Shooting at Ramadan event in West Philly leaves 3 injured, 5 in custody, police say
Three people were shot at the end of a Ramadan event attended by around 1,000 people in West Philadelphia's Parkside section Wednesday afternoon, police said.
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Three people were shot at the end of a Ramadan event attended by around 1,000 people in West Philadelphia's Parkside section Wednesday afternoon, police said.
For Muslims, this is the holiest month of the year; Ramadan.
A federal appeals court has ruled that a Maryland high school's lesson on Islam during world history class didn't violate a Christian student's Constitutional rights.
Amara Majeed founded a website called "The Hijab Project," aimed at combating discrimination against Muslim girls and women who wear head-scarves in public. She self-published a book of short biographies of 17 peace-loving, law-abiding Muslims from around the world. She provides online commentary for CNN and, starting earlier this month, for the Huffington Post.
Media advisers from the United States and around the world are heading to Nigeria to help find nearly 300 schoolgirls abducted by a terrorist group.
Speaking out. As the bodies of four Americans return to U.S. soil, Maryland's Muslim community responds to the violence exploding in the Middle East.
A mosque is preparing to open in the heart of the Jewish community in Pikesville.
American Muslims try to distance themselves from their violent counterparts overseas and serve others.