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Friday, 25 July 2008 |
By Deborah Horan, Chicago Tribune reporter
On
any other day, Sobia Ahmed would opt to forgo many of the snacks on
offer at Six Flags Great America in Gurnee. To perform the Islamic
prayers she recites five times a day, she likely would slip onto a
secluded path at the amusement park or look for solace under a shady
tree for a few furtive minutes.
But this Saturday Ahmed and her family will eat and pray at their
leisure in the park with hundreds of other Muslims from the Chicago
area who plan to visit the sprawling entertainment center for a day
catered especially to them.
For the fourth time since 2004, Six Flags in Gurnee is sponsoring Muslim Day, bringing in outside caterers to provide halal
food and turning an amphitheater into a makeshift mosque to accommodate
Muslims who observe dietary laws and strict prayer schedules. Muslims
who plan to go say they appreciate the sense of community the event
creates as well as the opportunity to talk about Islam with curious
non-Muslims at the park.
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Tuesday, 22 July 2008 |
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-FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE-
Islamic Subway Ads Raise Questions, Muslims Reach Out to
New Yorkers to Provide Answers.
The New York Chapter of Islamic Circle of North America
(ICNA) and it's 877-WHY-ISLAM project is sponsoring 1,000 ads to appear in 1,000
New York City subway cars during Ramadan. Ramadan is a month when Islam receives
more attention, because Muslims will be fasting
at the workplace. The mission of the project is to encourage people to search
for unbiased information on Islam and to promote understanding and dialogue
between people of different faiths.
The ad design portrays questions that people may have about
Islam in a visual format. Keywords associated with common stereotypes about
Islam, including politicized buzz words (i.e. Head Scarf) are displayed on the
ad as questions. Interested passengers can then visit www.whyislam.org or call
1-877-WHY-ISLAM to receive answers to any of their questions. A variation of 3 advertisements will appear in
1,000 of the MTA's 6,200 subway cars. The ads can be viewed on
http://www.youdeservetoknow.org in high resolution.
Due to the presence of much negativity and Islamophobia, the
general public has the daunting task of sifting through uninformed and biased
sources before they can find reliable outlets. We are providing an opportunity
to anyone who has questions to have them answered by informed Muslims.
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Thursday, 10 July 2008 |
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Written by Hasna Farrukh, age 13
“Identity Crisis”—when it first
came to my knowledge that this was the theme for the Youth Conference 2008
organized by YM Brothers, YM Sisters, and MSA National, I was utterly excited.
Maybe it was because I’m going to public school for the first time in my life
come September Insha’Allah. Maybe I was afraid, I felt the need to learn more
about my deen in a way that would sooth my nerves. I wanted to sincerely be
proud to exist as a Muslim. MUSLIM—scary
word to those who do not know, right? But is it their fault? Are they ignorant?
Maybe not, maybe we need to show them. Our duty is to call people to Islam. But
how can we do that if we ourselves do not understand?
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