Martin Luther King Jr would have called it a genocide, too
Civil rights leader Reverend Martin Luther King Jr, centre, marches against the war on Vietnam during a demonstration in New York, on 16 March 1967 (AFP)Reverand Martin Luther King Jr was a radical of his time.In his opposition to the immoral US war on...
Muslim Congressman singled out by man arrested during US Capitol riot
AFP Trump supporters, who brought guns and explosives to the Capitol riot, had Andre Carson's name on a threatening note. A man who parked a truck with explosives near the US Capitol during last week's riot also had a "concerning" handwritten message...
Dr. Aasim Padela – On the Frontier where faith, ethics and medicine meet
Initiative on Islam & Medicine The Medical College of Wisconsin’s new vice chair of research and scholarship in the Department of Emergency Medicine, Professor Aasim Padela, M.D., has a history of hiking into uncharted territory. An academic Daniel...
All-female podcast team gives a voice to Muslim-Americans
Jordan P. Ingram SAN MARCOS — As a marriage and family therapy graduate student, hosting a podcast was the last thing on Sarah Kouzi’s mind. The 23-year-old San Marcos resident was already juggling classes at San Diego State University and had never...
Doctor Wipes Away $650,000 in Debt From 200 Cancer Patients’ Bills
Dr. Omar Atiq WBAL-TV Dr. Omar Atiq, an oncologist based in Pine Bluff, Arkansas, was always uncomfortable with the idea of exorbitant medical bills, particularly those that cancer patients have to foot. Thanks to him, 200 cancer patients were able to...
Wisconsin’s Muslim community reacts to storming of U.S. Capitol
Kent Nishimura (Los Angeles Times) In a special message Thursday to members of the Wisconsin Muslim Civic Alliance, Executive Director Kristin Hansen wrote that her joy over the election in Georgia of a Black man and a young Jewish man as United States...
Palestinians excluded from Israeli Covid vaccine rollout as jabs go to settlers
Oded Balilty/AP Israel is celebrating an impressive, record-setting vaccination drive, having given initial jabs of coronavirus shots to more than a 10th of the population. But Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza can only watch and...
Meet the first Muslim federal judge in the world’s largest Catholic country
Middle East Monitor. Ali Mazloum is one of millions of migrants whose story illustrates the determination and success of so many Lebanese refugees. When his father Mohammed arrived in Brazil in 1950, he could never have known that his son would one day...
PHOTOGRAPHER MOUNA HAJJAR RASHID CREATES PICTURE-PERFECT CAREER
Mouna Hajjar Rashid MOUNA PHOTOGRAPHY Award-winning photographer Mouna Hajjar Rashid of Franklin has built a reputation as a top wedding and portrait photographer. Not only did she received the prestigious Knot Best of Weddings award, an annual recognition of the top...
Young Muslim women are leading environmental movements grounded in their beliefs
Weeks prior to the lockdowns and closures that came with the COVID-19 pandemic, UN Secretary General António Guterres said 2020 would be a “pivotal year for how we address climate change.” Revamped emission goals were expected from 196 countries, but...
