Muslim Women Slowly Breaking Sports Barrier...
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif.–The women entered the brightly colored room with sets of kickboxing equipment lined up on the side. Some slowly took off their scarves, also known as a hijab, and jilbab, revealing their workout gear underneath. Their fitness instructor, Phalestinah Abdo, welcomes them with the words, “Assalamu ‘alaykum” (Peace be with you). Responding with the words, “Wa ‘alaykum salaam,” they began stretching their arms, starting their cardio kickboxing routine with two sharp jabs and a hook. Although there is nothing in the Quran that forbids Muslim women from exercising, they are not allowed to exercise uncovered or have physical contact with men. However, there are many stories well known to Muslims about women going to battles....
Muslim women take a lead in their community with Texas tornado relief...
On Easter Sunday morning, several teams of volunteers headed to tornado-hit sites in Arlington and Lancaster, answering the call of several disaster relief organizations. Locally, Irving based Muslim non-profit humanitarian relief organization OneNation Relief and Charity, an operating arm of Baitulmaal USA for local US-based relief work, started mobilizing their volunteers after the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex was hit by devastating tornadoes last Tuesday. Last night, Baitulmaal and One Nation pulled a crew of volunteers to help clear tornado debris in an Arlington neighborhood on Hidden Oaks Lane this morning. More than twenty five volunteers with work gloves started picking up debris and loading them onto trailers and pick-up beds. When rain started pouring down around 2:00 pm, the volunteers continued working till 3:00...
Airborne prayers problem solved for tech-savvy Muslims...
By Martin Abbugao | AFP – Thu, Apr 5, 2012 As a frequent flier and devout Muslim, businessman Abdalhamid Evans always comes up against the same challenge in the air: when to say his prayers. Muslims are required to pray five times a day at certain hours, but this schedule becomes complicated when crossing various time zones at thousands of metres above sea level. “I usually don’t pray when I am in a plane,” said Evans, the London-based founder of a website that provides information on the global halal, or Islam-compliant, industry. “But lately I have been thinking that it is probably better to do them in the air than make them up on arrival,” he told AFP. The problem may be solved for travellers such as...
UK Muslim Girl to Carry OIympic Torch
Published on Wednesday 28 March 2012 16:37 Several well deserving people have been given the honour of carrying the Olympic torch. Dinnington Comprehensive’s Dana Abdulkarim and Jack Waring were both overwhelmed when they discovered they had been chosen. Jack, 17, was left paralysed when he collapsed after taking ear drops for a suspected infection several years ago. Since then he has taken up wheelchair basketball now trains with the GB as well as playing for various others, as well as studying for his A Levels. “I am just overwhelmed. It’s really, really exciting and I’m honoured to be chosen for such a thing,” said Jack, who will carry the torch in Scunthorpe. “I’m looking forward to watching...
Egyptians bid tearful farewell to Pope Shenouda III...
By Ashraf Sadek – The Egyptian GazetteWednesday, March 21, 2012 02:04:37 PM Pope Shenouda III, the head of Egypt’s Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, was laid to rest at St. Bishoy Monastery in Wadi el-Natroun to scenes of searing emotion from hundreds of thousands of Egyptian mourners. Many wailed in an outpouring of grief as the casket was flown from the Orthodox Cathedral in the Cairo neighbourhood of Abbasiya to Wadi el-Natroun by military helicopter after the ceremony. Earlier in the day, Tuesday, hundreds of thousands of Egyptians, many openly sobbing, paid their last respects to Coptic Orthodox Pope Shenouda III, popularly known as ‘Baba Shenouda’ who died on Saturday night aged...
Egyptian Muslim and Christian Mourners Flock to Funeral of Much-Loved Pope Shenouda III...
source Hundreds of thousands of Egyptians gathered Tuesday morning at St Mark’s Cathedral, in Abbassiya, Cairo for the funeral of much-loved leader of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Pope Shenouda III, who passed away Saturday. Mourners attempted to enter the cathedral grounds as prayers started at 10am, to pay their respects to the spiritual leader whose body lay in an open casket. However, many were prevented from entering the cathedral grounds, which have been shut since the early hours of Tuesday morning following an announcement by the heads of the Coptic Church that the funeral would be invite-only. Thousands of key politicians, national and international religious leaders and public figures attended. Members of the ruling Supreme Council of...
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