The Interfaith Center of New York and the New York Police Department have partnered to produce a short film, "Policing in Today's Multi-Faith New York," which aims to help educate NYPD officers about the religious life of the city and help officers work more effectively and respectfully with people from all faith backgrounds and communities. Read more (The Interfaith Observer) Watch the film: ...
Small Catholic University, Big Muslim Enrollment
Benedictine University, a small Catholic institution in a suburban county that is 78 percent white and 86 percent Catholic or Protestant, may have the highest percentage of Muslim students of any Catholic university in the nation. The students are drawn to the college due to its strength in science and technology, as well as a longstanding tradition of Catholic colleges and universities of welcoming students from different religious backgrounds. According to Michael Galligan-Stierle, president ...
Central Florida Muslim Community Opens Free Health Clinic
The Muslim community near Orlando, Florida announced the opening of a free community health clinic to serve the poor and uninsured. According to the clinic's chairman, "Our goal is to serve humanity — no strings attached. Everyone is welcome... We have over 40 physicians who come to our mosque, and we have 11 of them signed up to volunteer here. So we are very, very blessed." Read more (Orlando Sentinel) ...
Remembering Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Value of Teaching about Art when Teaching about Islam
Conventional public school curricula on Islam focus primarily on how Islam developed and spread, and on the rise of early modern Islamic empires, and far less on the interconnectedness of European, Asian, and African civilizations and cultures. Teaching about art could help remedy this problem, by emphasizing the centuries-long cross-cultural exchange that took place between the Muslim world and neighboring peoples. Read more (Huffington Post) ...
