CHANGE PASSWORD
by Rehan Qamar The Minneapolis City Council voted to allow broadcasts of the Athan or Muslim call to prayer at all times, becoming the first major American city to do so. On Thursday, the City Council approved amending the city’s noise ordinance in a unanimous vote. The Muslim call to prayer known as the adhan or azan, is recited […]
By Yousuf Ali On Sunday April 9 envoys from Saudi Arabia and Oman joined peace talks between competing factions in Yemen. The war in Yemen began in 2015 after the Houthis took control of large parts of the country prompting Saudi Arabia and its allies in the region to bomb the country leading to a […]
Reposted from Al Jazeera On March 30, nearly 5,000 people poured into the streets of north Mumbai to participate in a procession celebrating the Hindu festival of Ram Navami, which marks the birth of the god, Ram.India: Muslims see wave of attacks, hate speech on Hindu festival/ For about three hours, the procession passed through Muslim […]
by Rehan Qamar An Imam is in stable condition after being stabbed while conducting fajir prayer on Sunday morning at a mosque in Paterson, New Jersey, local officials reported. The incident occurred around 5:30 AM at Omar Mosque in south Paterson. Video footage shows a man jumping up to attack the Imam while others go […]
by Khalid Rizvi As I set out on my journey to Al-Quds on November 24th, 2022, via King Hussain bridge to the Israeli border for visa clearance to enter the blessed city. As I stepped into the sacred land of Prophets and barakah, I was filled with excitement. I booked the New Capitol Hotel close […]
Issue 4 Volume25 April 2023 Print
Issue 3 Volume25 March 2023 Print
By Dawood Zwink former TMO staff member “If you save the life of even one person, it will be as if you have saved the life of all of humanity.” Qur’an 5:32 Update: As events have progressed, we are able to add information. We now have confirmation that the family’s mother and father are both […]
by Hannan Adely Nadia Kahf, a hijab-wearing attorney from Wayne, drew a standing-room crowd at the Passaic County Courthouse last Tuesday, as she was sworn in as a state Superior Court judge, in an event that sparked international headlines describing her as a trailblazer. That barrier was broken again the very next day when Dalya […]
The following story is a story done by Al Jazeera on the approximately 500 Muslims displaced by the violence in eastern DR Congo, which have little water and food to break their Ramadan fast. It is a difficult Ramadan for hundreds of Muslims displaced by the deadly violence in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). Some […]
by Neshmia Malik Reposted from WGN9 As Muslims around the world embrace the spiritual month of Ramadan, a North-suburban religious leader in Illinois makes it a point to share grace with those spending the special time of year away from loved ones. “Mosques across the world are packed in these blessed nights. The community is standing […]
By Yousuf Ali On Monday March 27th, the Scottish National party announced the results of their leadership election. Humza Yousaf won with 52% of the vote on the second ballot, defeating Kate Forbes and Ash Regan. Because the SNP is the ruling party in Scotland, the leadership contest was by extension an election for the […]
by Rehan Qamar A man killed two women and injured several other people at an Ismaili Muslim center in Lisbon, Portugal Tuesday. Portuguese authorities said they were investigating Tuesday’s stabbing attack as a possible terror act. The women were Portuguese staff members at the center, Ismaili community leader Narzim Ahmad told Portuguese TV channel SIC. […]
Reposted from PassBlue.com Pakistani Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari opposes the general perception that Islam represses women while ignoring various negative indices regarding women in his own country. “Islam was the first religion to give rights to women,” he declared in a session on “Women in Islam,” held at the United Nations and led by Zardari as […]
by M. Basheer Ahmed M.D. Ramadan is indeed an exceptional month of fasting for Muslims around the world. It is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, during which Muslims fast (refrain from eating and drinking) from dawn until sunset. The fast is observed as a form of worship and is one of the […]
By Yousuf Ali Israeli Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich made remarks where he denied the Palestinian peoplehood to delegitimize their claim to Palestine on March 20. He claimed that he was a true Palestinian and to be a 13th generation Jerusalemite despite the fact that his own ancestors were in Ukraine far sooner than that. He […]
By Mahvish Akhtar On Tuesday, March 14, 2023, the Lahore High Court issued an arrest warrant for Imran Khan, the chairman of PTI. The process did not go as smoothly as it should have. Khan refused to leave his home, declaring he feared for his life. In a video message on Tuesday, the leader called […]
by Rehan Qamar The Islamabad High Court (IHC) in Pakistan announced its decision on the appeal challenging the conviction of Zahir Jaffer and others in the infamous Noor Muqaddam murder case on Monday.The court ruled that capital punishment of the primary suspect will remain in place. Jaffer’s conviction of life in prison after murdering 27-year-old […]
Reposted from Ever Loved Imam Abdullah Bey El-Amin was born RasBerry Holland III in Little Rock, AR on October 31, 1944 to doting parents, RasBerry Holland II and Thelma De Loney Holland. He was the cherished third child born to this union. At the age of 7 years old, he moved to Detroit, MI. He […]
By Ruth Marks Eglash | from Fox News In a groundbreaking ruling, an official Islamic legislative body based in the Arab world declared a “fatwa,” or a legal opinion, against the Islamist militant group Hamas Thursday, calling its treatment of millions of Palestinians living under its rule in the Gaza Strip “inhumane” and urging the terrorist organization and its […]
