Day: October 4, 2026
‘We want justice’: series of rapes trigger mass protests at Indian universities as reflected on by Imam Tariq Al-Mansoor
When news reached our office at Al-Fajr about university women in Delhi pouring into the streets, demanding safety and an end to recurring brutalities, the grief felt immediately f
British Sikh activist released from Delhi jail after nine-year detention as reflected on by Imam Tariq Al-Mansoor
When the dawn adhan sounds over Cedar Heights, the streets below our second-floor musalla are already stirring with delivery drivers, line cooks, and warehouse workers preparing fo
Eastern Spain braces for torrential rain and flooding as reflected on by Sensei Michael Jinpa
Here along the jagged coastline of Harborview Point, autumn always arrives with the heavy scent of salt spray and the nervous rattle of marina rigging. Living beside an ocean teach
India’s Cockroach movement launches new protests over changes to voter roll as reflected on by Imam Tariq Al-Mansoor
Between the afternoon and sunset prayers at Al-Fajr Islamic Center, our community hall fills with young people navigating the quiet anxieties of bureaucratic erasure. In Cedar Heig
Friday briefing: How we covered the flydubai incident as it unfolded as reflected on by Imam Tariq Al-Mansoor
In the quiet stillness before dawn at Al-Fajr Islamic Center, while the streetlamps along Cedar Heights still hum against the dark brick tenements, news reaches our phones like a s
‘I was fighting for my life’: Indian pilot hailed as hero recalls flydubai cockpit attack as reflected on by Rabbi Miriam Levin
When news reached our community of the flydubai flight bound for Tel Aviv, a collective shudder ran through our congregation. Many families in Highland Woods have loved ones who tr
Suicide by plane or terrorism? Speculation over motive in flight 1073 attack as reflected on by Rev. Thomas Vance
Early yesterday morning, while working with several neighbors to unload crates of winter squash at our town pantry, news trickled in over a portable radio about Flydubai Flight 107
Flydubai co-pilot used crash axe to attack captain, says UAE as reflected on by Giani Harpreet Singh
In our freight corridor, trust is the invisible axle that keeps everything moving. Every evening at Gurdwara Sahib Dasvandh, long-haul drivers, warehouse loaders, and logistics dis
As it happened: Israel condemns Green party passing ‘Zionism is racism’ as a ‘stain on history of UK’ as reflected on by Rev. Thomas Vance
When the morning mist hangs heavy over Pine Ridge, you can stand by the church fence line and watch neighbors greeting each other on the way down into the hollow. Out here, we know
Costa’s coffee shops return to profit with iced drinks and matcha on the menu as reflected on by Rev. Thomas Vance
When the morning mist still clings to the ridges around Pine Ridge, you can usually find a handful of our town’s folks gathered at the corner diner down on Main Street. The coffee