IslamiCity Shares Commentary: Enforced Disappearance Is a Feminist Cause
IslamiCity shares Professor Mahmudul Hasan’s commentary on why enforced disappearance is a women’s rights issue, from Bangladesh and Kashmir to Argentina.
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HHRD Debunks Common Winter Relief Program Misconceptions as Winter Preparations Begin
HHRD clears up common misconceptions about its Winter Relief program, which provides more than blankets to refugees, orphans and vulnerable families in more than 20 countries.
IslamiCity Spotlights Community Feeding Program in New York
One in five New Yorkers, about 1.6 million people, lack sustainable access to food, and community feeding programs are stepping in to close the gap. Citing IslamiCity, this article looks at how neighborhood efforts like Mercy Truck deliver trusted, halal meals across all five boroughs.
Major Muslim Charity Rebrands Under Congressional Pressure
Islamic Relief USA Rebrands as IDEA Amid Congressional Pressure | 2026 Islamic Relief USA has renamed itself IDEA after lawmakers threatened its tax-exempt status what the change means for one of America’s largest Muslim charities.One of the largest Muslim humanitarian organizations in the United States has changed its name after coming under direct pressure from…
Nearly a Year Into the Gaza Ceasefire, Palestinians Are Still Waiting for the Relief They Were Promised
Nearly a year after the October 10, 2025 ceasefire was meant to end Israel’s war on Gaza, none of Gaza’s 37 hospitals are fully operational, and only 19 are even partially functioning, according to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA). The Palestinian Ministry of Health’s running casualty count, cited by…
“As Much of a New Yorker as Anybody”: How Muslim New York Rose From Surveillance to City Hall
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…
Texas Schools Approve Curriculum Muslim Students Call an Attack on Their Faith
Fifteen-year-old Habiiba Quresh stood before the Texas State Board of Education and said what thousands of Muslim families across the state were feeling: that a single sentence written by adults who don’t share her faith had made her feel like she didn’t belong in her own history class. Days later, on September 5, the…
HHRD Announces Investment in Pakistan Cricket at the Grassroots Level
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 Relief Reaches Flood-Affected Families in Afghanistan’s Logar Province
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…
Halal Food Sector’s Rapid Growth Creates Openings and Hurdles for Small Entrepreneurs
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…
HHRD Unveils Water Filtration Station at Afghan University
Helping Hand for Relief and Development (HHRD) has completed a two-tank water filtration system at Parwan University in Charikar, Afghanistan, the fourth and final installation in a series of campus water projects under HHRD’s Water and Sanitation Hygiene (WASH) program. The launch was celebrated on campus with prayer and marked publicly on HHRD’s social media.…
Mosque Food Pantries Expand Partnerships to Meet Rising Need
From Long Island to Los Angeles, masjids are partnering with regional food banks and nonprofits to feed families Mosque-based food pantries have become a growing fixture of community infrastructure across the country, often built through formal partnerships with regional food banks and interfaith or immigrant-services nonprofits rather than run as standalone charity efforts. On Long…
