Emily Feng / NPR This August, Aibota Zhanibek received a surprising callin Kazakhstan from a relative through Chinese chat app WeChat. It was about her sister, Kunekai Zhanibek. Aibota, 35, a Kazakh citizen born in China, knew that Kunekai, 33, had been held for about seven months in a Continue Reading
Utah’s largest mosque is taking shape, complete with ‘female friendly’ features
Peggy Fletcher Stack / The Salt Lake Tribune A new mosque with a surprisingly original look and feel is rising in West Jordan. Its domes will be pyramidlike triangles, rather than the spheres most common to mosques. The women’s section will be nearly equal in size and on the same floor as Continue Reading
Iran has world’s ‘fastest-growing church,’ despite no buildings – and it’s mostly led by women: documentary
Caleb Parke / Fox News A new film tells the story of the "fastest-growing church" in the world, an underground, persecuted Christian movement in a country known for exporting radical Islamic terrorism — Iran. People in Iran, a Muslim-majority nation, are fleeing Islam in droves Continue Reading
Santa Clara family waits for answers after Air Canada forces 12-year-old to remove her hijab at SFO
Erin Woo / Mercury News / August 25, 2019 SANTA CLARA — As the first player on the U.S. Squash national team to compete in a hijab, 12-year-old Fatima Abdelrahman is aware that her presence is a statement of sorts. Currently ranked fifth in the country for her age group, she’s been competing Continue Reading
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