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EEOC, JBS ink $5.5 mln settlement over firing of Muslim workers

JBS USA LLC will pay $5.5 million to settle a long-running lawsuit by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission accusing the meatpacking company of firing scores of Somali Muslims who had…

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‘Hero’ Saudi officer foiled Grand Mosque attack by ‘man claiming to be Messiah’

The attack at one of Saudi Arabia’s holiest sites was halted amid dramatic scenes caught on live television. (SPA/File) A Saudi security officer has been hailed a “hero” after stepping…

Articles History

IBN BAWWAB: THE SON OF A DOORKEEPER WHO BECAME A GREAT CALLIGRAPH

Ibn al-Bawwab is considered one of the founders of calligraphic art in the Islamic world, writes Melike Temiz. It is assumed that Ibn al-Bawwab was born in the second half…

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Hands Off My Hijab Movement Gains Traction in France

Muslim women in France have launched the Pas touche à mon hijab (Hands Off My Hijab) movement on social media to protest the Senate’s expansion of the list of Muslim…

Articles History

Why Is the City of Jerusalem Important in Islam?

In Arabic, Jerusalum is called “Al-Quds”—the Noble, Sacred Place Jerusalem is perhaps the only city in the world that is considered historically and spiritually significant to Jews, Christians, and Muslims…

Acts of Worship Articles

Sunnah Days to Fast Throughout the Year

By Heraa Hashmi With the end of Ramadan comes the beginning of nostalgia. We count down the days until next Ramadan, and often feel at a loss. While Ramadan is…

Articles Muslim World

Palestinians celebrate in Gaza as ceasefire with Israel comes into effect and world hopes for lasting peace

People take to the streets to celebrate following a ceasefire brokered by Egypt between Israel and the ruling Islamist movement Hamas in the Gaza Strip Palestinians flooded the streets of Gaza in…

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The Israeli-Palestinian conflict won’t be the same again

Palestinian demonstrators look at burning tires during a protest in the Israeli-occupied West Bank. (Reuters/Ammar Awad) After the shooting war over Gaza wound down early Friday, it seems that the Israelis…

Articles Family and Society

China’s persecuted Muslims find haven in the US

In January, 7-year-old Bayan Auelkhan landed at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport with her parents. She found herself over 7,000 miles away from her home in Kazakhstan, and her family…

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Muslim man out to buy medicine lynched in Haryana, six arrested

In yet another incident of hate crime, a Muslim man was lynched by a mob of Gujjar men on the 16 May night while he was returning from buying medicines,…