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01 24 12

American Muslims Defend Religious Freedom

—FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—

KANSAS CITY, Kansas (January 24, 2012) – The Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) Kansas City chapter issued a press release today announcing the launch of its billboard campaign as part of ICNA’s national “Defending Religious Freedom and Understanding Shariah” campaign.

01 6 12

Free Qurans Offered Outside Library

Muslim group hands out literature and discusses Islam at Rancho Santa Margarita Public Library. – By Martin Henderson

You couldn’t miss it. In red and yellow letters draped over a table outside the entrance to the Rancho Santa Margarita Public Library was an eye-popping offer: “Free Quran.”
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08 28 11

Post 9/11, some Muslims pray in Christian churches

Hundreds of Muslims in have been meeting at hall in Good Shepherd Catholic Church in Alexandria since August to pray while their new mosque is being built.

By Carlos Hamann – ALEXANDRIA, 2011-08-31

08 25 11

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.

08 9 11

Billboards advertise hotline about Islam

August 9, 2011, newsworks.org

By now, drivers on the New Jersey Turnpike may have noticed the two billboards advertising an toll free number for callers to ask Muslim volunteers about their faith.

Many of the questions so far address Sharia law, jihad or the holy month of Ramadan, said Ashfaq Parkar, the national coordinator for the Islamic Circle of North America, which runs the hotline.

07 28 11

ICNA President Wishes You Ramadan Mubarak

Dear Brothers and Sisters in Islam,

Assalamu Alaikum! Once again we are blessed with the holy month of Ramadan, Alhamdulillah. I would like to take this opportunity to remind myself and you all that we should multiply our good deeds and take full advantage of this blessed month, InshaAllah.

07 23 11

ICNA Sacramento Hosts Info Booth at California State Fair

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SACRAMENTO, California (July 25, 2011) – The Islamic Circle of North America Sacramento Chapter is hosting an information booth at the California State Fair, from July 14 to July 31, 2011.

07 19 11

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

06 25 11

ICNA Mobilizes for the National Sharia Campaign

With the concept of Shariah cropping up in forums across the country, and states moving to ban courts altogether from the consideration or use of Shariah, the Islamic Circle of North America is taking action. The organization’s “Understanding Shariah” campaign is geared to tackle what can easily be labeled one of the most controversial and misunderstood issues in the nation today.

05 22 11

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.

05 19 11

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.

05 10 11

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.

05 9 11

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.

05 5 11

ICNA Commends OCHRC for its Recognition of Dr. Siddiqi

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JAMAICA, New York (May 6, 2011) – In a press release issued today the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) commended the Orange County Human Relations Commission for its recognition of Dr. Muzammil Siddiqi for his interfaith and community work in Orange County in the past 30 years.

04 28 11

WhyIslam S. Cal to Hand out Free Copies of the Qur’an

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LOS ANGELES, California (April 22, 2011) – This weekend, WhyIslam, a project of ICNA, dedicated to eradicating misconceptions about Islam, is handing out free literature and translated copies of the Qur’an at the Los Angeles Times Festival of Books at the University of Southern California (USC) on April 30 and May 1.

03 12 11

We Catholics want to express our solidarity with you- Archibishop Gregory

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JAMAICA, New York (March 9, 2011) – In a letter addressed today to the ICNA President, the Most Rev. Wilton D. Gregory, Archbishop of Atlanta and Chairman, Committee for Ecumenical and Inter-religious Affairs, US Conference of Catholic Bishops, expressed his solidarity with Muslims. See the full letter here:

01 31 11

ICNA’s 877-Why-Islam Project Launches TV Ads

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Piscataway, New Jersey (January 31, 2011) – Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), a grassroots- based non-sectarian mainstream organization of North American Muslims, has launched a TV Ad campaign in order to disseminate accurate information on Islam and Muslims, through its outreach project 877-Why-Islam.

12 19 10

ICNA IT Department Launches ICNA.TV

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JAMAICA, New York (December 21, 2010) – The ICNA IT Department announced today the launch of www.ICNA.tv, a website that will provide live video streaming of ICNA and other relevant events nationwide and a central video archive of past events. The launch of this service follows months of training, hardware and software set-up and successful testing during previous events such as the ICNA convention in Hartford, CT.

12 17 10

Campaign Attempts to Dispel Negativity About Islam

By Bidisha Roy, Hi India

CHICAGO, IL (December 17, 2010) – GainPeace, an out-reach project of Islamic Circle of North America has launched a bold venture in its public awareness campaign by placing ads about Islam on Buses and Train Ad running through in Chicago from October to December, 2010.

12 16 10

WHYISLAM CENTER Project Dinner Attended By Many

by TMO, Muslim Media Network

HOUSTON, Texas (December 16, 2010) – “Giving brings many rewards & blessings to a person: Giving with philanthropic spirit brings rewards & blessings to not only a person, but also brings positive change in the society around us.”

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