Rev. Canon Andrew White, a Christian religious leader, heads one of the most prominent relief charities helping thousands of Christians displaced by the ISIS terrorist outfit, but many do not know that much of the work White gets credit for, is actually carried out by a Muslim woman”Dr. Sarah Ahmed, an Iraqi dentist who for…
Nearly half of the more than 63,000 refugees welcomed into the United States in the fiscal year 2016 so far were Muslim, with a majority of new Muslim arrivals coming from war-torn Syria and Somalia. According to a Pew Research Center analysis of State Department data, America has received 28,957 Muslim refugees since Oct. 1,…
Liverpool was the first city in Britain to be awarded the title , “European Capital of Culture” in 2008. It is also home to a sizeable Arab population, particularly Yemenis who were the first known Arab community. One cultural draw growing in popularity and stature in the city is the Liverpool Arab Art Festival (LAAF) which was held from 15-24…
Pope Francis, global head of the Catholic Church, has questioned the claim that Islam should be identified with violence. “I do not believe it is right to identify Islam with violence,” the Pope told journalists during the July 31 papal flight to Rome following a journey to Poland. “This is not right and it is…
California’s State Assembly has taken a strong stand against a rising climate of Islamophobia in America. Recently, it passed a resolution that declared August 2016 as ‘Muslim Appreciation and Awareness Month’, as part of an effort to acknowledge the “myriad invaluable contributions of Muslim Americans in California and across the country.” The resolution was introduced by Assembly…
Muslims gathered for Catholic Mass on Sunday, last month, in churches and cathedrals across France in a powerful display of unity and solidarity with Christians following the killing of an elderly Catholic priest. France’s Muslim council, the CFCM, urged Muslims to show “solidarity and compassion” over the murder. Dozens of Muslims attended Mass in Rouen,…
A Muslim woman in France who was fired for refusing to remove her headscarf should have been allowed to cover her head at work, a legal advisor to the European Union’s top court has stated, adding that the request amounts to “unlawful direct discrimination.” “There is nothing to suggest she was unable to perform her…
London: Muslim travel writer, Tharik Husain, who has been uncovering some of Europe’s forgotten Islamic history for nearly two decades, launched London’s first European Muslim Heritage Exhibition, last month. Hosted at the London Muslim Center in the heart of Tower Hamlets, east of the capital, the exhibition attracted a diverse crowd of both Muslim and…
In his message for a campaign promoting peace in Syria, global head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis referred to world leaders who speak of ending the conflict but at the same time fund the war through the sale of arms. “While the people suffer, incredible quantities of money are being spent to supply weapons…
The number of people displaced by conflict is at the highest level ever recorded, the UN says. It estimates that 65.3 million people were either refugees, asylum seekers or internally displaced at the end of 2015, an increase of 5 million in a year. This represents one in every 113 people on the planet! Over…
