RELIGION NEWS SERVICE: “Not Enough American-Born Imams for U.S. Mosques”
Tweet From Religion News Service Religion News Service | By Omar Sacirbey Posted: 06/26/2012 SHARON, Mass. (RNS) The Islamic Center of New England has always been led by imams born outside America. The two-campus mosque would like to change that, but it’s proving harder than leaders had thought. The ICNE’s mosque here on the South Shore of Boston...
VIDEO: “Easter at the Mosque: Muslims Give Church-less Christians Space to Worship”
Tweet From The Huffington Post Hundreds of worshippers in Sacramento, Calif., were able to celebrate Easter together this Sunday thanks to a local Muslim organization that let the Christians hold services in their mosque, theSacramento Bee reports. For the past 12 years, members of the Spiritual Life Center of Sacramento had rented out space at the Pioneer...
CNN VIDEO: “Is Islamic Extremism Tied to Poverty?”
Tweet From CNN Georgetown University’s Christine Fair talks with CNN about her studies that link poverty and Islamic extremism. Watch CNN Video Tonight:
CONGRESSMAN VIDEO: “TSA Didn’t Pat Down Guys in Arab Robes”
Tweet From Atlanta Journal-Constitution 6:19 pm May 25, 2011, by Jim Galloway On C-SPAN’s “Washington Journal” this morning, U.S. Rep. Paul Broun, R-Athens, said he was undecided when it comes to reauthorization of the Patriot Act. One reason, he said, was the focus on screening average Americans in airports. Broun said that during a recent...
C-SPAN VIDEO: “Civil Rights and National Security”
Tweet From C-SPAN Civil Rights and National Security May 17, 2011 C-SPAN | Washington Journal Sahar Aziz talked about the work of the Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties, and she responded to telephone calls and electronic communications. The Office of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties is charged with ensuring that an individuals rights...
VIDEO: “Me and the Mosque” by Zarqa Nawaz
Tweet From National Film Board (NFB) of Canada Using original animation, archival footage and personal interviews, this full-length documentary portrays the multiple relationships Canadian Muslim women entertain with Islam’s place of worship, the mosque. Islam is the fastest growing religion in the world. In North America, a large number of converts are women. Many are...
CNN VIDEO: “Cleric Walks in Bin Laden’s Footsteps”
Tweet From CNN Added On May 16, 2011 CNN’s Stan Grant profiles a revered Pakistani Taliban cleric once jailed for leading a shootout at a radical mosque.
