning Board violated federal law by denying a Muslim group’s application to build a mosque and community center on the east side of town. The complaint, which was filed in federal […]
Muslims, Jews and women in America
Source: The Economist However toxic the climate, some Muslims and Jews try harder to get along As President Donald Trump engages in his own, idiosyncratic kind of religious and cultural […]
Organiser asks Lithgow anti-mosque group to speak at Islam forum rather than protest
Phoebe Moloney16 May 2017 ENCOURAGING DIALOGUE: Usman and Attia-Tull-Karim Mahmood with their children at the Anzac Day service in Lithgow. Usman Mahmood, a Lithgow residents who has organised a question and answer session about Islam on Friday, May 19, in Lithgow has requested community groups to refrain from protesting outside the […]
The Myth of the Muslim World
Source: The chronicle of Higher education By Asma Afsaruddin MAY 14, 2017 In his influential History of the Saracen Empires, the early-18th-century British scholar Simon Ockley remarks benignly about Islam […]
Muslims and Jews Break Bread, and Build Bonds
Source: The New York Times By SHARON OTTERMAN The Anwars, background, a Muslim family, were guests of the Firestones, who are Jewish, at a Sabbath meal in Brooklyn. Credit:Hilary Swift […]
Ramadan health FAQs
Here are some frequently asked health questions about fasting during the holy month of Ramadan. These answers have been put together by medical experts and Islamic scholars and researchers. Should a person with diabetes fast? People who have their diabetes under control, either by their diet or using tablets, may fast. […]