For Summer Ramadan, Faithful Go Nearly 17 Hours Daily Without Food, Drink
For Summer Ramadan, Faithful Go Nearly 17 Hours Daily Without Food, Drink By Sameea Kamal, The Hartford Courant Hena Zakir is training to be an EMT: checking vital signs, running medical tests, talking to patients and assessing them for trauma – all the while, going nearly 17 hours without food. And Tuesday was just Day […]
Remembering the Worker this Ramadan
by Corey Saylor, for Interfaith Worker Justice Muslims will be reporting to their place of employment each day this Ramadan–a little tired and a little hungry from this year’s 16 hour dawn to dusk fasts–but still committing to an honest day’s work, as our faith requires. Ramadan starts July 8 and ends by August 7 […]
Secret no-fly list blamed for American Muslim’s Bangkok nightmare
A Pomona medical student spent 10 nights in an airport detention area after, he believes, his name turned up on the list. His ordeal underscores the mystery surrounding the government roster. By Shashank Bengali, Los Angeles Times For two weeks, Rehan Motiwala, a 29-year-old medical student from Pomona, sat stranded at the Bangkok airport, sleeping […]
Guantanamo lawsuit: End forced feedings before Ramadan
By Natalia Perez, CNN (CNN) — With the holy month of Ramadan approaching, lawyers for four Guantanamo Bay captives are trying to end forced-feeding at the U.S. detention facility in Cuba. Shaker Aamer, Ahmed Belbacha, Nabil Hadjarab and Abu Wa’el Dhiab seek a speedy hearing to have their complaint heard because Ramadan begins on the […]
CAIR-NJ: Swastika Sprayed on Islamic Center ‘Disgraceful’
By Brendan Kuty, NJ.com ROCKAWAY BOROUGH — What appears to be a swastika spray painted on the Islamic Center of Morris County is “disgraceful,” said Dr. Aref Assaf, one of its directors. “We’re very concerned about this,” Assaf said. Police are still investigating the vandalism, and whether it was a hate crime, said Kyle Schwarzmann, […]
Muslims gather in Hillsborough, discuss faith’s effect on youth
By Kenneth Knight, Tampa Tribune TAMPA – Muslims from throughout the Southeast gathered here Saturday to discuss, among other topics, challenges and opportunities faced by young Americans of Islamic faith. The conference, the second such meeting in the past two years, was sponsored by the Islamic Society of North America and took place at the […]
Announcement on plans to rebuild Joplin mosque closer
By Roger McKinney, The Joplin Globe There will be an announcement in a month or so about plans to rebuild the Islamic Society of Joplin mosque, according to a member of the mosque. Mateen Nagaria made the remarks Saturday during an interfaith panel discussion at First Community Church. He is a member of the team […]
Mosque-building rises as Muslim American clout grows
By Angel Jennings and Teresa Watanabe, The Los Angeles Times, 6/23/13 The opening this weekend of a new mosque in Rowland Heights is powerful evidence of a building boom of such facilities in Southern California and around the nation. Over the last several years, new mosques have risen in Mission Viejo, Irvine, Anaheim, Reseda, Rancho […]
Government Domestic Spying Unsettling News for Campuses
by Maria Eugenia Miranda, Diverse: Issues in Higher Education In light of recent news on the federal government spying on Americans via phone records and electronic correspondence and the lawsuit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the New York Civil Liberties Union in response, the question of students’ rights and academic freedoms on […]
Delta Air Lines Refused to Transport Body of Muslim Shot by FBI
By Wesley Lowery, Boston Globe Almost a month after he was shot and killed by a Boston FBI agent, Ibragim Todashev’s body was loaded on a 5:40 p.m. flight to Russia on Tuesday, concluding his family’s nearly monthlong process of getting his body home. Todashev’s family has attempted to ship the body back to Russia […]