On Sunday, September 25, 2016 scores of people came out to attend the 31st annual Muslim Day Parade in New York City. The street fair included spoken word and musical performances, Halal food and drinks, and other fun activities. According to a flyer, this year's theme was "For God and Country," and the parade featured members of of the NYPD Muslim Officers Society. Read more (New Jersey Herald) ...
Jews and Muslims Come Together to Brighten Detroit School
In a great act of interfaith cooperation, the Jewish and Muslim communities of Detroit came together to paint a mural to help brighten and decorate a local school. This project is the latest in the past seven years to bring the two communities together to do community-based work and build bridges. Read more (Detroit Free Press) ...
Learn about the Meaning, Traditions, and Sites of the Hajj
It is incumbent upon every able-bodied Muslim who can afford to do so to travel to Mecca, Saudi Arabia, Islam’s holiest site, at least once in his or her lifetime. The annual pilgrimage is known as the hajj, and it is one of the five pillars of Islam, prescribed in the Quran: And proclaim to mankind the hajj. They will come to you on foot, on very lean camel, they will come from every deep and distant mountain highway. This year, 1437 according to the Islamic calendar, read here how Diaa ...
Anti-Muslim Bigotry Diminishes the US, Must be Avoided
In recent weeks, the patriotism of an American Muslim soldier killed in Iraq has been called into question without cause; a New York-based imam and his associate were murdered in broad daylight; and a county commissioner in Georgia temporarily blocked the construction of a new mosque. Thankfully, Americans of all political and religious backgrounds are pushing back, which is good news as we mark 15 years from the Sept. 11 attacks that led to deadly tensions between the U.S. and parts of the ...
Interfaith Dialogue on College Campuses
Vicky Gillon grew up in a Christian household and studied Islam during her senior year of high school. In her first 18 years, she learned to appreciate religious diversity but had few opportunities to experience it. "Interfaith (activism) was not on my radar at all," she said about her freshman year of college. In four years, a lot changed. Gillon, now 22, graduated this May from Augustana College in Rock Island, Illinois, with a degree in religion and a reputation as an interfaith leader. ...
