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 ...
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 ...
Cordoba House Isra Mi’raj 2017
On Sunday April 23, 2017, the children of Cordoba House Sunday School commemorated the Isra and Mi'raj (or the night journey of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) from Mecca to Jerusalem) through a production demonstrating the deep mystical significance of the occasion. The children narrated and enacted the angels in various levels of the heavens standing, bowing, and prostrating to God. These movements came to be known as Salah, or the five times daily prayers, that Muslims perform today. The students ...
Message from Imam Feisal: “Let Our Image of God Unite Us”
What is a "sacred space"? What makes a place "sacred"? How does religion exist within spaces, such as mosques, churches, and synagogues? These questions prompted Imam Feisal to consider how we—as individuals, members of communities, and people of faith—locate ourselves in the world, and how we can let our common love for—and the love of—God unite us beyond barriers. Imam Feisal explored these ideas in depth in an op-ed published in the Philadelphia Inquirer. At ...
Cordoba House Stands with the Jewish Community
"A Hebrew prayer sometimes recited in Jewish cemeteries is the El Maleh Rahamim, which means 'God full of compassion.' It invokes the images of divine wings, spread protectively over the soul of the deceased. May we find our common humanity under the loving protection of God." - Imam Feisal Cordoba House Stands in Solidarity with Our Jewish Friends Our hearts break over the antisemitic acts recently reported in the national news. We learn of yet another wave of bomb threats against ...
