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in IslamophobiaMore than £120,000 raised in 24 hours for Syrian refugee Jamal and his family after the sickening school bullying video
The footage of a Syrian refugee boy being physically assaulted and ‘waterboarded’ in a disturbing school bullying attack in the United Kingdom has gone viral, but people have poured in with support. The victim, named as 15-year-old Jamal, is squirted in the face with water before being headbutted in the face by a school bully in Huddersfield, […] More
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in Hong Kong“IKTMC, an Islamic school, was key to my success”, says Max Wong, a non-Muslim Chinese awarded as Ten Outstanding Young Persons 2017
For Hong Kong people, education plays a vital role in determining the future success and career paths. Since 1970, the Junior Chamber International Hong Kong (“JCI Hong Kong”) has been running a prestige award project in order to acknowledge The Ten Outstanding Young Persons Selection (“TOYP Selection”) for each year, taking into account their educational […] More
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Muslim schoolgirls won case to be allowed to wear headscarves at a Hong Kong’s Evangelical Christian school after the school had forbidden them
Ling Liang Church E Wun Secondary School, a school in Tung Chung in Hong Kong had forbidden a number of Muslin girl students to wear headscarves at their school. Earlier this week, Chinese newspaper Mingpao had reported about the case where four junior secondary school students were asked to go to the discipline room during […] More
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“What comes to your mind when you hear the term terrorist attack?”, a Muslim teacher asked his non-Muslim students
A secondary school teacher, who doesn’t wish to disclose his identity for privacy reasons, explained how his conversation went with his students during one of his lessons. So today, during one of my classes, I was teaching the topic – the influence of mass media. This was from a textbook. Within the text itself, the […] More
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in IslamophobiaNon-Muslims respond brilliantly to the American Christian mother who wanted to ban Islamic teachings in schools
Michelle Edmisten is angry. The Christian mother from Tennessee is upset that her daughter learned basic facts about the Islamic faith in her seventh grade social studies class. Specifically, the class was expected to know that Islam’s holy book is called the Quran, and that there are five pillars of Islam that include performing ritual […] More
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in America, Heartwarming
An American Non-Muslim Mother Says, I’m Not Religious, But I am Sending My Son To An Islamic School
Here is an inspiring story of a non-religious American mother who happily enrolled his son to an Islamic school in Atlanta. I attended ILM’s Meet the Board meeting last night, and another parent complimented my bold choice. With greatest respect to the compliment he meant, I disagree. I chose ILM because it has a STEAM/Montessori-blend […] More
