News about the Muslim American community
Young cricketers from HHRD’s Rawalpindi sports program are heading to Dubai for an international tournament, with skills, mentorship, and career pathways ahead.
Asad Dandia was eight years old when he watched the Twin Towers fall from his Pakistani immigrant parents’ home in New York. By 19, he was living the backlash himself a police informant had posed as his friend to infiltrate his family’s home, part of a since-disgraced surveillance program targeting Muslim New Yorkers. Twenty-five…
Helping Hand for Relief and Development (HHRD) has announced a new investment in Pakistan’s cricket industry at the grassroots level. Through its partnership with the Jalaluddin Cricket Academy (JCA), HHRD is expanding its Cricket Skills Development Program to Rawalpindi, continuing the organization’s commitment to youth empowerment through structured sports training. The expansion builds on HHRD’s…
HHRD’s Emergency Relief & Disaster Management (ERDM) Program has been responding to ongoing flooding across Afghanistan, including in Logar Province, where heavy rainfall and flash floods have damaged homes, roads, and farmland, displacing thousands of families and leaving them in urgent need of assistance. According to OCHA’s Afghanistan Natural Disasters Dashboard, more than 97,000 people…
Market forecasts put the global halal food industry in the trillions, but certification costs and financing remain barriers for small operators The halal food industry is in the middle of a well-documented global growth run, and market analysts say that expansion is increasingly being driven by demand beyond Muslim consumers alone, a trend small business…
From the Islamic Scholarship Fund to targeted STEM awards for women, funding pipelines are diversifying Scholarship and mentorship programs aimed at Muslim American students are expanding in both scope and specialization, with dedicated funding now reaching fields from filmmaking and public policy to engineering and medicine. One of the most established players, the Islamic Scholarship…
CAIR’s new Muslims Vote platform and expanding local representation aim to close a persistent voter-eligibility gap. With the November 3, 2026 midterms approaching, Muslim American civic organizations are running one of the most coordinated voter mobilization efforts the community has seen, combining new digital tools, mosque-based outreach, and expanded local political representation. The Council on…
