Faith, Piety, and Action: Creating a More Just World

Muslim cab drivers rescue New York City's oldest Jewish bagel bakery from closing, plan to keep it kosher – NY Daily News. The oldest Jewish bialy and bagel shop in New York City is being rescued by two Muslim cab drivers — and they plan to keep it kosher.  Coney Island Bialys and Bagels — founded in 1920 by Morris Rosenzweig, a Jewish immigrant of Bialystok, Poland — was about to go out of business until two unlikely proprietors saved it.  Zafaryab Ali and Peerzada Shah said the first bagels and bialys they ever tasted when they immigrated here from…

Dave Zirin: Kazemi and Abdul-Qaadir: Recognizing the Courage of Muslim Athletes. Kazemi then took to hiding the fact that he was born and raised in Iran, just telling people he was from the Middle East. Then an incident at a gas station taught him that hiding wasn’t an option. Kazemi told the New York Daily News, “[This guy walked up to me and] said, ‘I am going to kill you.’ Then he said he was joking. At first, I was scared. If you are me, wouldn’t you be, too?”