CAIR: W. Deen Mohammed, 74, Top U.S. Imam, Dies (NY Times)
Imam W. Deen Mohammed, one of the country’s most prominent African-American Islamic leaders and the man who led millions of black Muslims away from the militant politics of the Nation of Islam and toward a more orthodox form of Islam, has died. He was 74.Mohammed, a son of Nation of Islam leader Elijah Muhammad, was […]
CAIR-MI: Muslim American Icon Imam Mohammed Dies (NPR)
Click here to listen to the segment.Imam W. Deen Mohammed, the son of the founder of the Nation of Islam, died yesterday in Illinois at the age of 74. The cause of his death was not immediately released.Mohammed’s relationship with his father and the Nation of Islam were headline news more than 30 years ago. […]
CAIR-LA: Interfaith Groups Rebuke Rep’s Inflammatory Language
A cross-denominational group of religious leaders from across southern California have banded together, calling on Congressman Ed Royce (R-Fullerton) to cease his usage of rhetoric linking Islam to terrorism.Royce, the representative of California’s 40th district, which covers parts of northern Orange County, has been continuously incorporating language in his publications and speeches that associates religious […]
CAIR: Muslims Urged to Ignore Maher’s Anti-Religion Poster
Bill Maher isn’t monkeying around when it comes to politically incorrect humor, or his favorite subject—the Almighty.His new documentary, Religulous, which had its world premiere Saturday night at the Toronto Film Festival, is predictably making waves for its satirical musings on the world’s three main religions.And then there’s the poster.The one-sheet, which will adorn theaters […]
CAIR-OK: Muslims Play Important Role in Volunteer Work
Congressman Keith Ellison of Minnesota urged the Islamic community in Oklahoma to work to improve the community in which they live.Speaking at a recent Islamic dinner in Oklahoma City, the congressman, who is the first Muslim elected to the U.S. Congress, pointed out public needs such as providing health care for the uninsured and working […]
CAIR-FL: A Month to Help Neighbors (Miami Herald)
As the Muslim communities in South Florida and all over the world participate physically and spiritually in the sacred month of Ramadan, the Islamic month of fasting, we are reminded of our obligation and responsibilities toward humanity.Each of us strives to be a better person, and many make plans focusing on charity, self restraint and […]
CO: Muslim Workers to Protest Refusal to Accommodate Fasting
More than 100 Muslim workers planned to march a couple miles to a Greeley meatpacking plant this afternoon in protest of what they called JBS Swift & Co.’s sudden reversal of accommodation for their religious fasting. The workers, mostly Somalis but also from several other East African nations, said they were told by Swift management […]
NJ: Mosque Draws Faithful of Many Backgrounds
Masjid Al-Nur Islamic Center is a mosque in a second-floor walk-up on Washington Street in Paterson. Its neighbors include a butcher shop, a fish market and a poultry store with white hens in stacked cages. The mosque attracts Muslims who are black, Lebanese, Palestinian, Jordanian, Indonesian, Albanian, Russian, Dominican and Puerto Rican. It has been […]
FL: University Sets Aside Oasis for Prayer
Across the sprawling University of South Florida campus, lawn mowers drone and sledgehammers pound. But inside the Serenity Room, the only sound is an air conditioner’s gentle whoosh. Students enter the tiny, half-moon-shaped alcove stressed. They leave calm, unburdened. USF officials say they incorporated the pale-green room into their design for the brand-new, 233,000-square-foot Marshall […]
CAIR: US Mega-Mosques a Muslim Tradition with US Convenience
As Islam makes inroads in the United States, American Muslims are setting up mega-mosques that combine religious tradition with typical American convenience.Modelled on the huge, non-Catholic churches that offer their congregations of at least 2,000 members several different sites for worship, US mega-mosques have become a necessity in some places.“Frequently, we have buildings designed for […]