Omar Akersim prays regularly and observes the dawn-to-dusk Ramadan fast. He is also openly gay. Akersim, 26, is part of a small but growing number of American Muslims challenging the long-standing interpretations of Islam that defined their parents’ world. They believe that one can be gay and Muslim; that the...
Since I ventured into independent film-making in 2012, I have been wailing about the state of mainstream films in Malaysia: the films tend to be generic and made of fluff, catered to a very specific audience that are fed tired tropes which package misogyny and domestic violence and sold as...
A group of Muslim charities have joined forces to support drought-affected Australian farmers. The Brisbane-based charity Muslim Charitable Foundation (MCF), together with Muslim Aid Australia and the Islamic Council of Queensland, raised enough funds to deliver 33 tonnes of hay – 132 bales – to Goondiwindi on the NSW-Queensland border,...
Kaneez Fatima has become Kashmir’s second female pilot, with the 24-year-old Muslim lady now hired in Air India after completing her training. “Our family has struggled a lot to make this happen. With the active support of Fatima’s grandparents – Haji Fatima Banu and late Ghulam Rasool, their nurse mother worked...
