Why governments must play a bigger role in protecting children from conflict
Students attend a class in a damaged building in Gaza. / AFPThe International Day of Education, observed on January 24, provides an opportunity to reflect on the year just gone by and focus on the challenges ahead. In 2025, attacks on education continued...
British Muslim takes action over food crisis
Muddassar Ahmed has now taken the reins as chair of Bow Food Bank. (@MMuddassarAhmed) Muddassar Ahmed now chairs one of the UK’s largest independent food banks “What’s more important in life than making sure people in your local community are fed?” LONDON:...
Muslim prosecutor seeks justice as Dane County ADA
Spectrum News 1 & Awais Khaleel Awais Khaleel never really envisioned himself as a prosecutor. Like many young lawyers who came of age amid the rising Islamophobia following 9-11, Khaleel aspired to be a civil rights attorney whose work might help...
Jets make history, hiring Robert Saleh to become NFL’s first Muslim head coach
Lachlan Cunningham / Getty Images file The San Francisco 49ers' defensive coordinator designed one of pro football's most elite units. The New York Jets hired San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator Robert Saleh to be their new head coach, making him the...
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...
