Americans celebrate MLK Day every January of each year. He was a leader and an activist with a mission to defend human rights and to build a "community of lovers" that opposes all forms of discrimination and supports racial equality and coexistence between all.
Muslims in Houston, USA, organized the "Meet your Muslim Neighbor" event that invited residents to learn more about the Muslim culture. The aim was to clarify points of confusion that some exploit to distort the image of Islam.
"Every reform by violence is to be deprecated, because it does little to correct the evil while men remain as they are, and because wisdom has no need of violence." Leo Tolstoy - Russian writer
“The Muslim Jesus” campaign launched in America aims to encourage dialogue between religions with billboards that say "Find Jesus in the Quran, Mohammad in the Bible". The purpose is to show Americans how Jesus was mentioned respectfully in the Quran 25 times.
The Muslim candidate, Zeiner Shaheen, was forced to withdraw from a municipal council elections in Bavaria, Germany. The Christian Social Union refused to be represented by a Muslim candidate, which undermined the efforts of coexistence in Germany.
The German Islamic diplomat Murad Hofmann, whose books helped to spread Islam in Europe as a religion capable of leading the world in the future, passed away. One of his famous books, Journey to Makkah and Islam: The Alternative, sparked discussions in Germany.
These days commemorate the birth of a British Muslim writer and diplomat, Gai Eaton (Hassan Abdul Hakeem), whose writings contributed to introducing the Britons to the truth of Islam, correcting misconceptions of Islam, and spreading it among the British elite.
The Global Internet Forum to Combat Terrorism, established by Facebook, Microsoft and YouTube, has launched a global website for extremism. It aims to better understand terrorists' use of technology to carry out their crimes: gnet-research.org
The Encyclopedia of Islam project was launched in Makkah to build a database of Islamic knowledge written by Muslim specialists. Available in many languages, it serves as a scientific pillar for introducing Islam and correcting misconceptions about Muslims.
Sumbul Siddiqui became the first Muslim mayor of the state of Massachusetts, after she was elected by the Cambridge City Council. She immigrated from Pakistan to America 30 years ago, to later become one of the most prominent figures in the public service field.
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A Hindu temple in Ghaziabad, India, witnessed a shocking incident after a disciple of the head priest’s assaulted a Muslim boy for drinking water from the temple’s tap, prompting police to arrest the aggressor and the person who recorded the video of the assault.
The UN showed an implicit response to OIC and Sawt Alhikma Center’s call to declare March 15 as International Day to Combat Islamophobia, after SG António Guterres joined an OIC event at the UN headquarters in NY on Wednesday, to commemorate the first anniversary of this day.
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