At Bangladesh’s OIC campus, international students recreate Eid atmosphere of home DHAKA: Hundreds of international students at an Organization of Islamic Cooperation campus in Bangladesh observed Eid Al-Fitr on Thursday, trying to recreate their celebrations at home and share a bit of their respective cultures with friends. A subsidiary of the OIC, the Islamic University … Read more
CHICAGO: At one of the nation’s largest gatherings of Muslim Americans in Chicago on Saturday, leaders of the #AbandonBiden campaign said that the movement to block Joe Biden’s re-election due to his refusal to support a ceasefire to end the killing of civilians in Gaza was “growing quickly and will not turn back.” The #AbandonBiden … Read more
CHAMDHERA: Vishnu Dabad attributes his rise from poverty to powerful local politician to an animal: the cow. The 30-year-old is one of many Gau Rakshaks, or cow protectors: activists who have taken Indian laws banning cattle slaughter and beef consumption into their own hands since Prime Minister Narendra Modi came to power in 2014 at … Read more
MANILA: Philippine authorities welcomed on Tuesday overseas Filipino workers arriving from the Middle East to spend Christmas at home. Most Philippine nationals employed abroad live and work in Middle Eastern countries, especially of the Gulf Cooperation Council region. Out of nearly 1.8 million overseas Filipinos in GCC states, more than half live and work in … Read more