May 2024 Blog Posts (34)

Since May 19, the Islamic Republic has been without its president and the supreme leader, Ali Khamenei, of his potential successor. It is now the latter's son, Mojtaba, who seems to be pulling the strings of the national political scene and who appears to be the real leader in the shadows.…

One of the most important functions of the Islamic Community is the preservation and the protection of the Quran.  As the custodians of the Holy scripture we at Al-Farooq in 1994 started Darul-Uloom for the specific purpose of teaching the Quran to young members of the Muslim Community.  Over the past 30 years we have graduated over 170 Hufaadh of The Quran here at Al-Farooq of Atlanta, Ga.  

Yesterday I had the honor to witness the graduation of 17 new Hufaadh of…

Sherman A. Jackson,^[1] also known as Abdul Hakim Jackson^[2] (born 1956)…

The International Court of Justice ordered a halt to Israel’s military offensive and any other action in Rafah “which may

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inflict on the Palestinian group in Gaza conditions of life that could bring about its physical destruction in whole or in part.”

While warmly welcomed by supporters of Palestinian rights, the court order …

Harvard College senior Isabella E. Peña ’24 sang the national anthem before Khalil Abdur-Rashid — Harvard’s first full-time Muslim chaplain — and Harvard Hillel Campus Rabbi Getzel Davis gave the ceremony’s opening blessing with a message of peace. This is the first time in Harvard’s history that the University has had two chaplains of different religions as the chaplains of the day.

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President William Ruto, Martin Luther King Junior's daughter Bernice King and First Lady Rachel Ruto at the Martin Luther

King's tomb on May 20, 2024. President William Ruto on Monday evening visited the Martin Luther King Centre accompanied by First Lady Rachel Ruto alongside other government officials.

The United States warmly…

On Monday morning, relief workers located the missing helicopter. State TV reported that the president’s body and that of the others on board had been identified.

Here are some reactions to the president’s death from across the world:

China

President Xi Jinping called the “tragic…

A Pennsylvania school district’s decision to remove the NAACP anthem “Lift Every Voice and Sing” from a school’s concert has sparked concern from parents and community members.

The song — written in 1900 by NAACP leader James Weldon Johnson and J. Rosamond Johnson — was cut from the Spring Cove Middle School’s concert on Tuesday May, 7, according to …

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