June 13, 2013 For the first time there is a collaboration agreement between Muslim and Jewish doctors on the topic of sanitary practices, including the practice of circumcision, a religious practice important in both Judaism and Islam. The practice is now becoming a true emergency. An ad hoc meeting led by the medical practitioners…
For Raed Jarrar, the FBI’s decision Wednesday (June 5) to begin tracking hate crimes against Arabs is a battle won in a larger war. “This is just one part of fixing the system, because unfortunately many hate crimes against Arab Americans have not been noticed,” said Jarrar, spokesman for the American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee. In addition…
Ajib 03.06.2013 The management board of the Louvain Central prison in Louvain decided to open the first Islamic prayer room within a prison in Belgium. The decision mirrors the growing demand of incarcerated Muslims for prayer space. The mosque should be able to house 100 devotees. The prison board announced to not have spent any…
Zaman France 23.05.2013 In light of the approaching nationwide A-Level examination date in France, Fouad Bahri met with Mrs. Mamèche, advisor and archivist to France’s most successful high school. The Averroès high school is one of France’s few private Muslim schools and has a student success rate of 100% in regards to France’s Bac (A-Level)….
Overview Over the past 20 years, the United States has granted permanent residency status to an average of about 1 million immigrants each year. These new “green card” recipients qualify for residency in a wide variety of ways – as family members of current U.S. residents, recipients of employment visas, refugees and asylum seekers, or…
