Meta Complies with Indian Censorship: Muslim News Page Silenced Amid Rising Indo-Pak Tensions
In a sharp development, Meta has blocked access to the popular Instagram news page @Muslim in India, a move that has sparked accusations of political censorship and raised alarms within the global Muslim community. The ban, imposed at the legal request of...
In Pictures: Iftar in the ruins of the Syrian town of Ariha
Al Jazeera AAREF WATAD/AFP As dusk settles on the forest of gutted buildings around them, Tareq Abu Ziad and his family break the Ramadan fast at the remains of their home. The northern Syrian town of Ariha looks like the scene of a monster earthquake - a...
Program Aims to Help the Muslim Community Quit Smoking During Ramadan
Ian Demsky for Michigan Health Michigan Health As Muslims around the world are celebrating the month of Ramadan with prayer, fasting and inward reflection, some public health experts think it may be an ideal time to help members of the community quit...
A crate idea: Indonesian architects reuse plastic boxes to build mosque
Ismira Lutfia Tisnadibrata for Arab News Arab News Under normal circumstances, the small mosque on the outskirts of Jakarta constructed from 1,208 used plastic bottle crates would have been abuzz with the sound of people praying and reciting the Quran...
IRC Book Review: Exit West
Elise Bellin, Librarian of the Islamic Resource Center, wrote this book review as part of an ongoing series that focuses on a range of books within the IRC collection as a service to the community. Exit West Exit West by Mohsin Hamid (2017) ISBN:...
Disney announces plans for a short film on Eid
Diyana Hakmi for Emirates Woman Pexels/Emirates Woman A new short film surrounding a family based in the USA who celebrate Eid is in the works. Titled American Eid, the film is set to be released on the Walt Disney streaming platform...
Area Families Prepare Delicious Iftar Meals During Ramadan 2020
Josiah Roell with sons Ayyub and Adam After a long spring day of fasting during Ramadan, Wisconsin Muslims adhere to a carefully prescribed ritual for breaking their fast before iftar. “The prophetic way of breaking the fast is with dates and water,” said...
Muslim Doctors Fight COVID-19 And Islamophobia On The Front Lines
Rowaida Abdelaziz for Huffpost Hilary Swift for Huffpost Syed Raheel Hassan, a doctor in New Jersey, sees nearly twice the number of patients he did before the coronavirus pandemic hit the state. Hassan’s days are packed as he moves from room to room at...
Oral history project preserves stories of black Muslim seniors amid pandemic
Aysha Khan for RNS RNS/Pixabay As the coronavirus outbreak takes a disproportionately deadly toll on seniors and African Americans, a new oral history initiative aims to train black Muslim youth to document their elderly community members’ stories....
2020 Census Again Fails to Include Middle Eastern and North African Descent
By now, the 2020 census should have been a done deal. The decennial (every ten years) accounting of every person living in the United States, citizen or non-citizen, was supposed to be completed by the end of April. Heads of households were encouraged to...
