Resources on Muslims for the Entertainment Industry
The National Council of Canadian Muslims has recently launched an online service which tracks anti-Islamic hate crimes and incidents in Canada. “Hate crime is one of the most under-reported crimes in … [Read more...]
With a population of 450,000, Toronto has the largest Muslim population in Canada. Recently the local paper, The Star, did a “temperature read” on Muslims across the GTA (Greater Toronto Area), … [Read more...]
The Syrian civil war has displaced thousands upon thousands of students. The Institute of International Education in New York has helped organize a group of U.S. and Portuguese schools, providing 158 … [Read more...]
Virginia-based NGO Ascend is leading an effort to enable a dozen Afghan female mountain climbers to summit the tallest mountain in the country, the 24,580-foot Mt. Noshaq. And along the way, these … [Read more...]
Though Toronto’s Aga Khan Museum has been opened since last year, the adjoining park was just revealed last week. Designed by Beirut-based landscape architect Vladimir Djurovic, stone benches and … [Read more...]
“What is the one thing that Iranians are most curious about the outside world…?” “Do Iranians have a sense of humor…?” “What about the LGBT community there…?” Good question(s)! And New York Times … [Read more...]
Female Islamic leaders, known as Morchidat, are trying to improve the position of women and girls in Moroccan society by giving guidance in mosques, schools, orphanages, hospitals, prisons and rural … [Read more...]
Pakistan-born Australian cricket-star Fawad Ahmed says he wants to be a role model for the Muslim community, and represent the true essence of his faith through sport. "We are representing 1.7 billion … [Read more...]
Known as the “Buddhist Bin Laden,” Burmese monk Ashin Wirathu is a far cry from what most people think of as a peace-loving Buddhist monk. According to the Los Angeles Times, Wirathu and the extremist … [Read more...]
Kholoud Succariyeh recently chose to marry her husband in a Civil Marriage, a first for Lebanon. Succariyeh wishes to be independent and to have equality alongside her husband, and felt that a Civil … [Read more...]
