Duke sets aside space for interfaith prayer
DURHAM, N.C. — Like many Duke students, when Yossra Hamid isn’t in class, the senior is most likely studying in Perkins Library. And that has posed a daily quandary for Hamid, a devout Muslim who prays five times daily. Sometimes she walked to the Bryant student center or Duke School of Divinity, where there are […]
Global Halal trade: Over 80 percent dominated by non-Muslim states: FPCCI President
President FPCCI and ECO CCI Abdul Rauf Alam said that the global Muslim population constitutes 24 percent of the total world population but in fact more than 80 percent of the world halal trade is dominated by non-Muslim states. He informed that the world’s leading suppliers for Halal products including high quality meat, poultry, dairy […]
Pakistan’s commendable role against eliminating terrorism lauded
Shaarik H. Zafar Special Representative to Muslim Communities U.S. State Department has said that across the world, Muslims are facing sever challenges and passing through turmoil of the time, to get rid of menace of terrorism and extremism, it is utmost need to value education and to empower youth which is precious asset of Muslim […]
Majority of South Carolina GOP Voters Favor Muslim Ban
Exit polls show that three quarters of Republican voters in South Carolina favor temporarily barring Muslims who are not U.S. citizens from entering the country, ABC News reports . Results from the South Carolina Republican primary were still coming in Saturday, but Donald Trump, who has called for such a ban on Muslims entering the […]
Why I stopped wearing the hijab
As an Arab and Muslim woman who wore the hijab for 16 years, I am accustomed to experiencing hostility toward my religious and ethnic identity. In particular, the covering of my hair seemed to draw out the worst in strangers, from the waitress at the restaurant taking my order and demanding to know if I […]
Saudi Arabia says war games will boost military ties with Muslim allies
The Middle East’s largest ever war games are now underway and will boost military cooperation between the 20 Muslim nations taking part, host country Saudi Arabia said on Monday, as it seeks to check the growing influence of arch rival Iran. The Northern Thunder exercises, which began on Feb. 14 and will run until March […]
UK police launch murder probe into Muslim cleric’s death
British police have launched a murder investigation and arrested one person over the death of a Muslim cleric whose body was found in a children’s playground in the Rochdale area of Manchester on Thursday. The 56-year-old imam, Jalal Uddin from Bangladesh, was found Thursday night with a fatal head injury, the Guardian reported. He died […]
Self Defense Classes Are New Norm For Muslim Women Fearing Attack
Americans often take self defense classes as a way to stay in shape or an effort to defend themselves in the off chance of an attack. Rarely do people attend this type of training believing that an attack is imminent, but thanks to the vitriol directed at Muslim Americans, that’s precisely what these women are […]
Sean Hannity Snickers With Donald Trump Over His Sick Scalia ‘Joke’
During what was essentially an hour-long infomercial for Donald Trump’s presidency, Hannity took time out to rehab Trump’s “secret Muslim” swipe at President Obama over the weekend. In case you missed it, Trump tweeted on Saturday, “I wonder if President Obama would have attended the funeral of Justice Scalia if it were held in a […]
Earliest known medieval Muslim graves are discovered in France
On the outskirts of the ancient Roman city of Nimes in southern France, archaeologists have discovered the graves of three Muslim men that date back to the eighth century. The finding, reported Wednesday in PLOS One, suggests the early medieval presence of Muslims north of the Pyrenees was more complicated, and perhaps more welcome, than […]