Dear Friends, For the past five years we have been engaging friends and partners in the interfaith community to work to build stronger educational programs. We have worked together to develop networks, exchange best practices in curriculum development, teacher and leadership training and come together in joint and meaningful cultural and educational programs. But yesterday morning, as our team of educators, staff, parents and children walked into Sunday School, we did not expect to ...
Imam Feisal on CNN’s Cuomo Prime Time
Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf appeared on CNN's Cuomo Prime Time to discuss the tragic mosque attacks in New Zealand, the forces and factors that are driving extremism, and how we can best respond to acts of hatred and extremism on both an individual and a global scale. Watch below or at the link. "We require now not just national security, but international security."In the light of New Zealand attacks, Founder & Pres. of the Cordoba House, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf speaks about how dissolving ...
In Sorrow and Solidarity with the People of New Zealand
March 15, 2019 Dear Friends, The members and friends of Cordoba House join the worldwide community, Muslim and non-Muslim, in sorrow over the horrific and senseless murders at the two mosques in Christchurch, New Zealand. We pray most especially for the survivors of the trauma and the families of the 49 deceased, and for the slain themselves, who left this world on the holiest day of the Islamic week, while congregating for their prayers on Friday, the Day of Congregation. The Quran commands ...
Interfaith Lecture Series Discusses the Importance and History of Immigration
The Peace and International Issues Committee of the Interfaith Conference of Greater Milwaukee hosted a luncheon lectures series on March 5 at the First Unitarian Society of Milwaukee centered on the theme of immigration and the contribution and importance of immigrants to the city of Milwaukee. The group was driven to select this theme due to what it sees as growing anti-immigrant hostility in the country. READ MORE (Milwaukee Independent) ...
Postponed: Event with Filmmaker Yousuf Saeed
