Sania Mirza’s Unlikely Stardom!
A tennis player blazes a trail for Indian women. “For a girl to pick up a tennis racquet and to want to be a professional—it was unheard of,” Sania Mirza… Read more »
At the Hajj, Facing Islam’s Inconsistent Embrace of Women
Women at the hajj, clockwise from left: on Ajyad Street, one of the main thoroughfares leading to the Grand Mosque in Mecca; Indonesian women rested on a sidewalk in… Read more »
Communal harmony in Agra: Hindu girl teaches Qur’an, Muslim safeguards Ganesh festival
ViewsHeadlines Correspondent, Agra (Uttar Pradesh): Agra, the historic city of Taj Mahal can be called a role model when it comes to communal amity and bonhomie between the followers of… Read more »
Warith Deen Muhammad: The signature name of American Black’s “Islamic Revolution”
Imam W. Deen Mohammed was an African American Muslim who dedicated his life for the establishment of Muslim life in America and for freedom, justice and equality for Muslims, African… Read more »
Barack Obama Just Nominated A Muslim To Be A Federal Judge. That’s A First.
Abid Qureshi would fill a seat on the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia. WASHINGTON ― President Barack Obama made history on Tuesday by nominating the first Muslim… Read more »
Burma’s Million-Strong Rohingya Population Faces ‘Final Stages of Genocide,’ Says Report
The long-persecuted ethnicity is on the verge of “mass annihilation,” say experts, with new evidence indicating government complicity Despite the U.S.-led rolling back of economic sanctions and internationally backed national… Read more »
Two Hundred Verses about Compassionate Living in the Quran
As only the Islamophobes, who hate Islam or those Muslims, who want to enforce Shariah Law, of their imagination, by hook or crook, make headlines, the compassionate teachings of the… Read more »
China’s proud 300-year history of female-led mosques is an inspiration to the west
When I informed some of the female imams in Henan, central China, of the opening of women’s mosques in the US and in Europe, most recently in Copenhagen (Female imams… Read more »
Muslim convention in Rosemont promotes civic, interfaith engagement
The 53rd annual convention of the Islamic Society of North America held at the Rosemont Convention Center in Rosemont included many booth selling various types of items such decorative metal… Read more »
Interfaith Sept. 11 service planned as a show of unity against violence
The 15th anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks coupled with recent high-profile instances of violence across the country has prompted a group of local religious leaders to come together… Read more »