June 2011 Blog Posts (101)

The Emir of Kuwait Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah arrived in London last week, leaving behind a political crisis and

In Kuwait, how will the conflicts between the Arabs and the Persians, Sunnis and Shiites, Bedouins and the urban population, the Al-Sabah family and the people, and within the Al-Sabah family itself…

"Hurra (Free) Libya! Hurra Libya! Hurra Libya!" -- the chant rang out in the playground of Fajer al-Hurra school in

Children engaged in activities far from fighting

Rebel children in rebel bastion of Benghazi seek ways to find new life as they await Moamer Gathafi's fall.

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teaching there for some time, Imam Khalil consulted his private teacher in Islamic law about what he should do with his life. He already had a bachelor’s degree in social work, yet because he did not possess a graduate degree, his time as a teacher at Georgia State was restricted to three years. Khalil’s teacher in Islamic law had just completed his PhD…

My name is Hijrah Hamd. I grew up in the north Georgia mountains and now live in the metro Atlanta area. I learned the…

Risala Fundraiser

MC for the event was Brother Mansour Ansari

Quran recitation with Surah Al-Layl

Brother Mansour spoke about the enrollment and how Risala began with a small enrollment and has increased.  He also spoke about how the room was filled with good hearted people moving in the same direction for the same cause.  He mentioned the community members present who are supporting the event. 

A young convert spoke briefly about his conversion to…

The Washington-based Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) said the embassy's refusal to return the

                     Aziz Nouhaili

WASHINGTON, D.C., 6/2/11) –- A prominent national Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization today called on the Obama administration to return the passport of an American Muslim citizen in Kuwait, which was seized by U.S. embassy officials in February.

passport amounted to…

Philadelphia (CNN) – Listen to the FBI and you will know that violent crime dropped over almost the whole country

By Eric Marrapodi, Dan Lothian, Chris Turner & Tom Foreman, CNN

 last year; murder, aggravated assault, forcible rape. Listen to people in some parts of Philadelphia and you will know that the Northeast is not part of that trend. Here the numbers keep climbing.

Violence comes to their…