Courier News: PISCATAWAY: First Islamic Games will be held

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 […]

Young Muslims Connect With Bronx Fire Victims

By EMAN ELKHOLY The Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Give charity without delay, for it stands in the way of calamity."  (Al-Tirmidhi, Hadith 589) It was all over the news. Raging fire in Bronx, NY leaves many family members dead. When I was first asked to engage in this Young Muslims (YM) initiative to […]

NY Times: Fire Victims Gain a Little Immortality Through Art

  By TRYMAINE LEE, April 19, 2007   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 […]

ICNA Sponsored Arts and Islam Tour a Great Success

The Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) sponsored the Arts Council of England and Mohammed Ali’s Arts and Islam USA Tour which has made quite an impact this week in Chicago, New York, New Jersey, and Boston. Please see press coverage below: NY Times: Fire Victims Gain a Little Immortality Through Art http://www.nytimes.com/2007/04/19/nyregion/19mural.html?ref=nyregion

Chicagoist: Painted Into a Corner

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 […]

Muslim group wants apology from Stone

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 […]

Breaking Down a Cultural Wall

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 […]

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