Virginia teen murdered, thrown in pond while walking back to prayer

June 19th, 20171 HERNDON, VA-A body found Sunday afternoon in a pond in the 21500 block of Ridgetop Circle in Sterling, Virginia, is 17-year-old girl Nabra Hussein from Reston, Virginia, who was reported missing in the area hours earlier. Police discovered a female body in the pond about 3 p.m. The pond is 2 to 3 miles away from the original...

Non-Muslims reflect on fasting during Ramadan

June 18th, 20170 DETROIT — Each Ramadan, many non-Muslims admire their friends, neighbors and co-workers' willingness to fast. The communal effect fasting has on Muslim populations is another dimension of Ramadan to which many have become attuned. Even Hyundai CEO Mong Hyun Yoon, amazed at his Muslim workers' ability to abstain from food and...

Fasting across faiths: Seasons of reflection and growing closer to God

June 18th, 20170 DEARBORN — The practice of fasting may differ across the Abrahamic religions of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, but these faiths share a bond at their spiritual core— their efforts to grow closer to God. A few months before the holy month of Ramadan started this year, Christians of various denominations observed their own season...

Muslim comedian shares six things not to say to those fasting

June 11th, 20171 In 2015, British Muslim stand-up comedian Bilal Zafar wrote an article for The Independent called “Six things you shouldn’t say to someone fasting for Ramadan.” “I have been fasting during the month of Ramadan every year since I was about 8-years-old and the experience has been changing for me in many ways, teaching me a lot...

Muslim children teach lessons about discipline every Ramadan

June 2nd, 20170 DEARBORN — With more than 17 hours until sunset each day during Ramadan, it may seem impossible for children to complete their fast, but that's not the case. Many children have chosen to observe the holy month, which began on May 27 this year, with their parents and teenage siblings. Some adults, on the other hand, struggle to...

Tillerson declines to host Ramadan event at State Department

May 28th, 20170 WASHINGTON - Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has declined a request to host an event to mark Islam's holy month of Ramadan, two U.S. officials said, apparently breaking with a bipartisan tradition in place with few exceptions for nearly 20 years. Since 1999, Republican and Democratic secretaries of state have nearly always hosted...