Muslim American giving aimed at poor totaled $1.8 billion last year, study shows

April 23rd, 20220 By Dan Parks Muslim Americans gave $1.8 billion last year to meet their religious obligation to help the poor, according to a new study by the Muslim Philanthropy Initiative at the Indiana University Lilly Family School of Philanthropy. The study counted only giving related to the religious principle known as zakat, which...

Arab and Jewish youths in Brooklyn come together for Palestinian refugees amid COVID-19 pandemic

August 21st, 20200 NEW YORK — A new initiative by nine Muslim, Jewish and Arab youths in Brooklyn, New York seeks to provide humanitarian aid to Palestinian refugees in the West Bank, East Jerusalem, Gaza, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria amid the COVID-19 pandemic.  The pandemic has deeply affected the already vulnerable 70 million forcibly displaced people...