ICNA: Trump’s Statements Appalling & Endangering
-—FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—- NEW YORK, NY (February 20, 2016) – The Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) is appalled yet again by Donald Trump’s most recent Islamophobic statements, telling a hoax story, rated as false by numerous fact-checking websites about Muslims being executed with bullets “dipped in pig’s blood.”
Catholic-Muslim dialogue
The Columbus Dispatch, Friday February 12, 2016 The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has announced a new National Catholic-Muslim Dialogue sponsored by its Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs.
ICNA strongly denounces Nigerian suicide attacks
-—FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE—- NEW YORK, NY (February 10, 2016) – 58 people were killed and 78 wounded today in a Nigerian refugee camp purportedly by the terrorist group Boko Haram. The Islamic Circle of North America (ICNA) condemns these horrific crimes in the strongest terms possible.
New Catholic-Muslim dialogue formed
By Catholic News Service WASHINGTON (CNS) — The U.S. bishops’ Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs announced Feb. 8 that it is launching a new National Catholic-Muslim Dialogue, and Chicago Archbishop Blase J. Cupich has been named its first Catholic co-chairman.
Walkathon in support of refugees on Family Day
by Nouman Khalil, Mississauga News, Feb 15, 2016 Walking in support of refugees coming to Canada: ICNA Canada’s Peel Chapter hosted the Family Day Walkathon today at the Living Arts Centre in Mississauga.
ICNA CSJ at the 2016 D.C. Interfaith Leadership Summit
(WASHINGTON, D.C., February 8, 2016) – ICNA CSJ participated in the annual D.C. Interfaith Leadership Summit hosted by Interfaith Conference of Metropolitan Washington (IFCMW). The event took place at Howard University School of Divinity in Washington, D.C.
ICNA-MAS 2016, Baltimore: Bazaar registration to open
Baltimore, MD (February 8, 2016) – The 41st ICNA-MAS Annual Convention will be held on May 28-30 in Baltimore, Maryland, at the Baltimore Convention Center in the heart of downtown Baltimore. The theme this year is “Quran: The Divine Guidance”. Registration for bazaar will open this week.
ICNA SF Bay Area welcomes fans at Super Bowl 50
San Francisco, CA (February 7, 2016) – The San Francisco Bay Area Chapter of the Islamic Circle of North America, along with Al-Maghrib organized an outreach event called “#meetamuslim” to welcome the Super Bowl 50 fans.
Protesters use Super Bowl 50 to gain national attention
By Matthias Gafni, San Jose Mercury News SANTA CLARA — As Peyton Manning and Cam Newton practiced inside Levi’s Field in the hours before Super Bowl 50, a block away, Ben Phelps stood on a thin strip of grass in front of the Santa Clara Convention Center and preached how gays would go to […]