Following a joint resolution signed by Gov. Phil Murphy last spring, every January will now become Muslim Heritage Month in New Jersey. The state has about 320,000 Muslims, the fourth highest in the ...
Avon teenager Suhayl Ahmed recently earned his Eagle Scout rank to become the first of Muslim faith in the town to obtain the Scouting America honor. Ahmed, along with Avon High School senior Owen ...
When State Sen. Sharif Tahir Street converted to Islam 30 years ago, he already had a Muslim name. His father, John F. Street, who would go on to become Philadelphia’s mayor, gave his son a Muslim ...