CAIRO - Islamic relief organizations rushed to send immediate aid to quake-hit Haiti, as rescue efforts continued amid expectations that the death toll would reach 100,000. "The earthquake is really devastating and especially unbearable for a country that has suffered so much deprivation," Hamid Azad, acting CEO of Muslim Aid, said in a statement on the group's website. "It is clear that ... more.

About 5000 pieces of rare Islamic artworks are on display in the Smithsonian’s Freer Gallery. WASHINGTON – Unique collections and thousands of treasured masterpieces of artworks rooted in the spirit of Islam are stealing limelight at the heart of the US capital, in a celebration of the spirituality and diversity of the arts of the Islamic world stretching from Morocco to Iran. "It is not... more.

CAIRO – Hundreds of people in the US state of Hawaii have celebrated the island’s first Islam Day in recognition of the rich religious, scientific and cultural contribution of the Muslim world. "It's a historic day. It’s long overdue,” Hakim Ouansafi, president of the Muslim Association of Hawaii, told the Honolulu Advertiser on Friday, September 25. “It's a day of celebrating our ... more.