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Thirty-four years later, former president Jimmy Carter and his wife Rosalynn, continue to lend their name and muscle to Habitat for Humanity’s global efforts to build homes for those in need.

Muslims living in United States are sharing the happiness and joy of the Eid celebration with non-Muslims, especially when Muslims sacrifice an animal and share the meat with the poor and needy. VOA recently visited a residential area in Silver Spring, Maryland, where a local Muslim organization distributed more than 2,700 kilos of meat to the community.

Hmong farmers in St. Paul, Minnesota have the best advocate for their business enterprises: themselves, working together. The Hmong, who are long time farmers, did what they knew best when they got to Minnesota. And by the late 1980’s they spearheaded the revitalization of local farmers’ markets, making them some of the most vibrant in the city.

As Indonesia’s health ministry undertakes a huge campaign to immunize 70 million children against rubella and measles, critics say those efforts have been complicated by an edict issued by the country’s top Muslim clerical body, Indonesian Ulema Council, declaring some of the vaccine’s ingredients as forbidden by Islam.

VIDEO: With no end to the crisis in sight, VOA contributor Greta Van Susteren looks at the unfolding tragedy among the Rohingya minority in Myanmar. One year ago, some 700,000 refugees from the Muslim minority group fled to Bangladesh to avoid violence.