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Atheist Nexus

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 21 October 2013.

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Address: Various Locations, Portland, OR 97206
Email: atheistnexus@gmail.com
Website: http://www.atheistnexus.org/group/portland

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Bosnian Cultural and Education Center

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 1 July 2014.

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Address: 8021 SE Stark Street, Portland, OR 97215

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This profile was researched and written by Muntasir Sattar of Reed College, under the direction of Dr. Kambiz GhaneaBassiri.

History

Most of the members of the small Bosnian community in Portland came here as refugees between 1992 and 1997, during the civil war that followed the breakup of Yugoslavia. Church-sponsored-...

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Categorizing Muslims, between Theory and Practice:  A Perspective from Portland, Oregon (2004)

Over the past two decades, Islam in America has been receiving increased attention by academics and policy makers. The great influx of immigrant Muslims since the early 1960s, as well the conversion to Islam by a large number of American natives, have significantly changed the religious and social landscape of America. Many earlier studies have treated Islam in America as an imported tradition that remains largely unchanged when it is relocated in the United States. However, a number of more recent studies have attempted to understand Islam in this part of the world as a tradition that...

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Masjed as-Sabr - The Islamic Center of Portland

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 28 August 2015.

Phone: 503-293-6554
Email: info@assaber.com
Website: http://www.assaber.com https://www.facebook.com/IslamicCenterOfPortlandMasjedAssaber
[flickr_set id="72157621814700323"] This research was conducted by students Anne Marie Armentrout and Muntasir Sattar of Reed College, under the direction of Dr. Kambiz GhaneaBassiri. Masjed as-Sabr has the largest capacity among Portland mosques and Islamic centers, serving an estimated seven hundred... Read more about Masjed as-Sabr - The Islamic Center of Portland

Muslim Community Center of Portland

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 28 August 2015.

Phone: 503-281-7691
Email: mccp.officeof.imam@gmail.com [home], ICPemail@icop.org [home]
Website: http://mccpdx.org/
[flickr_set id="72157621814873267"] This profile was researched and written by student Jonathan Grass of Reed College, under the direction of Dr. Kambiz GhaneaBassiri. Members of the Muslim Community Center trace their roots in Portland further back than members of other Portland mosques and Muslim community centers.... Read more about Muslim Community Center of Portland

Contextualization and Periodization of Muslim Civic and Political Activities in Portland, Oregon (2004)

Introduction

Muslims in the United States were for many decades all but ignored socially, and totally ignored politically. But events of the past forty years have been witness to a increased interest in the religion of Islam and its adherents. Large numbers of immigrants from Muslim countries increased the size of the American Muslim community. The Persian Gulf War brought Muslims into the media spotlight. Finally, the events of September 11th, 2001 and the destruction of the World Trade Center made popular sentiment turn against Muslims, and paved the way toward...

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The Movement Center: The Power of Spirit

Information about this center is no longer updated. This data was last updated on 23 June 2014.

Phone: 503-231-0383
Email: NI-info@comcast.net [office], info@themovementcenter.com [home]
Website: http://www.themovementcenter.com/

Nityananda Institute is the division of the Movement Center dedicated to the exploration, documentation, and preservation of ancient traditions of religion, art and healing. Its main interest is the tantric traditions of spiritual practice in Asia, particularly the tradition of...

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