Islamic nonprofit reaches out to community with back-to-school giveaway
Supplying free book bags containing school supplies to children is part of the new Islamic Ministries and Community Development’s outreach efforts. Imam Faruq Post chatted with parents and children visiting the nonprofit’s Back 2 School Giveaway on Sunday in Hagerstown’s West End. A canopy was set up in front of the group’s 455 W. Washington […]
5 Modern Mosques to Be Amazed By
The Middle East is peppered with beautiful mosques of glorious domes and intricate architectural details and on an international scale, countries beyond the Arab region are welcoming contemporary structures that interpret Islamic heritage in an uber-modern way. We’ve been around and looked around, and there they are: 5 modern mosques that you must visit, if […]
Judge rules in favor of Sterling Heights in summary judgement against mosque opponents
A U.S. District Court judge has sided with the city of Sterling Heights against a group of residents attempting to invalidate a consent judgment reached between the American Islamic Community Center and the city regarding the building of a mosque. The group of plaintiffs includes seven city residents, one of whom is Jeff Norgrove, who […]
Dispelling myths among goals of ‘open hours’ at Libertyville mosque
Opportunities for Lake County residents to learn about their Muslim neighbors have increased with a series of open hours at Islamic Foundation North in Libertyville. The group, which has operated at 1751 O’Plaine Ave. since 2004 is hosting sessions on Sundays, once or twice a month, as part of its continuing outreach effort, according to […]
Bayonne settles lawsuit with Muslim group clearing the way for mosque
BAYONNE — The city has reached a $400,000 settlement with a local Muslim group that will allow the organization to build its community center in its original location on the east side of the city. By settling with the nonprofit Bayonne Muslims, who filed a federal lawsuit against the city in May, Bayonne will avoid […]
Let’s Talk about culturally sensitive treatments for depression
By Mojola Omole, Surgical Oncologist and Munk Global Journalism Fellow, University of Toronto. Each week Dr. Yusra Ahmad, a psychiatrist and clinical lecturer at University of Toronto, meets six to eight women with a range of mental health disorders at a mosque in the city’s west end. She leads them through a program that combines […]
Men in Bomb Plot Won’t Get to Add Trump Voters to Jury
A judge on Wednesday said no to three Kansas residents who requested to have Trump voters on their jury as they’re tried for attempting to bomb a mosque and a Somali refugee community. Gavin Wright, Patrick Stein and Curtis Allen were denied their request to include voters from a Trump-voting region in Kansas in their […]
Bayonne finds itself on growing list of cities, towns to nix mosque proposals
BAYONNE — In September 2015, the planning commission of Sterling Heights, Michigan voted unanimously to reject building a mosque in a location that was seen as unsuitable for the area. One year later, the leaders of the local Islamic center filed a lawsuit against Sterling Heights, a large suburb of Detroit, accusing the city of […]
Quran Swimming in Pork Lard Sent to California Mosque
Police in California are investigating a hate-related incident after a Sacramento Muslim group was sent a defiled copy of the Quran, immersed in a container of pork fat. Members of the Sacramento Valley Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) received a suspicious package on June 28. Wary of opening the package, they contacted the police.
Paris Mosque Pulls Out of State-sponsored Muslim Foundation
The influential Paris Grand Mosque has announced it is pulling out of a new, state-sponsored Muslim foundation, criticizing “interference” in how Islam is exercised at a time of simmering tensions and divisions surrounding France’s second-largest faith. The mosque, which represents about one-tenth of France’s 2,500 mosques and Muslim associations, called on other Muslim groups to […]