By CHRISTOPHER BLATTMANJUNE 29, 2014 A CHINESE millionaire tried to give $300 (and lunch) to homeless men and women in New York last week. This didn’t sit well with the nonprofit New York City Rescue Mission. The Rescue Mission offered to help with lunch, but wouldn’t cooperate in handing out cash. So midway through a […]
Read more →The full text of Nelson Mandela’s speech in London’s Trafalgar Square for the campaign to end poverty in the developing world. I am privileged to be here today at the invitation of The Campaign to Make Poverty History. As you know, I recently formally announced my retirement from public life and should really not be […]
Read more →Project MAPS: Muslims in American Public Square is presenting the results of the first ever systematic poll of American Muslims. The Poll covers the following four areas: 1) Demographics: gender, generation and ethnicity, U.S. born and immigrants, income and education levels, age and occupation. 2) Religious practices: relationship with the mosque, conversion to Islam, importance […]
Read more →The richest 85 people in the world have as much wealth as the poorest 3.5bn. That should be a wake-up call to the deepest sleepers. By Alex Andreou theguardian.com, Monday 20 January 2014 The richest 85 people in the world have as much wealth as the poorest 3.5 billion – or half the world’s entire […]
Read more →By Howard Husock In what amounts to a mea culpa New York Times op-ed, Peter Buffett, Warren Buffett’s son and overseer of his own philanthropic foundation, denounces the “charitable industrial complex” as little more than a conscience-salve for the rich. His evidence: that there are more non-profit organizations than ever receiving more funds and employing […]
Read more →FUNDAMENTALISMS OBSERVED EDITED BY Martin E. Marty and R. Scott Appleby A study conducted by The American Academy of Arts and Sciences Islamic Fundamentalism in South Asia: The Jamaat-i-Islami and the Tablighi Jamaat of South Asia Mumtaz Ahmad
Read more →Testimony Before a Joint Hearing of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations and the House International Relations Subcommittee on International Terrorism and Non proliferation May 4, 2005, 2:00 PM, 2128 Rayburn House Building Hearing entitled: “Significance of Zakah in Islam and Charitable traditions of Muslims in America” Dr. Zahid H. Bukhari Director, […]
Read more →Book: Observing the Observer: The State of Islamic Studies in American Universities by Ed. Mumtaz Ahmad (Author) , Ed. Zahid Bukhari (Author) , Ed. Sulayman Nyang (Author) , Mumtaz Ahmad (Editor) , Zahid H. Bukhari (Editor) , Sulayman S. Nyang (Editor) , Shiraz Khan (Editor) The collection of papers in this volume documents the study […]
Read more →Book: By Zahid H. Bukhari (Editor), Sulayman S. Nyang (Editor), Mumtaz Ahmad (Editor), John L. Esposito (Editor), Taha Jaber Alalwani (Contribution by). Overview Once a year Muslims from around the world—representing a vast range of ethnicities, incomes, ages, and attitudes—perform the Hajj (pilgrimage) and converge in the holy city of Mecca in Saudi Arabia. Now, […]
Read more →Project MAPS: Muslims in American Public Square is presenting the results of the second American Muslims Poll. The first poll was conducted through the Zogby International in the months of November and December 2001. The 2004 Poll covers the following areas: 1) Demographics: gender, generation and ethnicity, U.S. born and immigrants, income and education levels, […]
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