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Community News (V15-I14)
Community news volume 15 issue 14
Muslims in NCAA Sweet 16
A quartet of Muslim college basketball players remains as the 2013 NCAA Tournament hits the Sweet 16. And of those four, it has been a big man, and a man who plays big, that have stood out.
Muslim College Stars of Tomorrow
Muslim college basketball players such as Rasheed Sulaimon, Gorgui Dieng, and Arsalan Kazemi are flourishing in this year’s NCAA men’s college basketball tournament…
Haitian Americans Lead Fight Against Cholera Outbreak
Haitians are still stinging from the dismissal last February by the United Nations of their claim for justice on behalf of hundreds of thousands of people who have fallen ill and 8,000 who have died and continue to die since UN peacekeeping troops leaked raw sewage into the Artibonite River.
Actress Embraces Islam
Filipino actress Queenie Padilla converts to Islam
Sulaimon And Deng Highlight Midwest Bracket
By Parvez Fatteh, Founder of http://sportingummah.com, sports@muslimobserver.com A big man and a guard highlight the Muslim contingent of the Midwest Regional of the 2013 NCAA Men’s basketball tournament this week. That big man is Louisville University center Gorgui Dieng, the number one seeded Cardinals’ 6’11” center from Senegal. And in the only Muslim-against-Muslim matchup in [...]
East Region Loaded with Muslim Talent
By Parvez Fatteh, Founder of http://sportingummah.com, sports@muslimobserver.com There are a number of teams in the East Region of this year’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament that are sporting Muslim basketball players. The only head-to-head matchup of Muslim talent in this region involves Syracuse University and Montana University. Traditional power Syracuse boasts Baye Keita, a 6’10” junior [...]
Financial Pressures Lead Colleges, Universities Toward Outsourcing
Although not without controversy, money saved can be directed to other needs With college costs escalating, student populations increasing and state and federal funding on the decline, financial pressures are being felt at higher education campuses throughout the state. These financial pressures are leading to consideration by many of outsourcing of some services that campus [...]
Patience Is Struggle
Israel / Palestine
Islam is an American Religion
Tariq Ramadan Speaks at IAGD
Kadri Turning Over A New Leaf
The Toronto Maple Leafs have been one of the real surprises in the early going of the 2013 National Hockey League season.
The Bionic Rower
By Parvez Fatteh, Founder of http://sportingummah.com, sports@muslimobserver.com In August of 2011, Mohamed Al-Rabti, a member of the Libyan national rowing team, was seriously injured when his anti-government military unit was attacked by forces backing former Libyan president Moammar Ghadafi. The attack resulted in injuries that forced an above elbow amputation of Al-Rabti’s left arm. And [...]
Largest May bond election in Texas since 2008 drawing interest
$4.67B in city, school, community college, hospital districts on tap
Community News (V15-I12)
community news
MFS Gala Dinner
About 500 people gathered Sunday at Burton Manor for the Muslim Family Services annual gala and fundraiser, hearing a keynote speech by Dr. Jawad Shah.
Let Our Children Go – Part 3
After Jessica Reed and Maged Mousa fought for a total of over nine months to get back custody of their four daughters who were illegal taken from Child Protective Services (CPS), their battle is soon to be over.
Campus Diversity Awards Presented February 15th
The Michigan State University 2013 Excellence in Diversity Awards were presented to Dr. Farha Abbasi, among other
Why I Must Not Question the Beheading of Seven Men in Saudi Arabia?
I could be quiet because everyone else is quiet? But wait a minute! Would my silence be accepted by God? I am not sure.
ROSA PARKS; A Simple Seamstress Changed the Course of History
“This morning, we celebrate a seamstress, slight of stature but mighty in courage,” said President Obama during a ceremony at Statuary Hall, Washington DC to unveil the statue of Rosa Parks
