Rachid Nekkaz has set up a million euro fund to pay fines for women who choose to wear the full Islamic veil in countries, like France, where it is against the law to do so in public. A French businessman has set up a fund to pay fines for women ... Read More »
Cross-posted from Emirates 24/7 Amina Saeed of the UAE had always dreamed of making an achievement in Islamic studies, so she decided to memorise the Qurʾān and participate in international contests to fulfill her dream. Motivated by her 25 brothers and sisters, who memorise parts of Qurʾān, she outperformed them ... Read More »
Graffiti with the words 'price tag' found on wall of the mosque in northern Israel; Northern District Police Commander describe incident as 'very serious.' By Jack Khoury and Eli Ashkenazi from Haaretz.com. It is thought that the attackers arrived at the mosque at approximately 1.30 A.M. and set it alight.The ... Read More »
What Lies Beneath For years, people whispered about the thousands of disappeared young men in Kashmir. But only now are the bones finally speaking. By Basharat Peer from ForeignPolicy.com SRINAGAR, Kashmir — On a pleasant September morning, Muḥammad Sidiq, a sand-digger in his early 30s, pushes his long wooden boat ... Read More »
I home school my daughter and this is her history lesson for today, as I doubt that this will ever be taught in her official history books. This Friday, we will be praying for the men, women and children who were massacred 29 years ago. History The June 6th 1982 ... Read More »
She must have been glowing and happy when she boarded that American Flight 11; she was going to attend a friend’s wedding in Los Angeles. Rahma would not have wanted to be remembered as a victim; she was a positive, powerful woman. She used her talents to make her adopted country a better place to live. Her friends still miss her and mourn her, and many gathered together last weekend at the college campus where Rahma spent 4 years of her life. The lesson I learned from 9/11: never take a day for granted, for life is very fragile and very short. Read More »
SAVE THE DATE: September 24, 2011 TIME: 1:00-3:00PM LOCATION: Either Inside or Outside of MOCHA, 538 Ninth Street, Suite 210 Oakland, CA 94607 Despite our disappointment in MOCHA's decision to cancel the venue, the Middle East Children's Alliance is committed to presenting “A Child's View From Gaza,” a Palestinian children's ... Read More »
My heart was anguished when I first heard this story because the victim was a mother; one immediately feels a bond. The news of any human being killed so callously hurts, but it felt closer to home because she was a Pakistani American Muslim, like me. There are so many ... Read More »
Recommendations in the report for health care institutions included cultural sensitivity training for staff, providing halal food and prayer space for Muslim inpatients, and building partnerships with mosques to create health awareness campaigns targeting the community. Read More »
It is hypocritical to say the least when an orthodox Jew who believes in the Torah and the Jewish Shari'a, the 'Halacha', and who believes in the authority of religious law and code of conduct would let his extreme prejudice lead him to go to such extents as to deter followers of another faith from following religious code. Is he going to also do a 'conclusive' study of temples and synagogues and the connection between wearing of to the kippa (yarmulke), discussing mitzvahs about the Amalekites, teachings of R. Shimon ben Yochai, let alone the violent readings of the Torat Hamelech? Read More »
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