Rep. Penny Morales Shaw Explains Texas School Funding, AI Law and Financial Aid for Immigrant Students
Rep. Penny Morales Shaw Answers South Asian Community’s Questions on School Funding, AI and Immigrant Student Aid In written follow-up to her youth-focused briefing, the Houston Democrat detailed a new education savings account programme, Texas’s first AI governance law, and financial aid pathways for immigrant students that many South Asian families may not know exist. […]
Azad Kashmir and Pakistan: Strengthening National Unity in Challenging Times | Opinion
Azad Kashmir: An Indivisible Bond with Pakistan and the Need for National Unity Written by: Shazia Nawaz The recent political tensions and some unfortunate incidents in Azad Jammu and Kashmir have caused concern among every patriotic Pakistani. Differences of opinion are part of democratic societies, but when these differences reach a point where national unity, […]
Surah Ar-Ra’d: Scientific Insights into Lightning, Thunder, Clouds, Rain and Electricity
Surah Ar-Ra’d: Electricity and Meteoric Energy, Formation of Clouds, Lightning, Thunder, Rain and Scientific Aspects In Surah Ar-Ra’d, Allah Almighty highlights the phenomena of lightning, thunder, clouds, and rain and clarifies that these phenomena are signs of Allah’s power and the systematic order of the universe. The Quran mentions that Allah is the one who […]
Defending Pakistan Through Islamic Teachings | Opinion
Defending Pakistan with Prophetic Guidance In the shadowed epochs before the dawn of Islam, the affairs of mankind were beset by profound confusion and moral clutter. The pursuit of ethical values, the recognition of basic human rights, the establishment of social equality, and the fair administration of justice remained fragmented ideals, often trampled beneath tyranny, […]
Merit and Education Inequality in Pakistan | Opinion
The Noise of Merit… or a Curtain for Inequality? Between 1990 and 1993, the late Ghulam Haider Wyne, a man widely remembered for his simplicity, served as the Chief Minister of Punjab. He had completed only matriculation. One day, a highly educated Pakistani—holding a Master’s degree or perhaps even a PhD—approached him seeking employment. The […]
Penny Morales Shaw Highlights Challenges Facing Immigrant Youth in Texas
SOUTH ASIAN CHRONICLE Houston / Texas Politics Who Cares About Our Youth? With Representative Penny Morales Shaw An Interview Series with our Texas Legislators — In the closing session of Houston Community Media’s series, Rep. Penny Morales Shaw details how underfunded classrooms, over-policing, and state-level immigration directives are converging to affect immigrant families across Greater […]
Martyrdom and National Rebirth: Iran’s Revolutionary Journey and Resilience
Martyrdom and National Rebirth: The Iranian People’s Enduring Struggle The history of Iranian civilisation unfolds as one of the grandest tapestries in the story of mankind, spanning more than two thousand five hundred years of recorded glory and endurance. From the sunlit heights of the Achaemenid Empire, founded by Cyrus the Great in 550 […]
Surah Al-Shams: A Neuro-Cosmic Interpretation of the Quran
Oath of the Cosmos and the Human Conscience: A Neuro-Cosmic Interpretation of Surah Al-Shams A Divine and Scientific Prologue: Surah Al-Shams, revealed in Makkah and ranked as the 91st chapter of the Holy Quran, consists of only a few brief verses, yet its meanings and allusions plunge so deep that two great branches of modern […]
Blue Passports for Parliamentarians Spark Debate Over Public Priorities
People Wait for Relief, While Parliamentarians Wait for “Blue Passports” for Their Families Across the democratic world, members of parliament compete to prove how effectively they have served the people who elected them. Their success is measured by the problems they solved, the reforms they introduced, and the welfare they delivered to their constituents. Unfortunately, […]
Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) Announces 63rd Annual Convention in Detroit, MI
Persevere, Interconnect, Be God Conscious, Strengthen Each Other for True Prosperity inspired by Surah Aal-i ‘Imran (3:200): “O believers! Patiently endure, persevere, stand on guard, and be mindful of Allah, so you may be successful.” Plainfield, Indiana — The Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) is pleased to announce its 63rd Annual Convention, to be […]