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Meet Canada’s First Representative to Combat Islamophobia

Canadian Muslim human rights advocate Amira Elghawaby has been nominated as Canada’s first representative to combat Islamophobia and fight discrimination against the Muslim community. The appointment, announced Thursday, January 26,…

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Cambridge Public Schools Create Spaces for Prayer

As a devout Muslim, Zakkiyya Witherspoon has been forced to pray in closets and behind bookshelves for years because of lack of designated place to pray at work. In a…

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Olympic Fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad Inspires Islamic School Students

Hundreds of students at an Islamic school in Illinois welcomed hijabi Muslim Olympic fencing medalist Ibtihaj Muhammad to their school, seeing her success as an inspiration. The fencer visited the Islamic Foundation…

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Closed for 3 Years, Ottawa’s Church Becomes a Mosque

After being inactive for three years, the former St. Margaret Mary Church will open soon to welcome worshippers, serving as a mosque. Imam Syed Soharwardy made the announcement that the…

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Birmingham Muslim Girls Hockey Scheme Set to Expand

Successfully getting more Muslim girls to play hockey, a Birmingham project is set to expand across the country to make the sport more diverse. The interest in the game grew…

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Stockton Mosque Holds First Outdoor Call to Prayer (Adhan)

Hundreds of people gathered at a local mosque in Stockton-on-Tees, North East England, to celebrate the first outdoor adhan, or Muslim call to prayer. Farooq E Azam mosque on Bowesfield…

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Johns Hopkins Univ. Applauded for Supporting Muslim Students

A new lock on their prayer room and halal food options on campus topped the list of the demands of Muslim students at the Johns Hopkins’ University for months. “We…

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6th Hijri Month: When Is Jumada Al-Thani 1444?

Muslim News Staff 23 December, 2022 Jumada Al-Thani or Jumada al-Akhira, the 6th month in the Islamic Hijri Calendar, is expected to start on Saturday, December 24, according to astronomical calculations. “The…

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Muslims Happy as NY City Offers Halal Food in School Cafeterias

Muslim News Staff 22 December, 2022 American Muslims have applauded New York mayor’s decision to expand halal options in NYC school cafeterias. The decision came as part of the Mayor’s…

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Muslim Women Host First Christmas Market in Aston

AboutIslam & Newspapers 13 December, 2022 Celebrating the multicultural nature of Aston and Birmingham, a group of Muslim women are coming together on Tuesday, December 13, to host the first-ever…