A Texas school district says a teacher won’t return to work after being accused of mocking an American-born Muslim student by asking if she was grieving because her “uncle” had died, a reference to Osama bin Laden.

This is actually late notice on our part. But we found out this past week that The Fifth Annual Evening of Inspiration, a benefit concert for children all around the world, presented by Islamic Relief, had a competition. Students between the ages 6 to 14 could apply. Whoever raised the most money through ticket sales for the Concert by October 15th would have the opportunity to go on stage, receive backstage passes and 2 additional free tickets to the concert. The school that sells the most tickets in their region would have a free pizza party from Islamic Relief USA.

@Heart sits down with Mr. Khalil Momand who came to Los Angeles on a educational scholarship from Afghanistan in the early 1950's.

During his Masters studies at University Southern California (USC) Mr. Momand befriends like minded American Muslims who have a dream of developing an Islamic community for themselves and their families in the Los Angeles area.

The well known actor, of the time, Danny Thomas steps in to assist Mr. Momand and his conjuration in purchasing the land and property for their Masjid.

Getting paid to go to school is the dream of billions of children all over the world. Who wouldn’t want to get a little ‘chang chang’ for getting up at the crack of dawn and studying late into the night?

After Imam Khalid Latif, a chaplain for New York University and the New York Police Department, wrote a Belief Blog piece arguing that New York schools should close for important Muslim holidays, CNN invited him on air.

The opening of a new Starbucks branch in the central reception area of a Dubai primary school has created much friction with parents.

What is the validity of the claim that Imam al-Shafi’i changed his juridical school in Egypt in order to accommodate the Egyptian customs and culture?

The Decision to Send Our Daughter to a Muslim School

Shortly after our daughter was born my husband and I decided that I would homeschool her. We did not have any conviction that this was the only way to educate a child, or even that it was the best way to educate a child, but our decision was made mostly out of economic necessity. Although we are fortunate enough to live in an excellent Muslim community that has a good Muslim school for ages Pre-K through high school, mashaAllah, the tuition was so high as to make it prohibitive.

Nonetheless, as our daughter approached Kindergarten age my husband had a change of heart. He was concerned that she would not learn enough Arabic or Qur’an if she stayed at home, so a flurry of preparations to send her off on her big day ensued. Uniforms were sewn, fees were paid and a deal of money was spent on school supplies. It was a struggle to come up with the monthly payments, but we wanted to do the right thing and give our child the education we felt she needed as a Muslim.

Our daughter loved Kindergarten for the first few weeks, mashaAllah. I would wake her up early and she would happily jump out of bed, ready to start her day. She seemed to be learning at least some, and most importantly, she was happy. I felt relieved. I was never one of those mothers who wept at the Kindergarten door after dropping her off at school. I figured; if she’s happy, I’m happy, and left it at that.

A Canadian government decision to expel a Muslim student from a school for refusing to remove her niqab (face-veil) angered the sizable Muslim minority which considered the move discriminatory.

Musa Burki, born and raised in Indianapolis, Indiana, talks about what it is like to be a Muslim at a Big Ten university: How he answers other students' curious questions; How he fits prayer into his busy grad school schedule; And that he has better things to think about than how he can make women cover up more.