IL: Medical Advances Help Balance Fasting, Health
For Muslims such as Nadia Aslam, the tradition of fasting from dawn to dusk during the lunar month of Ramadan is a treasured experience of sacrifice and spiritual resolve. “There’s a different feeling in Ramadan. I just feel closer to God,” said Aslam, 26, who lives in Glendale Heights. But when Aslam entered Ramadan seven […]
NJ: Islamic Center Opens Monthly Food Pantry
As they prepared for a month of fasting, seven young Muslim men decided it was an auspicious time to give away tuna, bread and other food they cannot eat during the day. Today, the Islamic Center of Passaic County begins a monthly food pantry open to the area’s needy. It is believed to be one […]
VA: Islamic Community Center Outgrows Old Location
Click here to watch the video: After spending more than 15 years worshiping in an old building people were out growing the congregation of the Islamic Society of Central Virginia broke ground for a new community center Wednesday afternoon. “Whenever we have Friday prayers everybody is always squished we often have to kind of come […]
CAIR-PA: ‘Sharing Ramadan’ Events Underway
Islam’s holiest month began on Monday and American Muslim communities around the Delaware Valley are holding “Sharing Ramadan” events through the month.Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar when fasting, charity, prayer, and peace is prescribed for all Muslims through September 30th. Justin Peyton is executive director of the Council on American-Islamic […]
TX: Can Habits Be Changed Simply by Abstaining from Food?
Do you have any bad habits that you wish you could change but just don’t have the stimulus or will power to do it? Ramadan can be part of the solution to your problem by providing the motivation, the self-control, and the opportunity for you to implement better habits. Imagine, if fasting can teach us […]
OK: 11 Things You Need to Know about Ramadan
This year, millions of Muslims celebrate Ramadan from the first of September until the end of the month. Sheryl Siddiqui of the Islamic Society of Tulsa explained the sacred event. 1. Ramadan is a holy month when the Quran, the last of the sacred scriptures (after the revelations to Abraham, Moses, David and Jesus), was […]
TX: Imam Brings ‘Regular-Guy Persona’ to His Job
On a sunbaked Friday afternoon in late August, the parking lot at the North Austin Muslim Community Center is packed for the weekly prayer service. Imam Islam Mossaad, a slender man with a trim beard and steady, dark eyes, works his way through a crowd of men, greeting them with “salaam aleikum” (“peace be upon […]
CAIR: Muslims Mobilize in Presidential Race
In previous elections, ethnic groups have been viewed as key elements of a candidate’s campaign. In 2004, Latinos were seen as an important demographic to reach. The debate surrounding immigration reform made both John Kerry and President George Bush attempt to “win” the Latino vote.However, less attention is given to religious minorities, such as Muslims, […]
CAIR-PA: Anti-Muslim Graffiti Dismays Plant Workers
Mohamed Elharragui felt a mixture of anger and fear when he saw the graffiti on the men’s room wall at the warehouse where he worked.In a photo he said he took with his cell phone that morning at Crown Bolt in North Middleton Twp., the scrawled words are green against a beige wall: “Kill the […]
OH: Carson Helps Muslims Build Political Capital
U.S. Rep. Andre Carson showed up Saturday night at a home in this affluent Columbus, Ohio, suburb as a candidate among strangers. He left with some of the best friends a freshman congressman could have. About 40 Muslims from Ohio and across the country came to talk with Carson, D-Indianapolis, over tacos and refried beans. […]