RELIGION NEWS SERVICE: “Chicago is Ground Zero in U.S. Muslim Renaissance”
Tweet From Religion News Service by Monique Parsons CHICAGO (RNS) Religious affiliation may be on the wane in America, a recent Pew study asserts, but you wouldn’t know it walking into the storefront near the corner of West 63rd Street and South Fairfield Avenue. Inside a former bank in a neighborhood afflicted with gang violence,...
REUTERS: “The Mystical Cave Called ‘Hira’ in Mecca: One of Islam’s Rarest Relics”
Tweet From Reuters Millions of Muslim pilgrims congregate in Mecca for the haj every year. The come from all corners of the globe, carrying with them their own versions and interpretations of Islam, but some things unite them: their simple white robes and rituals such as circling the Kaaba, a cube-shaped structure that Muslims believe...
NEWSPAPER: “Reading the Quran in a New Way”
Tweet From The Christian Science Monitor Like the Bible, the Quran is filled with fiery passages and gentle ones. Some sentences contradict others. But a new way of reading the Muslim holy book — based on an old way of storytelling — might shed a very different light on its meaning. By John Yemma, Editor / September 28,...
HUFFINGTON POST: “The Future of Religious Minorities in the Muslim World”
Tweet From Huffington Post by Imam Mohamed Magid President, Islamic Society of North America As an imam and as the president of the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA), I know all too well the many challenges that American Muslims experience on a daily basis. We struggle for inclusion, for acceptance, and many times, just to...
PBS VIDEO: “Born in the USA: Documentary on Muslim-Americans”
Tweet From Maryland Public Television Watch Born in the USA – Muslim Americans on PBS. See more from WMPB.
