FL: Muslims Honor Prophet Abraham
FL: MUSLIMS HONOR PROPHET AT ULOOM INSTITUTE IN PINES Muslims honored the Prophet Abraham during a recent celebration at Darul Uloom Institute in Pembroke Pines. Eid ul-Adha, or the feast of the sacrifice, commemorates an act by Abraham of utmost devotion and servitude to God, said Imam Maulana Shafayat Mohamed, spiritual leader at the institute […]
CAIR-CA: A Celebration of Abraham
CAIR-CA: COMMON GROUND For the fourth year in a row, Christians, Jews and Muslims will gather together to recognize their common heritage. This year’s “Celebration of Abraham” will take place Sunday, Jan. 28, at St. James Catholic Church in Davis. The goal of the interfaith celebration is to explore the common roots of the three […]
NC: Muslim Group Donates Meat to Charity
NC: MUSLIM GROUP DONATES 300 POUNDS OF MEAT TO CHARITY FOR HOLIDAY The local chapter of the Muslim American Society donated 300 pounds of beef to the North Carolina Food Bank as part of Eid al-Adha, one of the most important holidays of the Islamic calendar. “We need to be partners in this society,” said […]
CAIR-Philly: A Journey to Spiritual Growth
CAIR-PHILLY: A JOURNEY TO SPIRITUAL GROWTH The journey from being Muslim in name only to being a pilgrim in Islam’s holiest city was more than 40 years in the making for Osama Al-Qasem. The marketing manager at a Warminster manufacturing firm didn’t practice the religion of his birth until the wife he had known for […]
PA: Muslims Seek Equality in School Holidays
PA: VALLEY MUSLIMS SEEK EQUALITY IN SCHOOL HOLIDAYS Kulsum Soonasra is one of perhaps 50 Muslims at Parkland High School but 1.5 billion in the world. And, while her argument for public school recognition of Islam’s holiest day isn’t a statistical one, those numbers mean something. “We’re a huge religion,” the 17-year-old junior from Upper […]
Shameful U.S. Islamophobia Spreading
SHAMEFUL U.S. ISLAMOPHOBIA SPREADING Imagine the scene: The year is 1492, two tribal leaders are standing on the seashore as a ship drops anchor and several smaller boats make their way toward land. One of the tribal leaders turns to the other and says: “We need to overhaul immigration or before you know it there […]
WA: Islamic Center Vandalized
WA: ISLAMIC CENTER TARGET OF VANDALS Jan. 21–Mohammed Ahmed of Kennewick was shocked to find a broken window at the Islamic Center of the Tri-Cities when he went there for prayers. On the ground, below the shattered window, was a rock. And Ahmed, a former president of the center, said this wasn’t the first time […]
CA: Anti-Muslim Hecklers Disrupt Talk on Islam
CA: CRITICS INTERRUPT SPEAKER’S TALK ON ISLAM STOCKTON – A talk on the basic tenets of Islam was repeatedly interrupted Saturday by a few anti-Muslim members of a crowd at the Cesar Chavez Central Library. One woman was forced to leave early in the two-hour program after she accused guest speaker Tarek Mourad of lying, […]
It’s Time to Stop ‘Hatin’ On Muslims in Washington
IT’S TIME TO STOP ‘HATIN’ ON MUSLIMS IN WASHINGTON I really thought things were going to be materially better for people with “funny” names like mine when Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) came to Washington. And they have been. Since he’s been here I have noticed an appreciable mellowing of people on the telephone. I’ve gone […]
CAIR-MI: Muslim Harassed Over Mosque
CAIR-MI: MUSLIM MAN HARASSED OVER MOSQUE IN WARREN Steve Elturk knows there could be some backlash when he opens Warren’s first mosque later this year. He learned Wednesday he may not have to wait that long. Elturk was at the mosque — the Islamic Organization of North America, on Ryan south of 12 Mile — […]