CAIR-NJ: Muslims Volunteer to Feed the Hungry
You don’t have to be Christian to have the holiday spirit this time of year.Twenty volunteers from the Muslims Against Hunger Project fed 190 people Thursday at the Morristown Community Soup Kitchen. The volunteers were celebrating Eid-ul-Adha, a three-day Muslim holiday that commemorates the sacrifice of Ibrahim (Abraham).Feeding the poor on special occasions is an […]
IL: Fuel-Efficiency Projects Gain Muslim Teen Acclaim
Someday the fuel efficiency of your car may be directly related to the efforts of a young man who’s now a senior at the Universal School in Bridgeview. To say Osama Zayyad has a passion for science is an understatement; it is his life. He has taken the gold award for most outstanding science fair […]
CAIR-NY ‘Disappointed’ by DA’s Handling of Bias Attack
(NEW YORK, NY 12/20/07) – The New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) today expressed deep disappointment at the Brooklyn District Attorney’s (DA) office for its failure to secure a hate crimes plea and jail time in a bias motivated gang assault perpetrated against a Muslim man in Brooklyn last October. SEE: […]
CAIR-NY Rep Joins Fight Against Malaria in Mali
(NEW YORK, NY, 12/20/07) – A representative of the New York chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-NY) recently joined a delegation of high-profile Muslim American leaders in a visit to Mali as part of a campaign to build awareness and work to end malaria-related deaths in Africa.The delegation, hosted by Malaria No More, […]
CAIR: Politics and Distress as Muslims Mark Il ad-Adha
ALGIERS: It was a typical holiday of Id-al-Adha, the biggest Muslim holiday of the year. Two men in paper overalls placed the struggling sheep in the direction of Mecca before taking a shiny blade to its throat and unleashing a fountain of warm blood that quickly filled the floor of the small cement courtyard.Half a […]
CAIR-FL: Groups Host Daylong Eid Festival
Hanukkah. Christmas. Kwanzaa. New Year’s.What about Eid al-Adha?This is the second year in a row the lunar-based Islamic holiday — commonly shortened to Eid — has occurred during the December holiday season.It commemorates one of the most important Koranic stories, which tells of Abraham’s willingness to sacrifice his son Ishmael in God’s name. God stopped […]
CAIR: NJ Muslims Gather to Observe Holy Day
Hundreds of Muslims gathered in a Hackensack social hall early Wednesday to mark one of Islam’s two most important holy days — Eid al-Adha, the festival of the sacrifice.Members of the Muslim Social Club on Trinity Place spent the morning in communal prayer, followed by a social hour in which adults gathered in small groups […]
CAIR-FL: Attorney General Used ‘Selective Hearing’
Attorney General Bill McCollum strong-armed the University of Florida administration to retract a statement, which criticized the actions of some students on campus and encouraged more civility on campus.The statement came after student groups like Gators for Israel and the Law School Republicans posted flyers which read: “Radical Islam Wants You Dead,” to advertise a […]
Islam’s History of Supporting Women’s Rights
Keeping the faith for the sake of all our Aqsa Parvezes Column, Dec. 15 Islamic literature speaks of the “era of ignorance” when it addresses pre-Islamic Arab society – a time in which some of the men would bury their own infant daughters alive. Islam rid pagan Arabia of such practices, and raised women to […]
PA Muslim Leader Freed, Deportation Possible
A Muslim religious leader from Pittsburgh was freed from jail yesterday after a bond hearing but still faces the possibility of deportation to his native Turkey. Immigration Judge Walter Durling in York approved the agreement allowing Imam Kadir Gunduz, 48, of Beechview, to post $5,000 bond, according to Imam Gunduz’s attorney, Robert S. Whitehill. “I […]