In what shall henceforth be called the Nasihah Thompson-King Rule ™, the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association recently decided that athletes no longer need to get prior approval to wear head garments for religious reasons. We can, and should, thank a Philadelphia teenager for that. Thompson-King, a […]

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — A Mastery Charter School’s sophomore is pushing back after she says a referee forced her to choose between her hijab and her sport during a Philadelphia Public League quarterfinals game on Feb. 16. “It was outrageous and it didn’t make sense,” said 16-year-old […]

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) — Philadelphia’s Muslim American Host Committee is gearing up to welcome hundreds of Muslim delegates during the Democratic National Convention. US is home to more than 3 million Muslim, with a quarter of a million living right here in Philadelphia. Salima Suswell is Chair of […]

From now on, along with Yom Kippur, Thanksgiving and “Winter Recess,” kids and teachers will have Eid al-Fitr and Eid al-Adha off. This week, the Philadelphia School District announced that it’s adding two new holidays to its calendar. Eid al-Fitr, the “Festival of the Breaking of the Fast” […]