Read this inspiring and interesting piece by Cordoba House community member, Abed Awad, about the important role of Jesus in Islam and how he and his family honor Jesus' birth. "Jesus has been a key moral figure in my religious upbringing. I was born in New Jersey but my parents relocated to Palestine when I was in second grade. In Palestine, I attended the Quaker Friends Boys School..." READ MORE (NJ.com) ...
Community Blog: Two Prophets; Two Birthdays
It's the prophets' birthdays! Prophet Jesus yes, (peace be upon him) but also the prophet who followed 600 years later. That's right. Yesterday it was Prophet Muhammad's 1,446th birthday (peace be upon him). It isn't always like that i.e. Muslims and Christians are celebrating the prophets' birthdays in December. You know why? Because we Muslims follow the lunar calendar. Next year, Prophet Muhammad's birthday will move 10 days earlier, perhaps December 1st, and then November 20th in 2018. But ...
Community Blog: It’s Not the First Time
I was chilled to the bone. The line outside Cooper Union University was not that long, but the doors hadn’t opened, and at 10:00 am that Monday morning, just standing in line, I was getting a full dose of 'wind chill.' 'With all the choices he had, why did the Mayor pick this rather small hall to give his public speech?’ I wondered as I entered the Grand Hall and took my seat with a lucky view of the stage. I asked the minister sitting next to me if he had any idea what the mayor was going ...
Community Blog: Two Is Better than One
"Do you know what it means to be hungry?" Zamir Hasan asked the crowd gathered at the Brotherhood Synagogue in New York City. A few hands went up. "Hunger means that you don’t know where your next meal is coming from." A young boy answered. "Right. And do you know how many people in the U.S. don't know where their next meal is coming from?" Zamir asked... CONTINUE READING (SabeehaRehman.com) ...
