by Zach Dawes Jr | Apr 3, 2023 | Feature-, News
Donations from Muslims around the world have enabled the United Nations to assist around six million forcibly displaced persons in recent years, according to a report published March 24 by UNHCR, the United Nations Refugee Agency. The Refugee Zakat Fund, officially...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Oct 5, 2022 | News
U.S. Muslims were more likely to perceive themselves to be tolerant and inclusive than non-Muslims when it comes to philanthropy, according to a report published in early September by the Muslim Philanthropy Initiative at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of...
by Jack Moline | Aug 29, 2022 | Opinion
There are all sorts of friendly rivalries between the wisdom of Islam and Judaism. Arabic and Hebrew, the native languages of each tradition, have at least as much in common as French and Spanish. But there is no sacred literature that originated in the romance...
by Sara G. Tariq | Aug 16, 2022 | Opinion
America, I am not well. One of the latest reasons? The Muslim community of Albuquerque, New Mexico, has been reeling over the bizarre murders of four male members. Over the past two weeks, many Muslims either left town or hunkered down in their homes in fear. As a...
by Zach Dawes Jr | Apr 26, 2022 | News
Muslims in the U.S. gave $1.8 billion in zakat in 2021, according to a report from Indiana University’s Lilly Family School of Philanthropy published April 14. “Zakat and sadaqa are key Islamic philanthropic traditions. Zakat, the third of five pillars of Islam, is an...