Tag: charity

Tunisia: Fishermen Save Fleeing Migrants

By Benjamin Wiacek & Greg Keller – TheState.com   ZARZIS, TUNISIA — The fishermen of this small North African port are used to catching sea bass and sea bream in their nets, but lately they’ve been hauling in something else: shipwrecked migrants fleeing war-ravaged Libya on flimsy boats. Chamseddine Bourassine, a Tunisian fisherman in his 50s,… Read More ›

Turkey: Hybrid Recycle Machines To Dispense Food For Hungry Street Animals

  Turkey have placed Hybrid recycle machines in and around major cities, where everytime you put an empty water bottle (or can) in the hole, the machine dispenses food for hungry animals. This teaches people to care for both the environment we live in and the animals. Here is the video, http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U8WxtuhiaJY

Help For Christians Fleeing Mosul, Iraq

By Islamic-Relief Worldwide  As part of our Ramadan distribution in the conflict-torn country, Islamic Relief provided 1,500 Christian families with parcels packed with essential food staples. Families in the Ninewa districts of Al-Hamadanya and Ba’sheqa benefitted from the distribution, which was coordinated with the local church. Fighting also continues in western Iraq, where protracted conflict… Read More ›

Man Turned Away From Aldi For Trying To Bulk-Buy £50 Of Tins

A BLACKBURN man has hit out at staff at Aldi’s Montague Street store, after his attempts to buy two trollies worth of food for charity were thwarted. Reiss Bawlar, 37, was buying the food to donate to a shipment of goods being sent to war-torn Syria. The fitness instructor, who lives in Cambridge Street, has… Read More ›

Children Donating Food To The Poor

YOUNG members of a mosque in Shadwell are asking their community for food donations during Ramadan to help feed the poor in Leeds. Food collected during the ‘Ramadan Harvest’ at the Baab-Ul-Ilm Centre will be donated to the Moortown Methodist Church food bank at the end of July. The project has been organised by youngsters… Read More ›

Muslim Bikers Burn Rubber For Disabled Children’s Charity

By Adam Barnett   Muslim bikers burnt rubber for charity with a two-wheeled journey from London to Torquay, raising over £1,200 for disabled children. Muslim bikers burnt rubber for charity with a two-wheeled journey from London to Torquay, raising over £1,200 for disabled children. The Deen Riders, a group of Muslim motorcycle enthusiasts, rode 139… Read More ›

Muslim Man Praised For Heroic Response After Brother-In-Law Stabbed To Death

By Jasbir Authi Some would have reacted to such life-changing events by lashing out, or turning bitter and angry. Mohammed Zafran channelled his grief and energy into a force for good   Mohammed Zafran knows heartbreak. He has plumbed the depths of grief. In 2009, his beloved sister Noreen died too young at the age… Read More ›

Cardiff Muslims Feed The Homeless

Muslims across Wales are fasting for the holy month of Ramadan. But in Cardiff dozens of volunteers from the Muslim community have joined up with curry houses and takeaways to provide fresh meals for the city’s homeless. Carwyn Jones reports. Click here to watch the video. Source: BBC UK 30 June 2014

Muslim Restaurant Owner In Riyadh Offers Free Breakfast To Foreign Workers

 riyadhconnect.com The picture above circulated on social networking sites shows a large number of janitors, foreign workers and street cleaners lined up in front of one of the restaurants in the Saudi capital of Riyadh. Apparently the restaurant was distributing  free breakfast to these workers every morning. The restaurant is reportedly located in the second industrial zone in Riyadh. It’s owner, a Yemeni national, habitually provides these… Read More ›

German Princess appears in court accused of threatening to kill Muslims and attacking fellow revellers at a posh Scots party

By MICHAEL ALEXANDER BAVARIAN royal pleads not guilty to nine charges with rap sheet also claiming that she shouted homophobic abuse and called police officers paedophiles at the exclusive Oktoberfest bash in St Andrews. A GERMAN princess appeared in court yesterday accused of threatening to kill Muslims and calling police officers paedophiles at a posh… Read More ›