Mohammed Alaa Aljaleel recently went on a dangerous rescue mission to Syria’s north western province of Idlib. His goal: to save animals left behind by people fleeing heavy shelling and airstrikes. It was not the first such mission for this animal rescuer, who has already garnered international fame as the “cat man of Aleppo.” Years…
A 69-year-old grandmother who stands outside an Islamic Centre in the UK with a sign that says ‘I am your friend, I will watch while you pray’ has been nominated for a Pride of Reading Award. Jean Scott-Barr, from Woodley, has been standing outside the Aisha Masjid and Islamic Centre in Earley every week since…
Jewish, Muslim and Christian leaders in Italy have come together to fight violence against women. The project “Not in my name “ Jews, Catholics and Muslims against violence on women” includes several initiatives to make high school students aware of the issue, such as dedicated lectures and a student contest aimed at creating a communication…
28th and 29th September, 2019, Bangalore In Search of Wellbeing Decoding Economics and Re-thinking Education (For more details, see https://bhoomicollege.org/bhoomi-conference-2019/themes-and-schedule)
The Inclusion Fellowship 2019 is offered to individuals working in the inclusion space. The Inclusion Fellowship supports a cohort of upcoming entrepreneurs, artists, policy makers and anyone working in the disability space to promote and embrace inclusion. The year-long fellowship program will involve 1 week of deep immersion phase + quarterly review meetups in Bangalore,…
Pew Research Center Many Americans’ knowledge of Islam is informed primarily through media coverage of extremist variations of political Islam and of warfare in the Middle East. The Pew Research Center recently published the results of a survey looking at Americans’ knowledge of various religions. When given 32 basic questions about a variety of religions,…
RukaNade founder Nermana Huskic came to St. Louis (USA) in the late 1990s, arriving with family members as refugees after the Bosnian war. For NermanaHuskic, the seeds of her future as a resource and service provider for homeless people were planted young. At the age of 5, HuskiÄ witnessed terror and violent intimidation by Serbian…
Concerns about the future of the Long Island’s East End’s only kosher restaurant have evaporated, thanks to a Muslim restaurateur who bought the place and decided to keep it halal and kosher. “It’s a dream come true,” Muslim restaurateur Rashid Sulehri said of the Beach Bakery in Westhampton.”Sons of Abraham can sit under one roof…
Sri Lanka’s Muslim ministers who resigned en masse in the wake of the deadly Easter Sunday bombings have rejoined the government, officials said, after police cleared them of any involvement with Islamists. Nearly 100 people linked to a local jihadist group were arrested after the April 21 attacks on three churches and three luxury hotels…
Turkey has around 18,000 Jews according to the Turkish Jewish community and their population is concentrated in Istanbul. It has been 527 years since the expulsion of Sephardic Jews from Spain. Prominent figures of the community say the Ottomans gave them the right to live in peace and their ancestors introduced the empire to new…
