Learn more about Cordoba House's celebration of Isra Mi'raj and Imam Feisal's participation in the Boardman Public Symposium at the University of Pennsylvania in our Spring 2017 newsletter! VIEW NEWSLETTER ...
Meet the Writer behind the First Muslim Marvel Superhero
In 2014, writer G. Willow Wilson published her take on Ms. Marvel, a character in the Marvel superhero universe. The character was originally created in 1968 and had traditionally been portrayed as white. In Wilson's version, Ms. Marvel is a young Muslim-American teenager of Pakistani descent whose real name is Kamala Khan—the first Muslim superhero in the Marvel universe. Read this engaging profile of Wilson, which discusses the writer's life, other work, and beliefs, as well as the ...
See Yourself in Others
A new short film at the Tribeca Film Festival, titled "See Yourself in Others," aims to bring people together across a number of social divides, including religious. The film employs a series of mirror boxes, inviting the characters—and the viewers—to literally, and figuratively, see themselves in other people. According to director Jared Knecht, "The mirror boxes were a fun idea to make that experience literal. It provoked a curious interaction with the hope to literally see ...
Making Urban Sacred: Imam Feisal at UPenn
Imam Feisal took part in an interreligious panel as part of the Boardman Public Symposium at the University of Pennsylvania on April 20, 2017. The panel also included Venerable Rath Muni, Buddhist monk, Wat Preah Rangsey; A. Robert Jaegar, President of Partners for Sacred Places; and Sophia Rabliauskas, indigenous cultural sovereignty activist. The theme of the conversation was "Making Urban Sacred: Religion, Migration, and Contested spaces in the City." Event Media Press In advance of ...
Interfaith Groups Unite against Hate
A new interfaith initiative in southern Florida aims to combat rising hate crimes with community solidarity. The new program, called the Interfaith Rapid Response to Hate, will combat hate and bias crimes in a variety of ways, including removing spray paint, placing ads of solidarity in newspapers, and raising money to repair damages. According to Rabbi Bradd Boxman of Congregation Kol Tikvah in Parkland, Florida, the local interfaith community is already very well-engaged with each other, and ...
