ICNA Press Clippings http://www.icna.org/icna Thu, 07 Aug 2008 17:35:29 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.2 http://www.icna.org/icna/images/M_images/icnalogo.png http://www.icna.org/icna ICNA Press Clippings http://www.icna.org/icna/icna-press-clippings/icna-subway-ad-campaign-media-coverage-3.html The New York Chapter of Islamic Circle of North America and its 877-WHY-ISLAM project have launched a subway campaign which has garnered quite a bit of media attention. Donate to this project today (https://icnany.org/Donation/Donation.php?a=subway)! and visit http://www.youdeservetoknow.org (http://www.youdeservetoknow.org) to learn more about this information campaign. CNN Interview with ICNA Representative: Islam on Subway http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma0DqFoUcj8 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ma0DqFoUcj8) Ma0DqFoUcj8 http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gQCSo26kDDIxQKgO4mNvtAmDtxCA (http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5gQCSo26kDDIxQKgO4mNvtAmDtxCA) Firestorm over a campaign to understand Islam http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/07/23/firestorm-over-a-campaign-to-understand-islam/ (http://ac360.blogs.cnn.com/2008/07/23/firestorm-over-a-campaign-to-understand-islam/) NY paper blasts Muslim ad project because of supporterhttp://www.wnbc.com/news/16950893/detail.html?rss=ny psp=news (http://www.wnbc.com/news/16950893/detail.html?rss=ny psp=news) Radical Imam Promotes Pro-Islamic Ad Campaign to Run on New York Subways http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,387701,00.html (http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,387701,00.html) Fox News Channel Video Coverage http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K8tSZg-VE4 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2K8tSZg-VE4) Fri, 25 Jul 2008 14:09:08 +0100 http://www.icna.org/icna/icna-press-clippings/muslim-day-at-six-flags-a-time-to-relax-and-connect-with-ot-3.html 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... Fri, 25 Jul 2008 13:42:31 +0100 http://www.icna.org/icna/icna-press-clippings/icna-mas-convention-press-coverage-2.html Alhumdulilah the ICNA-MAS Convention was covered by the mainstream and also Muslim press. If you have any pictures, videos or articles you would like to share about the convention please contact us. A Feedback form will be available soon for all participants who attended. Till then enjoy the positive media coverage: Hartford Courant: In Hartford, Thousands Gather To Celebrate Islam (http://convention.icna.org/index.php?option=com_content task=view id=59 Itemid=62) Fox 61: Islamic Convention (http://convention.icna.org/index.php?option=com_content task=view id=58 Itemid=62) Hartford News: The Window to Islam Symposium Returns to Hartford this Week (http://convention.icna.org/index.php?option=com_content task=view id=54 Itemid=62) WTIC: Colin McEnroe's Islamic Circle Discussion Dr. Khurshid Khan, President of the Islamic Circle o (http://convention.icna.org/index.php?option=com_content... Tue, 08 Jul 2008 12:34:51 +0100 http://www.icna.org/icna/icna-press-clippings/icna-houston-conference-a-success-4.html “There are people, who do not like the ever increasing and blossoming Muslim Community. Muslims have always brought peace and resourcefulness with them, but then there are people, who feel increase in the numbers of Muslims, would have political and economical implications on USA Society, which somehow they do not want to happen. As such their works and gestures are scaring and bullying the next generation of Muslims, so as to let them leave USA, especially several renowned and respectable Muslim scholars are being pressurized. Time has come that Muslims should stop to tolerate this and start a non-violent... Thu, 29 May 2008 14:12:40 +0100 http://www.icna.org/icna/icna-press-clippings/the-queens-courier-women-s-shelter-opens-in-ja-2.html BY MITKO GRIGORO Wednesday, April 9, 2008 12:49 PM EDT In an attempt to alleviate the problems of homelessness and poverty in the community, a new temporary housing unit for women is opening its doors in Jamaica. Located at 87-91 144th Street, the center is operated by ICNA Relief USA, a subdivision of the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), a nationally-recognized Islamic, non-profit organization that has been serving both the Muslim and non-Muslim communities since its inception in 1967. The shelter will provide clean and safe housing for women living in extreme poverty, who are 18 years of age and older, legal residents... Wed, 23 Apr 2008 09:10:48 +0100 http://www.icna.org/icna/icna-press-clippings/hartford-courant-ct-muslim-community-growing-expanding-m-3.html Drivers traveling west on I-84 are invited to turn east — toward Mecca. A billboard promoting Islam near the Cheshire exit, and only a short distance from the construction of what will be the largest mosque in the state, encourages drivers to call a toll-free number to learn about the world's second largest religion. The Connecticut chapter of the Islamic Circle of North America, which paid for the billboard, has sponsored similar billboards nationwide to inform non-Muslims about Islam and to correct negative stereotypes that emerged after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. Islamic Circle held its national convention in July at... Sun, 23 Dec 2007 13:17:04 +0100 http://www.icna.org/icna/icna-press-clippings/courier-news-islamic-group-organizes-cultural-event-for-d-2.html Islamic group 877 Why Islam is organizing a cultural event, “In the Footsteps of Abraham (peace be upon him),” 5 p.m. Dec 9 at its center at 1320 Hamilton St., Somerset section. Abraham, the father of Judaism, Christianity and Islam, is respected by all faiths and a role model for all of humanity, organizers said. In honor of his obedience to God, the event will mark the Muslim celebration of Eid-ul Adha, the festival of the sacrifice. Eid-ul Adha also marks the time of year when Muslims make the pilgrimage to Mecca or Hajj, the fifth pillar of Islam. Hajj and... Wed, 28 Nov 2007 09:29:44 +0100 http://www.icna.org/icna/icna-press-clippings/a-time-of-faith-a-time-of-change.html The leader of region's largest mosque is leaving to start a seminary By MARC PARRY, Staff writer, timesunion.com COLONIE -- The end of Ramadan this weekend will be a time of shared gifts and celebration. For the popular leader of the region's largest mosque, it also will be a time to say farewell. Imam Ahmed Kobeisy is leaving his Colonie mosque at the end of the month to establish an Islamic seminary based in New York. It's an effort to build the infrastructure for educating the next generation of Muslim-American leaders. Right now, the expanding U.S. Muslim population often depends on imams... Sun, 07 Oct 2007 22:00:00 +0100 http://www.icna.org/icna/icna-press-clippings/whyislam-banquet-calls-on-muslims-to-be-blazing.html By GENENE SALMAN, Staff Writer ANAHEIM, Calif. – An airport employee accidentally became Muslim after reading an Islamic book left behind by a traveler. This was just one of the stories Siraj Wahaj, Imam at Al Taqwa Mosque in New York, shared at the WhyIslam Banquet underscoring the need for da’wah, or educating others about Islam More than 300 people attended the half-day event at the Brookhurst Community Center for a day filled with talks, workshops and fund raising to support and learn from WhyIslam’s efforts. Mon, 06 Aug 2007 09:54:40 +0100 http://www.icna.org/icna/icna-press-clippings/cs-monitor-matters-of-faith-updates-on-the-world-of-rel.html Matters of faith: Updates on the world of religion By Jane Lampman Muslims reach out American Muslims are most aware of the paucity of understanding on both sides, and some are experimenting with their own remedy. Earlier this month, the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA), a grass-roots group aimed at strengthening Muslims in their faith practice, had a full-day Window on Islam for non-Muslims at their annual convention in Hartford, Conn. Imams and scholars held a lively seminar with more than 100 guests on such topics as what Muslims believe, jihad, how Muslims view other religions, the status of women, the... Wed, 25 Jul 2007 22:41:09 +0100 http://www.icna.org/icna/icna-press-clippings/hartford-courant-a-chance-to-see-beyond-the-veil-of.html By JENNIFER WARNER COOPER It was fear that drove me to attend the Muslim convention in Hartford on July 7. In the days and weeks that followed 9/11, we were gripped with incomparable fear. Mothers on soccer sidelines whispered about gas masks on e-Bay. We questioned the efficacy of duct-taped plastic wrap as a household barrier against chemical warfare. The hysteria has since been quelled, but the fear remains, simmering, and reminders of our vulnerability - a car bomb in Glasgow, Michael Chertoff's gut feeling - are too frequent. But I fear more than potential acts of terrorism: I fear the angry swell... Tue, 17 Jul 2007 21:00:00 +0100 http://www.icna.org/icna/icna-press-clippings/wwlp-islamic-circle-of-north-americas-annual-convention-meets-in-har.html Click Here to Watch Video (use Internet Explorer) Muslims from All Over North America are Meeting in Hartford this Weekend Muslims from all over th United States and Canada are meeting in Hartford this weekend , for the Islamic Circle of North America's annual convention. As 22 News Lynn Barry, tells us tonight, Muslims in this country say they're are trying to create a greater understanding of their faith. Tue, 10 Jul 2007 13:46:10 +0100 http://www.icna.org/icna/icna-press-clippings/conference-confronts-islamic-stereotyping.html By David A. Brensilver Hartford — East Lyme resident Imran Ahmed recently received an e-mail in response to comments he posted on the Internet about terrorism and the war in Iraq. The e-mail, Ahmed said, came from a former U.S. serviceman who opined that Islam was a bankrupt religion and that Muslims subscribe to terror and violence. The prevalence of such attitudes was among the reasons Ahmed gave for attending the 32nd annual convention organized by the Islamic Circle of North America in conjunction with the Muslim American Society and support from the Council on American-Islamic Relations. The three-day convention, which concludes... Mon, 09 Jul 2007 12:10:14 +0100 http://www.icna.org/icna/icna-press-clippings/hartford-courant-muslims-open-a-window-to-faith.html By HILARY WALDMAN, Courant Staff Writer AMID HUNDREDS OF MUSLIMS during afternoon prayers on Saturday, Asim Abdelrahman, 6, keeps close to his father, Abdel Abdelrahman, during the annual meeting of the Islamic Circle of North America held at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford. The Abdelrahmans, who live in Princeton, N.J., joined about 15,000 other Muslims, mostly from New York, New Jersey and Pennsylvania, as well as about 100 non-Muslim guests invited to learn more about Islam. -MICHAEL MCANDREWS, July 7, 2007 Laurie and Stephen Janecko could have spent Saturday afternoon swimming in their pool. Instead, the Roman Catholic couple from East Hartford... Mon, 09 Jul 2007 12:03:16 +0100 http://www.icna.org/icna/icna-press-clippings/convention-aims-to-offer-window-on-muslim-life.html By David A. Brensilver Hartford — Muslim leaders hope next month to inform members of other faiths about theirs, and to dispel myths and stereotypes perpetuated by what the Islamic Circle of North America's secretary general called the “irresponsible media.” “Islam remains the most misunderstood religion in America,” Naeem Baig said. At a press conference at the Connecticut Convention Center in Hartford Monday, Baig announced that the New York-based nonprofit Islamic Circle, with support from the Muslim American Society and the Connecticut chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, will hold its 32nd annual convention at the Convention Center July 6-8. This will be... Tue, 19 Jun 2007 10:48:13 +0100 http://www.icna.org/icna/icna-press-clippings/south-brunswick-sentinel-a-day-to-play-and-pray-in-so.-b.html Hundreds of competitors gather for Islamic Games BY CHRIS GAETANO, Staff Writer More than 75 teams composed of about 600 Muslim athletes converged upon South Brunswick on Saturday for the 2007 Islamic Games. Hosted by Crossroads South Middle School and sponsored primarily by the Islamic Circle of North America, this year's event resurrected the games after a hiatus since the early 1990s. The games were started in order to fill what organizers saw as a need for more opportunities for young Muslim athletes to compete. The event's founder, Saludeen Nausrudeen, said that many Islamic parochial schools don't have enough athletic programs, especially for girls,... Thu, 31 May 2007 21:00:00 +0100 http://www.icna.org/icna/icna-press-clippings/islamic-games-held-at-school.html By ERICA HARBATKIN, STAFF WRITER - eharbatkin@thnt.com SOUTH BRUNSWICK — About 600 Muslim athletes descended on Crossroads South Middle School on Saturday for the first-ever Islamic Games. Kids ages 8 to 17 kicked soccer balls, shot basketballs, spiked volleyballs, rounded wickets and ran sprints in the first annual event sponsored by the Islamic Circle of North America.Hassan Syed, 13, of North Brunswick, was scrambling up to the last minute to put together a soccer team fit to compete in the games. The team that we were versing, they were much more experienced. They were registered a long time before us, Hassan... Sun, 27 May 2007 12:06:58 +0100 http://www.icna.org/icna/icna-press-clippings/let-the-islamic-games-begin.html Muslims from throughout the Northeast to gather in So. Brunswick Saturday BY CHRIS GAETANO SOUTH BRUNSWICK - More than 600 Muslim student-athletes from New York, New Jersey, Connecticut and Pennsylvania will play and pray at Saturday's 2007 Islamic Games. Held at Crossroads South Middle School, the event will feature competitions in basketball, soccer, volleyball, cricket and various track and field events, with about 30 different Muslim parochial schools and organizations taking part from around the region. The large number of participating athletes might be explained by what the event's organizers say is a general lack of athletic programs for Muslim schools around the... Fri, 25 May 2007 06:45:21 +0100 http://www.icna.org/icna/icna-press-clippings/speaker-islam-should-not-be-judged-by-the-actions-of-mu.html By Annie Martin, The Daily Northwestern American culture's recent focus on terrorism and the treatment of women in several Muslim-dominated countries has caused many Americans to misperceive Islam as oppressive and violent, said Sabeel Ahmed, a representative from a Muslim organization in Chicago. Instead, people should look to Islam's constitution, the Quran, he said. Islam should not be judged by the actions of Muslims just as Christianity should not be judged by the actions of Christians and Judaism should not be judged by the actions of Jews, Ahmed said. Islam should be judged by the Quran and the... Mon, 21 May 2007 21:00:00 +0100 http://www.icna.org/icna/icna-press-clippings/courier-news-piscataway-first-islamic-games-will-be.html On May 26, more than 600 Muslim athletes will assemble to compete in the Annual Islamic Games presented by the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA)at Crossroads South, South Brunswick. The annual Islamic Games under the theme “Strong Inside … Strong Outside” will feature action in track and field, basketball, volleyball, soccer, cricket for males and females of all ages. Many other fun activities, sports and games will be on hand for kids and grown-ups. The Islamic Games is being launched in response to the growing needs of the Muslim communities. The purpose of the Islamic Games 2007 is to promote athletic skills... Thu, 26 Apr 2007 11:30:34 +0100 http://www.icna.org/icna/icna-press-clippings/ny-times-fire-victims-gain-a-little-immortality-throug.html By TRYMAINE LEE Aisse Magassa slowly rolled her wheelchair to the wall of the old building, carrying a can of spray paint and with four of her little girls squirming behind her. The air was cold, and droplets of rain crashed softly onto the hijab that covered her hair. The brightly painted wall, at 56 East Mount Eden Road in the Bronx, lit up an otherwise drab stretch of auto repair shops and dollar stores. She steadied the chair with one hand, and with the other she gripped the can, jamming down on the nozzle until a stream of bright blue paint... Thu, 19 Apr 2007 10:54:42 +0100 http://www.icna.org/icna/icna-press-clippings/breaking-down-a-cultural-wall.html With graffiti, British artist offers vision of unity between Islam, West ... but mural here must wait By Azam Ahmed, Tribune staff reporter In a world where Islam and the West are sometimes viewed as clashing cultures, Mohammed Ali's art says otherwise. Like many young Muslims, he grew up reading the Quran and watching music videos, praying at the mosque and listening to hip-hop. Through his work, the British-born graffiti artist -- who visited Chicago as part of a U.S. tour to promote a dialogue about Islam and the arts -- challenges the assumption that the... Sun, 15 Apr 2007 21:00:00 +0100 http://www.icna.org/icna/icna-press-clippings/muslim-group-wants-apology-from-stone.html BY ESTHER J. CEPEDA Staff Reporter A misunderstanding about permit requirements for public art has a North Side Islamic group calling for an apology from an alderman facing a runoff Tuesday. The Chicago chapter of the Islamic Center of North America says Ald. Bernie Stone (50th) acted inappropriately last week when he stopped the painting of a peace mural by an internationally known artist and a group of 20 high school students. Muralist Mohammed Ali was in Chicago through a program with the Arts Council of England, said Mahmood Khan, ICNA president. On Friday morning, he and the teens were painting a skyline... Sun, 15 Apr 2007 21:00:00 +0100 http://www.icna.org/icna/icna-press-clippings/chicagoist-painted-into-a-corner.html Just days before he faces Naisy Dolar at the ballot box in Chicago's 50th Ward, Bernie Stone is facing a different kind of challenge in his ward: public art, and the tension it can create in the community. Mohammed Ali, a British Muslim artist who is touring the US in conjunction with the Arts Council England for his “Arts and Islam” tour, came to Chicago this past weekend. For the Chicago portion of the tour, he had planned to paint the word Peace in both Arabic and English on the side of the Islamic Circle of North America... Sun, 15 Apr 2007 21:00:00 +0100 http://www.icna.org/icna/icna-press-clippings/citys-muslim-population-grows-and-imams-become-hot-comm.html Azeem Khan, assistant secretary general of the Islamic Circle of North America, a Muslim community development organization based in Queens, said, “bigger Islamic centers are very picky when looking for an imam, so they won't take just anyone, and they might end up looking for months.” According to Zahid Bukhari, president of the American Muslim Studies Program at Georgetown University, this fundamental challenge for American Islam – too few imams qualified to fulfill expanded social roles and to bridge vast ethnic and cultural differences – can be solved by establishing an Islamic school of higher education in America. “We need to establish... Wed, 24 Jan 2007 13:39:20 +0100 http://www.icna.org/icna/icna-press-clippings/newsradio-1510-wlac-asks-why-islam.html Br. Naeem Baig, Secretary General of ICNA appears on Tennessee's NewsRadio 1510 WLAC on The Kevin Wall Show. He answers questions on the air related to misconceptions about Islam. The title of this show is entitled Why Islam and can be downloaded in two parts in mp3 format. Listen (MP3 Audio): Part 1 (http://www.wlac.com/cc-common/podcast/request_song.php?enclosure_url=http%3A%2F%2Fa1135.g.akamai.net%2Ff%2F1135%2F18227%2F1h%2Fcchannel.download.akamai.com%2F18227%2Fpodcast%2FNASHVILLE-TN%2FWLAC-AM%2F12-13-06+why+islam+part+2.mp3) | Part 2 (http://www.wlac.com/cc-common/podcast/request_song.php?enclosure_url=http%3A%2F%2Fa1135.g.akamai.net%2Ff%2F1135%2F18227%2F1h%2Fcchannel.download.akamai.com%2F18227%2Fpodcast%2FNASHVILLE-TN%2FWLAC-AM%2F12-13-06+why+islam+part+2.mp3) Source: NewsRadio 1510 WLAC (http://www.wlac.com/cc-common/podcast/single_podcast.html?podcast=TennesseeTodayinterviews.xml) Fri, 15 Dec 2006 14:59:50 +0100 http://www.icna.org/icna/icna-press-clippings/city-limits-three-new-yorkers-reflect-on-septemb-2.html To take a cross-community pulse of the city at this significant moment, City Limits Weekly Editor Karen Loew sat down for a conversation with Queens resident Adem Carroll, a Muslim who is chair of the dialogue-building Muslim Consultative Network and, through the Islamic Circle of North America, provided emergency legal and financial help to more than 850 people detained in post-9/11 legal sweeps; Brooklyn resident Sunita Subramanian, who led the Disaster Relief and Recovery Program for Lawyers Alliance for New York and now heads its Immigrant Communities Initiative; and Manhattan resident Madelyn Wils, who is and has been a leader of numerous downtown community and arts organizations. Read The entire... Mon, 11 Sep 2006 18:32:41 +0100 http://www.icna.org/icna/icna-press-clippings/queens-chronicle-program-helps-muslims-face-new-chall.html by Christopher Henderson , Assistant Editor, Queens Chronicle (Christopher Henderson) Malika Bey Rushdan coordinates the 9/11 Civil Liberties Project at the Islamic Circle of North America. The day after Sept. 11, 2001, Malika Bey Rushdan stopped for gas at a filling station in Massachusetts. As she exited her car, wearing a hijab—the head scarf that identifies her as a Muslim—the man filling his tank in front of her began screaming at her, asking her rhetorically, “if she was happy now?” Instead of returning the man’s hostility, Rushdan... Thu, 07 Sep 2006 18:34:06 +0100 http://www.icna.org/icna/icna-press-clippings/carib-world-radio-islam-and-the-west.html Glenville Ashby, journalist and New York Carib News contributor, speaks with Mrs. Daisy Khan of American Society For Muslim Advancement and Mr. Azeem Khan of Islamic Circle of North America and explores many of the misconceptions and stereotypes surrounding the Western view of Islam. Listen to the Radio Show here (http://www.caribworldradio.com/blog/?p=438). Thu, 07 Sep 2006 18:29:07 +0100 http://www.icna.org/icna/icna-press-clippings/harvard-pluralism-project-publishes-research-report-on-icna-mas-conve.html On Independence Day weekend, the Connecticut Convention Center was crowded with thousands of American Muslims. The annual ICNA-MAS Convention, one of the largest Muslim events in America, is organized by the Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) and the Muslim American Society (MAS). Those who attended the convention came from across the country to learn more about Islam from scholars and activists, to improve themselves as individuals, and to make new friends and meet old ones. Nasim, a mother of two with a Pakistani background, also emphasized that she wanted to attend the convention with her two sons so that they “know we are Muslims.” Asiyah, a... Tue, 08 Aug 2006 15:31:38 +0100