Google Doodle Honors Structural Engineer Fazlur Rahman Khan
Monday’s Google Doodle featured a drawing of a man standing behind skyscrapers and high-rise buildings. That man is Fazlur Rahman Khan, a Bangladeshi-American structural engineer and architect who was a pioneer in the field of high-rise buildings and large-scale design, leading to their advancement. Monday marked what would be his 88th birthday. The “father of […]
Islamic Center Of Tallahassee (ICT) – Feeding the Homeless
In the process of: – reaching out for the greater community of Tallahassee – stimulating the team work activities among the Muslim Community – Teaching others about the values of Islam The Islamic Center Of Tallahassee (ICT) started feeding the homeless about two years ago but we where offered a chance to help in cooking […]
Once a US Soldier, Iranian Immigrant Now Serves Veterans
Assal Ravandi knows service. First, as a soldier in the United States Army in Afghanistan. Now, as a soldier for soldiers at the organization she founded – Academy of United States Veterans. But Ravandi insists that her service has not been selfless. “Serving has always made me feel good and therefore, I consider it to […]
Abdul Sattar Edhi: Google honours ‘Angel of Mercy’
Abdul Sattar Edhi founded the world’s largest volunteer ambulance network in Pakistan, the Edhi Foundation. Unlike wealthy individuals that fund charities in their names, Edhi dedicated his life to the poor from the age of 20, when he himself was penniless in Karachi . The reach of Edhi’s foundation grew internationally, and in 2015 the […]
The Muslim world has to take climate action
For years now, a strange paradox has existed within the Muslim world. On the one hand, Muslims – who represent more than a fifth of the global population – live in some of the regions most affected by the changing climate; from Turkey and the Middle East with their increasingly intense droughts to the floodplains […]
Cher, Muslim Groups and Neighbors Deliver Water to Flint City in Crisis
Clean drinking water is flowing into Flint, Michigan again thanks to volunteers and celebrities like Cher. Flint’s tap water became contaminated with lead after the city switched from Detroit’s water system to the Flint River as a water source, which caused lead to leach out of pipes last year. The federal government announced a disaster […]