DALLAS (RNS) — Aliyah Muzamil, a single mother of two, was without electricity for three days and nights during Texas’ deep freeze last week. One night the three of them slept in her car to keep warm. One day, they ran out of food. “I left my kids with my neighbors...
The profile of New York City’s Muslim population has risen rapidly in recent years. In 2015, the city designated Eid al Fitr and Eid al Adha as school holidays; that same year, Mayor Bill de Blasio added a senior advisor to his Community Affairs Unit with a...
HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) — ICNA Relief, a Muslim-based non-profit organization, has been giving back to the Houston community since 2005. Their work includes big projects like food drives, medical assistance, transitional housing, and more, but their mission is...
By Abeer Sher, President ICNA Sisters Back in 2011, after human rights activist, Tawakkol Karman received her Nobel Peace Prize, she was asked about her hijab by journalists who felt the hijab was out of place with her level of education and intellect. Her response...
By Imam Khalid Griggs The life stories of generations of people of African descent in the United States are testimonials to the capacity of human beings to overcome, with Allah’s help, adverse life circumstances that typically cripple the social advancement of even...
WASHINGTON – Today, the NO BAN Act Coalition is celebrating the end of the Muslim and African Ban and calling on Congress to take the next step and prevent similar bans from being enacted again. The NO BAN Act Coalition is an alliance of national and local civil...
