VIRGINIA – A second American Muslim has been elected to the House of Delegates in Virginia, after receiving 59 percent of the vote in the special election, The Washington Times reported. Ibraheem Samirah, a Palestinian-American dentist, beat Republican Gregg Nelson and independent Connie Hutchinson for the post, which was left vacant after Democrat Jennifer Boysko …

VIRGINIA – The Adams Compassionate Healthcare Network (ACHN), a nonprofit arm of the All Dulles Area Muslim Society, will be holding its annual health fair on September 29, 2018, at the ACHN Clinic in Chantilly, Virginia. “This will be our fifth annual health fair,” the clinic manager Muhammad Nabeel Hasan told AboutIslam.net via email. The …

Horrified by the fatalities in Charlottesville white supremacist rally, an American Muslim group has urged Muslims nationwide to host events to meet their neighbors and speak out against racism and xenophobia without dehumanizing and demonizing the other.