Islamic Center Of Boston In Wayland To Hold Open Mosque Day
WAYLAND, MA — The Islamic Center of Boston in Wayland is welcoming all neighbors into its mosque this week for Open Mosque day. The event will be from 3 p.m. to 6 p.m. on Sunday April 28. The event is meant to educate residents about Islam and the history of the mosque as well as […]
Muslims give Christian and Jewish volunteers a day off for Easter
PHOENIX, AZ (3TV/CBS5) — This Easter, a group of Muslims shared a special gift with volunteers who help asylum seekers. Women from a north Scottsdale mosque helped serve a group of immigrants Sunday, so Christian and Jewish volunteers could have time off during Easter and Passover. [WATCH: Volunteers serve dinner to asylum seekers in south Phoenix] A […]
Muslim Charity Gives $5K To Repair Vandalized Jewish Cemetery
A Jewish cemetery in Massachusetts that was vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti last week received a $5,000 donation from a Muslim charity to help repair the damage. That charity, CelebrateMercy, has over the past two years given $115,000 to vandalized Jewish cemeteries and memorials in Missouri, Illinois, New York, Massachusetts and Colorado, and facilitated the donation of around $238,000 to the Tree […]
EDITORIAL: Local church does its bit to heighten mutual understanding of different faiths
A Facebook and Twitter meme in circulation these days holds that the only thing any American need know about Muslims can be summed up in the 9/11 attacks on our nation. Another asks why, if Islam is a religion of peace, Muslim scholars and clerics don’t loudly condemn extremists who misrepresent it so. Of course, […]
Muslim Tatars: The patriots practising a ‘light version of Islam’
Muslims have lived in Poland for 600 years, but there is a fear that they will gradually abandon their culture. by Agnieszka Pikulicka-Wilczewska The year was 1395. Tokhtamysh and his Tatar Muslim army were rushing to the northeast across the vast steppes of Ukraine, unsure of what was to come. The journey was long and […]
Faith leaders promote peacekeeping in increasingly heated times
When the Rev. Dan Clark heard that an anti-Muslim group planned to protest at a central Ohio mosque during Ramadan two months ago, he immediately reached out to several Muslim leaders to see what the interfaith community could do. “They were very grateful that we were there to help,” said Clark, director of Faith in […]
Islam Between Love and Hate
By Dr. John Andrew Morrow In the Name of Adonai. In the Name of the Father. In the Name of Allah. In the Name of the Great Spirit, Manitou, the Creator, the Omnipresent and Omniscient. That covers Judaism, Christianity, Islam, and the spiritual teachings of the First Nations. Welcome. And if you don’t believe in […]
Sisterhood Of Salaam Shalom Brings Christmas Cheer To Willow Creek Residents
Willow Creek resident Jimmy Collins opens gifts brought to him on Christmas Eve by members of the Somerset-Highland Park chapter of the Sisterhood of Salaam Shalom. Nearly a dozen members of a local women’s group brought some Christmas Eve cheer to residents at the Willow Creek Rehab & Care Center on Easton Avenue, even though […]
Shoulder to Shoulder: A Black Pastor, a White Pastor, and an Imam’s Journey for Justice
By Rev. Dr. Michael W. Waters “Then I will purify the lips of the peoples, that all of them may call on the name of the Lord and serve him shoulder to shoulder.” – Zephaniah 3:9 I remember our first meeting well. It was a sweltering summer day in Dallas, Juneteenth, to be exact. The nineteenth of June […]
Muslim Leaders Outline Tools To Identify ISIS Recruitment, Prevent Terrorist Attacks [VIDEO]
A day after a self-proclaimed jihadist carried out the latest terrorist attack in New York City, more than three hundred Muslim and Interfaith leaders have published a new report, WISE Up: Knowledge Ends Extremism, to combat terrorism. They are requesting a sit-down, face-to-face meeting with President Donald Trump and House and Senate leadership. The effort […]