Islamic nonprofit reaches out to community with back-to-school giveaway
Supplying free book bags containing school supplies to children is part of the new Islamic Ministries and Community Development’s outreach efforts. Imam Faruq Post chatted with parents and children visiting the nonprofit’s Back 2 School Giveaway on Sunday in Hagerstown’s West End. A canopy was set up in front of the group’s 455 W. Washington […]
Muslim Doctors to Trump Fans: We’ll Treat You Even if You Hate Us
Sure, fans of The Donald say they hate Islam, but Cleveland’s Muslim doctors stand ready to treat them during the GOP convention all the same. CLEVELAND — If an anti-Muslim Trump supporter gets injured during the Republican National Convention, there’s a good chance the medical treatment will be provided by a Muslim doctor. Donald Trump […]
American Muslims Are Delivering Fresh Water To Flint Residents
Islamic Relief USA is delivering over 100,000 bottles of fresh water to the residents of Flint, Michigan.
Muslim Contributions to Philosophy
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
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. 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 […]
RAHAT HUSAIN: Muslims donate 30,000 bottles of water to Flint, Michigan, during water crisis
A Muslim organization called “Who is Hussain?” donated 30,000 bottles of water to the Red Cross in Flint, Michigan, on Sunday to help alleviate the water contamination crisis that has gripped the city for months. The donation drive came on the heels of President Obama’s declaration of the situation as a federal state of emergency. […]
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 […]