FL: Catholics, Muslims to Aid Cyclone Victims
Catholics and Muslims united to help Buddhists on Wednesday, as South Florida religious leaders announced a joint collection to benefit cyclone victims in Myanmar. The collection is set to start this weekend at 18 mosques in Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties, plus the 120 parishes and missions in the Archdiocese of Miami. Their goal […]
CAIR-FL: Muslims, Catholics Seek Help for Myanmar
A coalition of Catholic and Muslim religious leaders called for the South Florida community to join in a relief effort to raise funds for victims in storm ravaged Myanmar.”I’m standing on holy ground with my Muslim brothers and sisters urge the South Florida community to join in the relief effort,” Father Roger Holoubek of St. […]
DC: Ellison, Carson Urge US to Take Action in Darfur
Congress’ two Muslim members urged the U.S. government on Wednesday to lead efforts to end the violence in Sudan’s Darfur region, where more than 200,000 people have died and 2.5 million have been displaced. Reps. Keith Ellison of Minnesota and Andre Carson of Indiana joined other black Democratic lawmakers making that call at a “Muslim […]
CAIR Joins Call for Action to End Darfur Violence
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 5/14/2008) – A representative of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today joined a press conference titled “Muslim Voices on Darfur,” which was hosted by Amnesty International and Rep. Keith Ellison (D-MN), on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C.SEE: ‘Muslim Voices on Darfur’ News Conference Slated for Capitol Hill CAIR National Director Tahra Goraya […]
Muslim, Arab Groups: Security Committee Report Lacks Substantive Analysis
Washington, D.C. – Four of the country’s leading Arab-American and Muslim-American advocacy organizations today issued a rare joint letter expressing strong reservations about a recently released Senate Homeland Security and Government Affairs Committee report on “homegrown terrorism.” The report, issued jointly by Committee Chairman Joe Lieberman (I-CT) and ranking member Sen. Susan Collins (R-ME), claims […]
CAIR-CA: Muslims, Jews Continue Dialogue Series
(SAN DIEGO, CA, 5/13/08) – On Wednesday, May 7, a representative of the San Diego chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-San Diego) and other San Diego Muslims joined members of Congregation Beth El for the seventh in a series of interfaith dialogues intended to foster constructive dialogue between Jewish and Muslim groups.CAIR-San Diego […]
Fla. Islamic Centers, Archdiocese to Aid Cyclone Victims
(MIAMI, FL, 05/14/08) – On Wednesday, May 14, representatives of several South Florida Islamic organizations and the Archdiocese of Miami will hold a news conference at a mosque in that city to appeal for funds to aid the victims of the recent cyclone disaster in Myanmar.Those present will include representatives from the South Florida chapter […]
Muslim Group Supports Minn. Student’s Right to Service Dog
(ST. PAUL, MN, 5/13/08) – The Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-MN) today expressed support of a St. Cloud State University student’s right to a service dog after that student reportedly left the school in late April because he says he feared for the safety of the animal.SEE: SCSU Student Leaves Training […]
TX: Muslim Clinics Fill Health Care Needs
Elena Lopez needed diabetes medication and was due for a medical exam, but the 64-year-old had no health insurance. So her daughter, Rosa Ramirez, took Lopez to the Ibn Sina Foundation community clinic in southwest Houston, where she paid a small fee to see a doctor on a walk-in basis. “Otherwise, I couldn’t afford to […]
VA: Business Up at Islamic Finance Firms
The mortgage industry may be in meltdown, but at least one class of lender appears to be flourishing: Islamic finance companies that offer Muslim home buyers alternative arrangements such as lease-to-own deals so they can avoid making the sort of interest payments that many believe their religion forbids. Officials at Guidance Residential, a Reston company […]