My Muslim Christmas in July
Source: The Wall Street Journal Muslim children in the U.S. worry about missing out on a jolly holiday. My friends and I found a solution. By SABEEHA REHMAN July 7, […]
How Abortion Restrictions Could Collide With Zika in the U.S. This Summer
Source: Time By Alexandra Sifferlin Many states with a higher risk for Zika also have more abortion restrictions Nearly 540 pregnant women in the United States and territories have Zika, which is proven to cause the devastating birth defectmicrocephaly and is suspected to cause other neurological defects, too. Health authorities […]
The Legacy of Diamond Reynolds’ Video
Source: Time By Daniel D’Addario Her real-time narration of tragedy may change how we experience news Before this week, the most recognizable and memorable video posted to Facebook Live was probably […]
Read: Letters Between a Black Father and Son
Source: Time By Eddie S. Glaude, Jr Eddie S. Glaude, Jr., is the chair of the Department of African American Studies at Princeton University and the author ofDemocracy in Black. Langston […]
Alleged Dallas Shooter Micah Johnson Was ‘Normal’ Kid From Middle-Class Neighborhood
Source: Time By Jay Newton-Small/Mesquite, Texas Micah Johnson lived in a two-story brick home overlooking a field in suburbia; a neighborhood that looked like ET might stumble into it under the right moon. But on Friday, the mass of police cars swarming this quiet subdivision wasn’t there for an extraterrestrial; they […]
Sister Remembers Dallas Officer Killed by Sniper: ‘He Took Care of Me’
Source: Time By Charlotte Alter Last week, Officer Patrick Zamarripa was researching Disney Cruises to plan a family vacation for his girlfriend, his 8-year-old stepson, and his 2-year-old daughter. But dreams of Disney were cut short Thursday night, when Zamarripa and four other cops were shot and killed by a […]
How Cops Are Coping After Dallas: ‘It’s a Weird Haze Over All of Us’
Source: Time By Karl Vick The events of the last 72 hours have officers across the country struggling to find their footing Police are trained to deal with fast-moving situations. But the events of the last 72 hours—first the surging uproar over the shooting deaths of young black men by officers […]
Why do people support police using force? Religion is part of the answer
Source: RNS BY Tobin Grant The past 24 hours has put police violence to the forefront of our public debate. Post something about these shootings on your Facebook page or […]
Muslim girls fence against Islamophobia in the UK
Source: Aljazeera By Zab Mustefa London, United Kingdom – Under the bright lights of a northeast London school sports hall, a group of Muslim girls sit on wooden benches, awaiting […]
Gambia and Tanzania outlaw child marriage
Source: BBC The Gambia and Tanzania have banned child marriage, with tough penalties for those who breach the rulings. Gambia’s President Yayha Jammeh announced that anyone marrying a girl below […]
Army Reserve officer who threatened mosque set for hearing
Source: Associated Press By Anna Groneworld RAEFORD, N.C. (AP) — A lawyer for an Army Reserve officer accused of leaving bacon outside a mosque and making death threats against some of its members asked a judge on Wednesday for more time to probe the accusations, explaining later that his client […]
Je Suis Humanity
Source: Huffington Post To condemn or not to condemn, that is the question. “The idea that some lives matter less is the root of all that’s wrong with the world.” […]
The persecution of the Ahmadis must not be allowed to spread
theguardian: by Giles Fraser — Driven out of Pakistan, the Muslim Ahmadiyya community now have their global headquarters in the UK. They deserve our protection and respect Asad Shah, an Ahmadi Muslim shopkeeper who was stabbed to death in Glasgow after posting a message of Easter greetings on his Facebook […]
Canadian Muslims Donate $250,000 Eid Gift To Rebuild Fort McMurray Homes
To mark this year’s Eid al-Fitr, the July 6 celebration concluding the fasting month of Ramadan, a Canadian Muslim charity is giving $250,000 to the people of fire-ravaged Fort McMurray. […]
Celebrated humanitarian Abdul Sattar Edhi passes away in Karachi
AFP | Dawn.com Celebrated humanitarian and Edhi Foundation Chairman Abdul Sattar Edhi passed away at the age of 92 in Karachi on Friday night, it has been learnt. Speaking outside […]
Ramadan for Muslim Inmates: Mixing Religious Duty With Prison’s Limits
Source: The New York Times By SAMANTHA SCHMIDT OSSINING, N.Y. — As they heard the beginning of the 8:30 p.m. call to prayer on Tuesday, the Muslim men took their […]
Obama laments Ramadan attacks on Muslims in US and abroad
Source: RNS By David Gibson (RNS) In a message marking the end of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, President Obama lamented the spate of vicious terror attacks around the […]
Muslim camps are spreading in the U.S. to help kids ‘be proud of who they are’
Source: The Washington Post It was the last day of Camp Ramadan, and a sea of smiling parents had their arms outstretched, holding up more than a dozen cellphones to […]
Man Fatally Shot by Police in Minnesota, Video Investigated
Source: Time By Steve Karnowski/Associated Press FALCON HEIGHTS, Minn. — A Minnesota officer fatally shot a man in a car with a woman and a child, an official said, and authorities […]
How Sleep Loss Affects Your Heart
Source: Time By Mandy Oaklander Getting too little sleep has been shown to have bad effects on the heart, and many studies have linked it to hypertension. Now, a small new study published in the journal Hypertension finds that shortened sleep is connected to some negative markers, especially when it […]