What’s happening to the human family, and more particularly families living in desperate situations, is an obsession of Rami Nashashibi, a Palestinian by birth. It’s why he started the Inner-City Muslim Action Network, also known as IMAN, 15 years ago.

(RNS) — 2023’s rising stars in religion are loud, proud and defiant.

(AP) — The recent rise of protest movements against police brutality in the U.S. has connected Black and Palestinian activists under a common cause.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The new initiative is expected to take months to formalize, following a similar process to the plan to counter antisemitism.

(RNS) — One in a new series of interviews with contemporary faith-based leaders reinventing American faith.

(RNS) — Muslim communities are debating the ethical duties of immigrants who own businesses in black neighborhoods, from using caution in calling police to creating healthier food ecosystems.

(RNS) We asked Margari Aziza Hill, MuslimARC co-founder, to consider what 2018 will mean for religion.

(RNS) The last appointee to the 24-member council leads a Muslim community organization in Chicago.

(RNS) Obama said he wanted to tell Muslim-Americans words they don’t hear very often: “Thank you for serving your community.”

ISNA PRESS RELEASE 50th Annual ISNA Convention – August 30 – September 2, 2013 Washington DC PLAINFIELD, INDIANA  The Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) is marking the 50th year of its founding with a Convention being held on Labor Day weekend in the nation’s capital at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center.  ISNA Conventions […]

Religion & Ethics NewsWeekly is a production of THIRTEEN for WNET. Visit www.pbs.org/religionandethics for additional information.   Show # 1644 will be fed over PBS at 5:00 p.m. EST on July 5. Chicago Muslim Community Building – In a troubled neighborhood on the South side of Chicago, Rami Nashashibi, a University of Chicago Ph.D., started the […]

CHICAGO (RNS) At the corner of West 63rd Street and South Fairfield, there are all the predictable signs of decline: vacant businesses, empty lots, spikes in violence. But this nondescript intersection is also the site of a renaissance in American Islam, where new Muslim institutions are emerging at an unprecedented rate.

c. 2006 Religion News Service SAN FRANCISCO _ Geneive Abdo traveled the United States interviewing American Muslims for her latest book “Mecca and Main Street: Muslim Life in American After 9/11.” Abdo took time out from her book tour to talk about the growing religiosity among American Muslims and their increasing alienation from the mainstream. […]

(RNS) — The documentary follows Sadiq Davis’ journey to build a new life as a faithful Muslim in the South Side of Chicago after 24 years behind bars.