Resources on Muslims for the Entertainment Industry
The MOST Story Bank is a live archive of stories on the most current events, people and cultural perspectives of Muslims in America and around the world. With writers in mind, MOST carefully selects story-driven news from the most reputable published sources.
CNN reports: The US government is honoring an 83-year-old Muslim cleric who hid 262 Christians in his home and mosque during an attack in central Nigeria. Imam Abubakar Abdullahi, along with four … [Read more...]
Jawahir Roble is the first female Muslim referee in British football. She is part of a nationwide initiative in the United Kingdom, sponsored by the English Football Association, with the purpose to … [Read more...]
“We need to follow the teachings of Islam to practice sound ecology in our valley,” Sartaj Sofi sermonized to his congregation of over 500 in Kasmir, India during Friday prayers. According to … [Read more...]
June 20th was World Refugee Day and Glamour magazine asked high fashion model Halima Aden to write about her experiences growing up in the Kakuma Refugee Camp in Kenya, and here are some snippets from … [Read more...]
According to UNICEF, nearly 800 million people alive today were married as children. Even though child marriage is against the law in most countries and considered a human rights violation by the … [Read more...]
The Niphon family says that they are the last of the Muslim silk weavers of Baan Krua, an older neighborhood in downtown Bangkok. "This is Muslim heritage... Baan Krua silk is very famous," says … [Read more...]
Greece's education and religion minister, Kostas Gavroglou, recently announced that the country's first state-sponsored mosque will open its doors in September. "It is particularly good that soon … [Read more...]
In April, Austria’s parliament approved a law which bans headscarves in public primary schools, prohibiting “ideologically or religiously influenced clothing associated with the covering of the head.” … [Read more...]
Yes it's true, 11-year-old Tara Sharif scored 162 points on the Mensa IQ test (which she recently took in Oxford, England) and scored two points higher than both famous geniuses Albert Einstein and … [Read more...]
From Religion News Service: There has been constant conflict in northern Nigeria for decades, pitting the majority Muslim population against the minority Christian population...In Kaduna state, the … [Read more...]
