CT: Muslim Woman Starts Business as Personal Trainer
MUBARAKAH IBRAHIM has to work a bit harder than most personal trainers to convince her clients that she’s serious about exercise. “When they see my assistant, Leanora Harper, they think fitness. She wears tight clothes, she’s toned,” said Ibrahim, the owner of Balance Fitness in New Haven. “I have to prove myself.” The contours of […]
WA: Islamic Center Celebrates 25th Anniversary
Visitors from across the country came to Pullman this weekend to help celebrate the Pullman Islamic Center’s 25 years of success in the community. The Pullman Islamic Center was built in 1982 and is named after Umar al-Khattab, the second caliph of Islam following the Prophet Muhammad’s death. A Muslim Woman To begin the commemorative […]
DC: Interfaith 9/11 March Spreads Message of Peace
Margaret Young walked for her son, Edmond, who was killed in the Pentagon on Sept. 11, 2001, at the age of 22. Retired Army Sgt. Sean Lewis walked on his artificial right leg, which replaced the limb he lost to an enemy mortar in Iraq three years ago. And Ray “The Flag Man” DeFrees walked […]
TX: Islam’s Nonviolent Teachings Inspire March
Sharida McKenzie recently heard someone on a cable news show say that Muslims in the United States rarely stand to denounce terrorism. Then McKenzie, who is Muslim, heard her non-Muslim in-laws say something similar. The 29-year-old Round Rock accountant soon came to agree and began to recruit Austin-area Muslims to join her in what she […]
OH: Cartoon Disrespectful of Iran, Its People
The editorial cartoon by Michael Ramirez in Tuesday’s Dispatch that pictured Iran as a sewer with cockroaches coming out of it was extremely offensive. Iran, once known as Persia, has a long and cultured history. I am not a Muslim nor of Middle Eastern descent, nor do I like terrorists. But to reduce a nation […]
Muslims Parade in NYC, Face Hecklers
Thousands of Muslims from across the New York region marched down Madison Avenue in Manhattan Sunday, waving flags and flashing peace signs to protesters. The 22nd annual United American Muslim Day parade was a peaceful affair on a warm, bright day that drew hundreds of beaming children. Though few people gathered on the sidewalk to […]
Brawl Over Islam on Facebook
The social networking site Facebook from afar can look a lot like college, with cliques and the familiar range of personalities. In another imitation of college life, the Facebook campus is wrestling with the contentious issue of speech codes. The latest concern centers on a group with a crude title denouncing Islam that had more […]
CAIR-MO: Muslims Raise Funds for Fallen Officers
The American Muslim Coalition of Saint Louis is a recently formed group to expand on the local Muslim communities’ civic and interfaith activities through networking, cooperative effort, and organization. The coalition is dedicated to the goals of: increasing the active participation of American Muslims in the activities of our local communities in Saint Louis and […]
CAIR-OHIO Team Participates in Race for the Cure
(CINCINNATI, OH, 9/10/07) – On September 9, CAIR-Ohio’s Cincinnati office organized a team to walk in the Race for the Cure charity benefit event. The CAIR-Ohio team raised $500 to help support breast cancer research. The event was organized by the Greater Cincinnati Affiliate of Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure to help fund […]
CAIR-SC Community Picnic a Success
(LEXINGTON, SC, 9/10/07) – The South Carolina chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-SC) hosted its first ever Community Picnic on Saturday, September 8. An enthusiastic crowd of more than 150 turned out at Meadowlake Park facility where they enjoyed great food and played sports like basketball, volleyball and cricket. Children enjoyed an art […]