70 Palestinian students admitted to Canadian universities are trapped in Gaza. We need Canada to defend our right to education.
Reem Hamadaqa with her parents at her graduation ceremony from the Islamic University of Gaza in 2021. Both of her parents were killed in an Israeli airstrike in March 2024.I had always believed that education was my lifeline. Pursuing higher education is a means to...
Reimagining Bioscience Curriculum for Muslim High School Students
In the United States, it is estimated that there are currently 350-450 full-time Islamic schools with an enrollment of nearly 100,000 Muslim students according to the Islamic Schools League of America. These schools have come a long way from their modest...
Germany’s zeal for Israeli genocide revives its dangerous exceptionalism
An advert for a German NGO offering aid in the Middle East appears next to graffiti reading "Free Gaza" at a tram stop in Berlin, 12 August 2025 (John MacDougall/AFP)Germany is open about its uninhibited support for Israel's war...
Visiting imam experiences farm life at Masjid Al Qur’an
Photos by Cherrie Hanson Imam Warfa Dualeh is serving as a visiting imam at Masjid al Qur'an in Milwaukee where the mosque uses much of its 8 acres as a small farm and ordchard. Masjid Al Qur’an’s visiting Imam Warfa Dualeh of Nashville finds working at...
Rollbacks on Climate Initiatives Could Prove Detrimental
In 2024, the world continued to warm and extreme weather events reached unprecedented levels. Many regions experienced record-breaking heat waves, stronger hurricanes and typhoons, severe flooding, and widespread wildfires.“Climate change contributed to...
Beyond the Screen: Social Media’s Hidden Toll on Mental Health
In a recent episode of Khan Klinics, powered by American Muslim Today, Dr. Amir Khan spoke with Dr. Alfiee Noble and Dr. Camelia Harb—two leaders reshaping youth mental health. Their goal is to make sure young people of color are counted, seen, heard, and...
New citizens naturalized and celebrated at Lynden Sculpture Garden
Photos by Cherrie Hanson U.S. Magistrate Judge Nancy Joseph, an immigrant from Haiti, presided over the swearing-in of 52 new citizens Sunday at the Lynden Sculpture Garden in River Hills. Fifty-two people from more than two dozen countries became citizens...
ELCA elects first Black presiding bishop, calls Israel’s actions in Gaza a genocide
Bishop Yehiel Curry. Photo courtesy of Metropolitan Chicago Synod(RNS) — The Evangelical Lutheran Church in America elected its first Black leader on Wednesday (July 30) at its churchwide assembly meeting in Phoenix.The Rev. Yehiel Curry, bishop of the...
Israel has barred international press from Gaza so it can carry out genocide, and the media has complied
New York Times headquarters The annihilation of Gaza demands such urgent action from the world to save lives that observers often overlook an Israeli policy that is not directly murderous but plays a role in the destruction. That is the policy of not...
Salam School Junior achieves perfect ACT score
Photo by Cherrie HansonFatima Hameed, 17, of Greenfield attributes her success to her parents’ attention to her education from an early age, the mentorship of excellent teachers and the motivating environment of Salam School.Salam School junior Fatima...
