About the MOST Story Bank ...

The MOST Story Bank is a live archive of stories on the most current events, people and cultural perspectives of Muslims in America and around the world. With writers in mind, MOST carefully selects story-driven news from the most reputable published sources.

Faith — January 23, 2020

Islamic Leaders Visit Auschwitz

Jewish Journal Reports: Mohammed al-Issa, the secretary-general of the Mecca-based Muslim World League and a former Saudi justice minister, joined a delegation of Muslim religious leaders from … [Read more...]

Media & Entertainment — January 21, 2020

Meet the Muslim Filmmakers Behind ‘Bad Boys for Life’

Adil El Arbi (30 years old) and Bilall Fallah (33 years old) are a pair of Moroccan-born Muslim filmmakers who were brought up in Belgium, and were inspired by Spike Lee and Martin Scorsese films. … [Read more...]

Culture and Lifestyle, World — January 21, 2020

Teaching Dance In Afghanistan…

Hoping to help Afghan women find inner peace and fight depression in a war-torn country, Fahima Mirzaie opened up a dance studio in Kabul last year -- yes in Afghanistan, a country where dancing is … [Read more...]

Faith, World — January 21, 2020

Three years after deadly shooting, Quebec City Mosque gets a makeover

On the night of Jan. 29, 2017, members of the Centre Culturel Islamique Québec gathered inside Quebec City’s largest mosque for the most important prayer of the day. At just around 7:50 p.m., a gunman … [Read more...]

Faith, Women — January 21, 2020

Muslim and Jewish Women Come Together In National Interfaith Group

Founded in 2013 in New Jersey, The Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom is a group of Muslim and Jewish women who are working together to break down barriers, take on stereotypes and fight hate. As both … [Read more...]

World — January 21, 2020

India’s Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA) Explained

AP REPORTS: India has been embroiled in protests since December, when Parliament passed a bill amending the country’s citizenship law. The new law provides a fast track to naturalization for some … [Read more...]

Culture and Lifestyle, Faith — January 15, 2020

Black Muslims Bring Representation On Campus

When Shams Alkamil first started at the University of Texas at Austin, she said she saw organizations for Muslim students and for black students but nothing was offered for students who identified as … [Read more...]

Culture and Lifestyle — January 15, 2020

Young American Muslims on Islamophobia…

Vice News interviewed young American Muslims on their experience with Islamophibia in the wake of the 2003 Iraq War and the recent conflict with Iran. Here are some highlights: -- Amir Shirazi, 25, … [Read more...]

National, World — January 15, 2020

Defense Contractor, Whose Death Sparked U.S.-Iran Conflict, Was Muslim

New York Times reports: It has been almost three weeks since Nawres Waleed Hamid, a naturalized citizen who grew up in Iraq, became the latest American to die in the United States’ nearly … [Read more...]

National — January 15, 2020

Meet the first Muslim-American moderator of a presidential debate…

During last winter's Democratic presidential debate, most viewers didn't realize history was being made -- not necessarily by the candidates but by one debate moderator. Last December, Amna Nawaz … [Read more...]