Students from Calgary Islamic School's Omar Bin Al-Khattab campus are uniting with Trickster Theatre, a local theater company, to tackle such crucial topics as Islamophobia, identity, stereotypes, and the history of Muslims in Canada. The partnership is a first for both the school and the theater company, but the results are a series of important performances that challenge pre-conceptions about Muslims and also helped the students develop new skills. READ MORE (CBC) ...
Documenting Muslim History in NYC
"Muslims in Brooklyn" is a new oral history project at the New York Historical Society that seeks to document the Muslim past and present in Brooklyn, New York. Launched last year, the project’s participants come from a variety of ethnic backgrounds – including African-American, Yemeni, Palestinian, Moroccan, Kashmiri, Bangladeshi, Tatar, Haitian and Puerto Rican – and from 18 different Brooklyn neighborhoods. They range from 24 to 74 years of age, from unobservant to conservative Muslim and ...
Minnesota Event Dispels Misconceptions about Islam and Muslims
Islam’s Long American Past
Interfaith Basketball Tournament Brings Teens Together
Muslim, Jewish, and Christian teens were brought together this month by an interfaith basketball tournament. The students—from Crossroads Church, The Islamic Center of Cincinnati, and the Jewish Community Relations Council—started off the tournament playing with students of the same faith and them competed with teams of different faiths. At Cordoba House, we applaud creative and fun ways to bring young people together for interfaith engagements, such as sporting events! As one ...
