CAIR-Cincinnati: Muslims Feed Needy During Ramadan
CAIR-Cincinnati: Muslims Feed Needy During Ramadan (CINCINNATI, 10/11/05) – On Sunday, October 9, the Cincinnati office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations-Ohio (CAIR-Ohio) and Malik Islamic Center marked the Muslim fast of Ramadan by providing hot meals to more than 400 residents of that city’s Over-the-Rhine neighborhood. Ramadan is the month on the Islamic lunar […]
CAIR-Cleveland to Host Ramadan Interfaith Banquet
CAIR-Cleveland to Host Ramadan Interfaith Banquet (CLEVELAND, OH, 10/11/2004) – On Saturday, October 15, the Cleveland office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-OHIO) will host its 2nd Annual Ramadan Iftar Banquet. Participants will include members of the local interfaith community. (“Iftar” is the meal eaten after sunset each day during the Islamic fast of […]
450 Attend CAIR-OH ‘Sharing Ramadan’ Iftar Dinner
450 Attend CAIR-OH ‘Sharing Ramadan’ Iftar Dinner (COLUMBUS, OH, 10/11/05) – The Columbus office of CAIR-OH hosted its 7th Annual “Sharing Ramadan” Iftar Dinner on Sunday, October 9, at Ohio State University. Among the 450 attendees were several elected officials, including the mayor of the city of Columbus, the city attorney and Franklin County commissioners. […]
American Muslims Raise Funds for Asia Quake Victims
American Muslims Raise Funds for Asia Quake VictimsTurkish Weekly, 10/10/05 Islamic charities in the United States have issued urgent appeals for donations to help victims of the devastating earthquake that battered South Asia, boasting prompt response. “We’ve raised 100,000 dollars online in less than 24 hours,” Arif Shaikh, a spokesman for the international charity Islamic […]
U.S. Mosques Call for South Asian Quake Aid
U.S. Mosques Call for South Asian Quake Aid ALEX VEIGA, Associated Press, 10/9/05 LOS ANGELES – Worshippers who gathered for daily Ramadan services at mosques around the United States were urged to lend prayer and donate money to victims of the devastating earthquake that struck South Asia. One aid group, Burbank, California-based Islamic Relief USA, […]
AZ: Muslim Assaulted by Teens Shouting Religious Slur
AZ: Muslim Assaulted by Teens Shouting Religious SlurIslamic civil rights group seeks FBI hate crime investigation (PHOENIX, AZ, 10/9/05) – The Arizona office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-AZ) today called on local and national law enforcement authorities to investigate a possible bias motive for an attack on a Phoenix Muslim by teenagers who […]
U.S. Muslims Urged to Help, Pray For S. Asia Quake Victims
In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE U.S. MUSLIMS URGED TO HELP, PRAY FOR S. ASIA QUAKE VICTIMS (WASHINGTON, D.C., 10/9/05) – A prominent national Islamic civil rights and advocacy group today called on American Muslims and other people of conscience to help the victims of yesterday’s massive earthquake in […]
CAIR-OH: Muslims Explain Faith to Others
CAIR-OH: Muslims Explain Faith to Others Felix Hoover, COLUMBUS DISPATCH, 10/7/05 Local Muslims and future leaders of Ohio’s farm and food industries broke the ice at a Downtown mosque last week before breaking bread together at a restaurant in Clintonville. Members of Ohio Leadership Education and Development, an 18-month program offered by the Ohio State […]
CAIR-OH: Helping Muslim Kids Be Proud
CAIR-OH: Helping Muslim Kids Be Proud Tom Feran, Plain Dealer, 10/7/05 The way it started out, the way it was originally written, the child in the story only had to deal with a basic fear shared by kids everywhere. That maybe, because he wasn’t exactly like them, he wouldn’t be liked or accepted by his […]
CAIR-FL: Schools Move to End Holidays
CAIR-FL: Schools Move to End Holidays Marilyn Brown, Tampa Tribune, 9/7/05 TAMPA – Rather than recognize some religious holidays and not others, Hillsborough schools may drop all of them except the winter break at Christmas. A proposed calendar for 2006-07 eliminates the October day off for students coinciding with Yom Kippur and the April days […]