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Press Releases and Media Coverage
Eid celebrations foreshadow 9/11 anniversary in the US
By BARBARA FERGUSON | ARAB NEWS
Aug 27, 2011 – WASHINGTON: In the US, the end of the holy month of Ramadan this year will be celebrated with three days of feasting and parties as throughout the Muslim world. But here in the US it will also have a shadow over it, this year the end of Ramadan concludes — an eerie coincidence — shortly before the 10-year anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.
Protested Islamic group gives away 400 backpacks
By ERIC CARPENTER, 2011-08-23
ANAHEIM – Leaders of the Islamic relief organization that drew protests at a fundraiser in Yorba Linda last winter say they are using some of the money raised to give back to the local community during Ramadan.
Islamic Society gives out packs
Aug. 20, 2011, Delaware
The Islamic Society of Delaware Saturday joined Muslim groups across the country in giving out backpacks “to help the community in this hard economy,” spokesman Ali Khan said.
More than 300 supply-loaded packs were given first-come, first-served while the quickly dwindling supply lasted at the society center at 28 Salem Church Road, Ogletown.
Islam Billboards on New Jersey Turnpike Stir Controversy
By CHRISTINE PERSICHETTE
MYFOXNY.COM – While most billboards you drive by on the New Jersey Turnpike advertise things like hotels or cars, the billboards getting attention recently advertise a certain religion and are stirring up controversy.
Houston Muslims help needy families prepare for school
HOUSTON (KTRK) — Houston-area Muslims are uniting this weekend to help needy families in the community get prepped for the start of the school year.
Ramadan: Time of reflection, prayer, fasting
By Barb Randall
The Lake Oswego Review, Aug 4, 2011
Muslims around the world are observing Ramadan. They do not eat or drink from sunup to sundown. The foods pictured above would be commonly served in the evening meal.
State Fair booth volunteers answer questions on Islam
By Jennifer Garza
Visitors to the California State Fair can find booths demonstrating everything from juicers to cleaning products. For the fourth year in a row, there is also a booth about Islam.
On the first floor of Building C, next to a space that sells headphones for athletes, fairgoers can pick up free Qurans and brochures. This year, DVDs about Islam are also available. Muslim volunteers are on hand to answer questions about their religion. Read more
Dinners to Support Religious Freedom & Sharia Awareness
JAMAICA, New York (June 27, 2011) – The Islamic Circle of North America is pleased to invite you to its annual fundraising dinners with keynote speaker Dr. Tariq Ramadan, being held in the month of July in several cities across the United States.
Support Joplin Relief Efforts – ICNA President
(JOPLIN, MO, 6/13/11) — While visiting tornado hit Joplin, Dr. Zahid Bukhari made an appeal to the American Muslim community to help fellow citizens in need by supporting ICNA Relief.
ICNA Launches Campaign on Understanding Sharia
Hartford, CT (June 5, 2011) – From a thought-provoking performance at Sunday’s entertainment night, to jam-packed sessions with various scholars the ICNA-MAS Convention was the place to be this Memorial Day weekend.
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Deadly Tornadoes Strike. ICNA Relief Provides Help.
JOPLIN, MO (May 25, 2011) – The deadliest single twister in the US since 1947 hit Joplin, Missouri on Sunday. ICNA Relief’s disaster response team begins distributing truck load of basic supplies to the victims.
The Most-Visited Booth at the LA Book Festival 2011
by Suzanne Khazaal
LOS ANGELES, California (May 22, 2011) – While controversy sparked over the change of venue from UCLA to USC for the 2011 Los Angeles Times Festival of Books held last month, fortunately for the volunteers of WhyIslam, the outreach project of ICNA Southern California Chapter, traffic flow to their booth was unhindered. In fact, their booth was one of the busiest at the festival this year.
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Lauren Booth’s Spiritual Journey to Islam
By Hasan Zillur Rahim, The American Muslim
Many of us speak of Lauren Booth, a recent Muslim convert, as the sister-in-law of Tony Blair, the former Prime Minister of Great Britain. They do her injustice. She has carved out a career as a fearless broadcaster and journalist on behalf of the oppressed. In fact, it would be more appropriate to identify Mr. Blair as the brother-in-law of Lauren Booth. Given his role in the Iraq war, such identification could even help Mr. Blair recover part of his dwindling reputation.
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For Some, Helping With Disaster Relief Is Not Just Aid, It’s a Calling
By KIM SEVERSON
RAINSVILLE, Ala. — Some couples spend retirement playing the nation’s best golf courses or hopping cruise ships. Not Marteen and Wiley Blankenship. They collect disasters the way other retirees collect passport stamps.
ICNA on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
ALEXANDRIA, Virginia (May 10, 2011) – ICNA was featured on Comedy Central’s prime time show The Daily Show with Jon Stewart last week. They covered cooperation between the Islamic center run by ICNA and the Aldersgate United Methodist Church, both in Alexandria, VA.
First Muslim Info Booth at Latino Festival
By Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES, California (May 8, 2011) – Today the Annual Fiesta Broadway Festival, billed as the world’s largest Cinco de Mayo event, attracted half a million people who converged on 24 blocks in downtown Los Angeles. Over 50,000 people visited the first ever information booth on Islam organized by ICNA Southern California Chapter’s outreach project WhyIslam.
American Muslims Provide Relief After Storms- NY Times
By Staff Writer
Birmingham, Alabama (May 6, 2011) – In the aftermath of the worst tornadoes to hit the United States since the Great Depression, hundreds of Southerners are dead and thousands of their homeless neighbors are left gaping at the rubble. American Muslim organization ICNA Relief is on the ground, offering a helping hand to victims as they begin to piece their lives back together after the devastating storms.
Statements On Bin Laden From Religious Groups
Huffington Post Religion – May 2, 2011
Many religious groups have issued statements in the wake of President Obama’s announcement late Sunday night that Osama bin Laden had been killed. Here are responses of American and international religious organizations as they become available.
Card. McCarrick Commends ICNA in US Senate
Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has been a trusted friend of the American Muslim community for many years and has spoken out in defense of religious freedom on more than one occasion. View his testimony at the Senate’s hearing on the civil rights of American Muslims.
