The Muslim Post

Grateful For American Dream, Immigrant CEO Shares Millions With Workers at Chobani

A desire to give back to the country where his overwhelming success was made possible, the boss of a yogurt empire just made more dreams possible for 2,000 of his employees at Chobani–offering them each a huge economic windfall. Chobani’s Turkish CEO Handi Ulukaya is giving every full-time worker ownership stakes in the multi-billion dollar […]

Chobani Hands Workers A Stake In The Company

Chobani, the Greek yogurt maker, is giving its workers a stake in the privately-held company. The company is offering shares to employees that would amount to 10 percent of Chobani’s future value in the event of a sale or an initial public offering, the Associated Press reported. The shares, which are going to around 2,000 […]

Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program Recognizes 33 Scholars for Significant Work in Social Sciences and Humanities

NEW YORK, April 19, 2016 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ — Continuing its longstanding investment in the social sciences and humanities, Carnegie Corporation of New York announced 33 winners of the 2016 Andrew Carnegie Fellows Program today with awards from the philanthropic foundation totaling $6.6 million. The fellows will provide new perspectives on topics such as firearms and justifiable […]

Palestinian Wins $1 Million Teacher Prize for Life-Changing Lessons on Non-Violence

A former refugee who decided to teach children about self-respect and non-violence has been named Global Teacher of the Year. Hanan al-Hroub accepted the award – akin to a “Nobel Peace Prize for educators” – on behalf of “all teachers in general and Palestinian teachers in particular.” She plans to use the one million dollar […]

Muslim Contributions to Philosophy

Al-Ghazali

Many Muslim scholars made acquiring knowledge their life goal. Perhaps the most notable of these scholars is Al-Ghazali, a Sufi Muslim who in the 11th and 12th centuries revolutionized early Islamic philosophy by helping develop Neoplatonism, which is often described as the “mystical” or “religious” interpretation of Greek philosophy. At the time of Al-Ghazali’s writing, […]

Overcoming Historical Amnesia: Muslim Contributions to Civilization

Overcoming Historical Amnesia: Muslim Contributions to Civilization

In his recent article, Sam Harris, a popular critic of Islam, referred to Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani education activist, as “the best thing to come out of the Muslim world in 1,000 years.” Hidden in this comment is the idea that Malala’s fellow Muslims are backward and that her religion, Islam, is not conducive to […]

Muslim Women Contribution to Education in 859 AD.

Two Muslim women, Fatima and Miriam al-Firhi, created the world's first university, Al-Qarawiyyin in Fez, Morocco, in 859 AD.

Two Muslim women, Fatima and Miriam al-Firhi, created the world’s first university, Al-Qarawiyyin in Fez, Morocco, in 859 AD. For several years, students were schooled here in a plethora of secular and religious subjects. At the end of their education, teachers evaluated students and awarded degrees based on satisfactory performances. The concept of awarding degrees […]