Aysha Khan / RNS On Friday afternoons, the tech startup staffers and other daily occupants of a downtown co-working space here are learning to coexist with a new neighbor down the hall: A small conference room on the third floor has been transformed into a Muslim prayer room. It’s not the Continue Reading
Headscarves, hoops and victories. Milwaukee’s Salam School girls basketball team shatters stereotypes
By Annysa Johnson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel MILWAUKEE — It’s not unusual for first-time opponents to underestimate the lady Salam Stars. The girls can see it — in an opponent’s glance, maybe the way she drops her shoulders — when the Stars take the court Continue Reading
Muslim Council of Britain to Train Women to Run Mosques
By Harriet Sherwood Britain’s leading Muslim organisation has launched a scheme to train women for leadership positions in mosques and community bodies. Twenty women have embarked on the six-month intensive programme run by the Muslim Council of Britain, aimed at equipping them for leadership Continue Reading
#MosqueMeToo Puts Muslim Women “Between a Rock and a Hard Place”
By AYMANN ISMAIL For Muslims who grew up in the West, a mosque can be the only place where you get to be yourself. As a member of a highly politicized minority group, being with other Muslims can feel like the only way to not have your identity assigned to you. Like other places of worship, a Continue Reading