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Philosophy
fromThe Conversation
14 hours ago

Attending multiple places of worship is the norm for many Americans

Many U.S. adults attend multiple congregations, with 12% doing so regularly and 45% occasionally, influenced by political and religious affiliations.
Fundraising
fromwww.aljazeera.com
5 days ago

Why many Kashmiris are donating gold, breaking piggy banks for Iran

Kashmiris are donating personal items and savings to support civilians in Iran amid the ongoing conflict.
fromwww.theguardian.com
18 hours ago

Muslim kids are really underrepresented': the animated movie where medieval maths meets eager young minds

The children Abdullah, Aysha, Khalid and Layla stumble across a time-travel device in a lab, only to find themselves pursued by a rogue alchemist who has discovered its power.
Philosophy
#al-aqsa-mosque
fromThe Conversation
4 days ago

How Islamophobic rhetoric leaves an impact on the mental health of Muslim Americans

A study by the Center for the Study of Organized Hate found that the average number of Islamophobic posts jumped from 2,000 to 6,000 each day on X alone in the first six days of the conflict.
Philosophy
World news
fromenglish.elpais.com
2 weeks ago

Pilgrims under the bombs on their way to Iraq

The pilgrimage to Imam Hussein's tomb in Karbala is affected by regional conflict, resulting in fewer visitors despite its significance to Shia Muslims.
Philosophy
fromPsychology Today
1 week ago

Are Muslim Arabs Especially Likely to Believe in Fate?

Cultural groups exhibit varying levels of fatalism, influencing their perspectives on control and destiny.
Independent films
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Q review freedom, lies and transgressions in emotional fallout from a secretive Muslim women's movement

Jude Chehab's documentary reveals her family's complex relationship with the al-Qubaysiat, highlighting themes of submission, liberation, and rediscovery of voice.
fromThe Conversation
1 week ago

The enduring legacy of medieval Christian depictions of Islam in today's political discourse

U.S. House Speaker Mike Johnson described Iran's majority faith tradition, Shiite Islam, as a 'misguided religion' while discussing the ongoing U.S. strikes against Iran on March 4, 2026.
Philosophy
#iran
Podcast
fromThe New Yorker
3 weeks ago

How the War Has Reshaped Life in Iran

Life in Iran is challenging under bombardment and government repression, with citizens fearing the ongoing war will increase their suffering regardless of the outcome.
Writing
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

Life in Iran, Amid Repression and War

The Iranian regime's brutality has intensified, leading to widespread anger and despair among dissidents amid escalating conflict with the U.S. and Israel.
Podcast
fromThe New Yorker
3 weeks ago

How the War Has Reshaped Life in Iran

Life in Iran is challenging under bombardment and government repression, with citizens fearing the ongoing war will increase their suffering regardless of the outcome.
Writing
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

Life in Iran, Amid Repression and War

The Iranian regime's brutality has intensified, leading to widespread anger and despair among dissidents amid escalating conflict with the U.S. and Israel.
Fundraising
fromwww.theguardian.com
3 weeks ago

Different beliefs, shared humanity: why so many Australians celebrate diverse religious festivals

Participation in diverse faith and cultural celebrations fosters understanding and community bonds.
#eid-al-fitr
NYC parents
fromwww.theguardian.com
4 weeks ago

In Gaza, the joy of Eid has gone. Visiting relatives at the end of Ramadan is a procession through loss | Ahmed Kamal Junina

Eid al-Fitr in Gaza this year was marked by sorrow and loss, overshadowing traditional celebrations and rituals.
London politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

It makes me feel more British': Muslims say religious diversity in the UK part of identity

Political tensions surrounding Eid al-Fitr celebrations in the UK have sparked concerns about bigotry and the acceptance of diversity.
NYC politics
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

Mamdani put Ramadan at the center of NYC's cultural life, bringing joy and a backlash

Mayor Zohran Mamdani hosted an iftar celebration for Muslim city workers, framing it as defiance against dehumanization while responding to Senator Tuberville's inflammatory post equating the gathering with 9/11.
New York City
fromQNS
1 month ago

Mayor Mamdani breaks Ramadan fast at Astoria mosque, celebrates 'return home' - QNS

Mayor Zohran Mamdani, the city's first Muslim mayor, broke his Ramadan fast at an Astoria mosque with Bosnian New Yorkers, describing the visit as a homecoming to his former assembly district.
Arts
fromHyperallergic
1 month ago

Islamic Futurism Here and Now

Contemporary Islamic artists advance visual traditions through calligraphy, installation, and speculative image-making, while global art institutions face boycott demands and labor disputes.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

There's nothing sinister about Muslim prayers in Trafalgar Square. As a bishop, I reject the right's attacks on worship | Arun Arora

Every year on Remembrance Day, the bishop of London leads a public Christian act of lamentation in the open air, accompanied by hymns, Bible readings, and prayers in the name of Jesus Christ.
London politics
NYC LGBT
fromRewire News Group
1 month ago

Queer Muslims Find Community Through Ramadan

The LGBT Community Center in New York City celebrates its tenth annual iftar, providing a vital sanctuary for queer Muslims to embrace their intersectional identities during Ramadan.
#ramadan-observance
fromComplex
1 month ago
New York Knicks

Zohran Mamdani and Mohamed Diawara Share Iftar in Harlem

NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Knicks rookie Mohamed Diawara shared an iftar meal at a Harlem Senegalese restaurant and played basketball together, demonstrating community connection despite prior tensions between Mamdani and the Knicks organization.
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago
LA food

8 halal restaurants to break your fast during Ramadan

Los Angeles restaurants are offering special Ramadan accommodations including late-night hours, iftar menus, and discounts as demand for halal food and iftar dining experiences increases significantly.
LA food
fromLos Angeles Times
1 month ago

8 halal restaurants to break your fast during Ramadan

Los Angeles restaurants are offering special Ramadan accommodations including late-night hours, iftar menus, and discounts as demand for halal food and iftar dining experiences increases significantly.
Philosophy
fromwww.amny.com
2 weeks ago

Editorial | Celebrating the faiths we share as New Yorkers | amNewYork

Easter, Passover, and Ramadan share themes of family meals, spiritual renewal, and freedom across different faiths.
fromPhilosophynow
2 weeks ago

Love & Emptiness in the Sufi Tradition

Rumi argues that to love is to enter the unknown: to love is to empty the self of all self-knowledge entirely. He believes that emptiness is a paradoxical state of infinite fullness, allowing for the purest form of love and union with the divine.
Philosophy
Philosophy
fromThe Conversation
3 weeks ago

Shiite grief over attacks on Iran's sacred cities has deep historical roots

Shiite communities in South Asia mourn the death of Ayatollah Khamenei, fearing loss of holy cities and shrines amid escalating violence.
World news
fromwww.npr.org
1 month ago

'Everybody was wearing black.' How the Iranian diaspora is observing Nowruz amid war

Nowruz celebrations this year were marked by mourning and reflection due to recent tragedies in Iran.
#ramadan-traditions
Berlin food
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Before sunrise: while the city sleeps, suhoor meals attract a lively social scene during Ramadan

Sydney's Muslim community is embracing late-night suhoor dining traditions during Ramadan, with food venues like The Meat Up in Auburn extending hours to serve pre-dawn meals after evening prayers.
Berlin food
fromTruthout
1 month ago

Ramadan Revolved Around My Grandma. Bombs Took Her House. Famine Took Her Life.

A Palestinian family's Ramadan traditions centered on their grandmother are forever altered after her death during famine conditions in Gaza, leaving an irreplaceable absence in their annual observance.
Berlin food
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Before sunrise: while the city sleeps, suhoor meals attract a lively social scene during Ramadan

Sydney's Muslim community is embracing late-night suhoor dining traditions during Ramadan, with food venues like The Meat Up in Auburn extending hours to serve pre-dawn meals after evening prayers.
Berlin food
fromTruthout
1 month ago

Ramadan Revolved Around My Grandma. Bombs Took Her House. Famine Took Her Life.

A Palestinian family's Ramadan traditions centered on their grandmother are forever altered after her death during famine conditions in Gaza, leaving an irreplaceable absence in their annual observance.
Food & drink
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

In a world where eating has become solitary and rushed, Ramadan restores something radical: shared time | Muhammad Abdulsater

Iftar synchronises people at sunset, transforming eating into a shared, deliberate ritual that reconnects nourishment with social and spiritual rhythm.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Quran echoes loudly as Palestinian reciters gather in Gaza

Two hundred and fifty-six Quran memorisers—Palestinians who have committed the entire holy book to memory—sat in the place while companions beside them listened attentively, following each word carefully to ensure the recitation remained flawless. The gathering, titled Safwat Al-Huffaz—The Elite of Quran Memorisers, has become a special collective way of observing Ramadan in Gaza.
World news
#ramadan
#tahini
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

This Ramadan, know this: I am me, a Muslim and a Briton. I am not a headline, a threat or a stereotype | Nazir Afzal

Not a day passes without some overt expression of it in our national life. A crime committed by one Muslim becomes an indictment of all Muslims. A cultural practice is wrenched from context and weaponised to provoke anxiety. A theological concept is distorted to imply threat. And on the streets, and increasingly online, it can turn into violence, intimidation or exclusion directed at anyone who looks Muslim.
UK news
London food
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

How Lent and Ramadan unite fasting Londoners

Ramadan and Lent, occurring simultaneously for the first time since 1993, share common fasting practices rooted in spiritual reflection, prayer, and personal transformation across different faiths.
Running
fromwww.bbc.com
1 month ago

'I take training seriously but Ramadan is more important'

British marathon runner Mahamed Mahamed trains at altitude in Morocco while fasting during Ramadan, completing sessions as late as 1am to balance religious observance with preparation for the London Marathon.
Brooklyn
fromBrooklyn Eagle
2 months ago

NYC hosts its first public Muslim Heritage Month celebration

New York City will observe Muslim-American Heritage Month in January 2026 with a Jan. 28 capstone event honoring Muslim New Yorkers' cultural and historical contributions.
Mindfulness
fromIndependent
2 months ago

'I might not have found Jesus in Jordan, but for a moment I felt my grandparents'

Grandparents brought River Jordan water from a pilgrimage and used it for the narrator's baptism, linked to family faith and an 'angelic baby' claim.
US politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

This is Muslim New York: artists, thinkers and politicos on defining a new era for the city

Muslim creatives and intellectuals in New York City are rising, reshaping the cultural landscape and rebuking Islamophobia amid a renewed Palestinian-rights movement.
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Fast-breaking fashion: Ramadan becomes part of London fashion week

From dawn to dusk Muslims fast from food and distraction, with sunset being an energy-shifting moment. Programming this pause into one of the fashion industry's most tightly scheduled weeks was deliberate. As soon as I found out that fashion week would fall [now], I had to incorporate it. This collection was built around the themes of Ramadan.
London music
UK politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Rejecting Muslim hostility definition sends message your safety doesn't matter', peer says

Failing to adopt a definition of anti-Muslim hostility signals that British Muslims' safety is not prioritized, despite rising hate crimes and growing feelings of exclusion.
History
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Access denied: why Muslims worldwide are being debanked' | Oliver Bullough

A Welsh farm project reconnects Somali diaspora with culture while exposing global banking unfairness that excludes marginalized communities and threatens their participation.
Miscellaneous
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Pilates after prayers: men's classes in Bradford mosques offer fitness and friendship

Older men attend mosque-based pilates in Bradford for spiritual, physical and mental wellbeing and social connection; a viral video increased attendance and global interest.
Marketing
fromLondon Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com
2 months ago

Arzam Shehzad and Seara Consulting: A halal marketing agency helping Muslims build ethical businesses - London Business News | Londonlovesbusiness.com

Arzam Shehzad built Seara Consulting into a multi-six-figure halal marketing agency for accounting firms while integrating Islamic ethics and supporting orphanages.
Fashion & style
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

Muslim women are not afraid to be seen' the power of the printed hijab

Printed hijabs represent a cultural shift among Muslim women, particularly Gen Z, moving from blending in to bold self-expression and identity assertion through fashion.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Thousands march worldwide in solidarity with Palestine, Iran on al-Quds Day

Tens of thousands of people have gathered around the world for al-Quds Day, an annual event on the final Friday of Ramadan demonstrating solidarity with Palestine and opposition to Israeli occupation. Rallies took place across numerous countries, including Iran, Malaysia, Indonesia, Kashmir and Yemen.
World news
Philosophy
fromThe Conversation
1 month ago

When US fights in the Middle East, American Muslim students often face discrimination

Expanding Middle East conflict threatens Muslim and Arab American communities with increased hostility and violence, exacerbated by anti-Muslim rhetoric from political leaders.
Philosophy
fromThe New Yorker
1 month ago

How God Got So Great

Monotheism functions as a moral and political credential in American public life, with non-belief in God representing a greater electoral liability than other demographic factors.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Ramadan in Yemen's Aden: Optimism dimmed by tensions and shortages

After years of operating from exile, Yemen's Saudi-backed, UN-recognised cabinet is spending Ramadan in Aden, a move that has coincided with improvements in basic services and a renewed sense of relief. Yet that relief was overshadowed by the deadly confrontation between security forces and antigovernment protesters, in which at least one person was killed.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
1 month ago

Small but mighty: Colombia's Muslim community celebrates Ramadan

But Zia is one of an estimated 85,000 to 100,000 Muslims in Colombia, comprising less than 0.2 percent of the country's population. Within that community, though, is a prism of diverse backgrounds and experiences. Some of Colombia's Muslims reflect a rich history of migration to the region. Others are converts. The Colombian Islamic community is a small one but enjoys more on account of its diversity, Zia said, as he took a break from serving tea in his uncle Zaheer's restaurant
World news
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 month ago

This Ramadan in Gaza we pray for mercy, share what we have and light a single candle for hope | Majdoleen Abu Assi

Ramadan in Gaza is marked by displacement, constant fear, destruction, and soaring costs, turning rituals into struggles under surveillance and uncertainty.
World news
fromThe Atlantic
2 months ago

What I Saw in Mashhad

Protests in Mashhad were complex, rooted in economic grievances and local cultural dynamics, not a simple 'fall' to the opposition.
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