Islam

2001 Apr 28

Consultation on Women’s Networks in Multi-Religious America

Sat - Sun, Apr 28 to Apr 29, 12:00pm - 4:00pm

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Harvard University

In 2001, the Pluralism Project embarked on a new initiative to convene and cultivate Women’s Networks in Multireligious America. This first consultation of religious advocacy organizations, recognized that women rarely held formal leadership positions, but played critical roles within the community. The common concerns of religious women represented important opportunities for collaboration, yet their voices were rarely heard within the public conversation, or the traditional structures of interfaith dialogue. This event was first in a series of multi-religious...

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Dr. Imad Damaj

President and Founder, Virginia Muslim Coalition for Public Affairs

This profile was last updated in 2012.

Dr. Imad Damaj is a visionary leader who understands that an increasing religious diversity...

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Virginia Muslim Coalition for Public Affairs
P.O. Box 74623
Richmond , VA 23236
p: (804) 674-4464
2019 Jun 13

Islam 101 in Cambridge

(All day)

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204 Prospect St, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
The Islam 101 program is a 5-week series that covers the basics of Islam: the Articles of Faith, the Prophet’s Life, the Acts of Worship, the Qur’an, and Islamic Ethics. This is the recommended first step for non-Muslims seeking an introduction to Islam. Classes meet downstairs in the sisters' prayer hall.
2019 Jun 20

Islam 101 in Cambridge

(All day)

Location: 

204 Prospect St, Cambridge, MA 02139, USA
The Islam 101 program is a 5-week series that covers the basics of Islam: the Articles of Faith, the Prophet’s Life, the Acts of Worship, the Qur’an, and Islamic Ethics. This is the recommended first step for non-Muslims seeking an introduction to Islam. Classes meet downstairs in the sisters' prayer hall.
2019 May 16

Film Screening: The Sultan and the Saint

(All day)

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26 Powderhouse Rd, Groton, MA 01450, USA
The Sultan and The Saint tells one of the great, lost stories from history. Set in a past period of East-West conflict, it speaks with urgency to our present. Two men of faith, one an itinerant Christian preacher, the other the ruler of a Muslim Empire, bucked a century of war, distrust, and insidious propaganda in a search for mutual respect and common ground. It is the story of Francis of Assisi and the Sultan of Egypt, and their meeting on a bloody battlefield during the period of Christian-Muslim conflict known as the Crusades.... Read more about Film Screening: The Sultan and the Saint
2019 Apr 28

3rd Annual Open Mosque Day

(All day)

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470 South St, Quincy, MA 02169, USA
The Islamic Center of New England invites you to our 3rd Annual Open Mosque Day! All are welcome to join us. Our doors are always open to those interested in learning more about our faith. This event is being held across many mosques throughout Massachusetts, and we are encouraging everyone to participate with us! Join us for conversations, food, and fun! Feel free to ask questions and learn more about Islam - educational materials will be provided for those interested. We invite you with open arms, and ask you to bring your friends and family as well!
2019 May 23

Intercultural Iftar Dinner

(All day)

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500 Revere St, Revere, MA 02151, USA
Turkish Cultural Center and Peace Islands Institute cordially invites you to our Iftar Dinner in observance of the Holy Month of Ramadan to be held at Turkish Cultural Center on Thursday, May 23, 2019 at 7:15 pm. P.S. There will be childcare for kids 4-12. ($10 per child).
2019 May 02

Altruism and our Responsibility for the Other: Interfaith (Jewish, Christian, and Islamic) and Interdisciplinary Perspectives

(All day)

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325 Beacon St, Chestnut Hill, MA 02467, USA
A colloquium intended to share with the wider campus community the work of an interfaith and interdisciplinary seminar. Brief presentations on the subject of altruism as a practice in the three Abrahamic faiths will be followed by a discussion. This event will take place in McElroy Hall 237 at the Boston College Chestnut Hill Campus.
The event is free and all are welcome. Please email...
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2019 Apr 23

Being Muslim in America: An Honest Conversation

(All day)

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285 Church St, Hartford, CT 06103, USA
We know and understand each other best by truly listening to each other's stories. Listen to a diverse panel of area Muslims reflect on what it means to them to be Muslim. What do they want us to know about their lives of faith? First we'll set these stories in the context of Islam in American history and present times. And then, in small-group conversations, all of us, Muslim and non, will get to share our own stories of living our faiths as who we are. All are welcome—join us! This event is hosted by Hartford Seminary, CCIU - CT Council for Interreligious Understanding, and St. Patrick... Read more about Being Muslim in America: An Honest Conversation
2019 Apr 07

Confronting Anti-Muslim Oppression Workshop

(All day)

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1762 Beacon St, Brookline, MA 02445, USA
Join the Jewish Muslim Solidarity Committee of Boston Workmen’s Circle and Kavod House Community to unpack how Islamophobia and anti-Muslim racism underpin both interpersonal bias and structural oppression, and identify ways to combat both. The workshop will address questions including: > What are Islamophobia and anti-Muslim racism, and how do they operate, both nationally and locally? > How do our individual and group identities impact our allyship? > How does this oppression show up in... Read more about Confronting Anti-Muslim Oppression Workshop
2019 Mar 28

Omar Suleiman: Muslims Commitment to Social Justice

(All day)

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George Sherman Union, 775 Commonwealth Avenue, Boston, MA 02215, USA
Join us for one of our Islam Awareness Month events with our guest speaker Imam Omar Suleiman as he talks about social justice! This event is open to everyone! BU students you must bring your BU ID with you when checking in and use your BU email when registering! BU Students: $8 NON BU:$12

'This is about equality': Muslim couple produces braille Quran in English 

March 11, 2019
When Yadira Thabatah converted to Islam 13 years ago from Catholicism, she was eager to learn everything she could about her new religion. The only thing slowing Yadira down was that the 34-year-old mother of three living in Fort Worth, Tex., was born blind. When she and her husband, 33-year-old Nadir Thabatah, who is legally blind but has partial vision, looked for high-quality, English-language resources that she could read, they found nothing. So in 2017, she and Nadir decided it was time for some DIY

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We the (faithful) People: A coalition of religious groups is pushing to redefine faith in Colorado politics 

March 11, 2019
coalition of faith groups is showing up at the state capitol every Tuesday and taking on two big tasks: Pushing legislators for policy that reflects their values and trying to redefine the political voice of the faithful in Colorado. At the launch of Faithful Tuesdays in February, prayers from a Reform rabbi and a Unitarian pastor caused the heads of those gathered to bow, and short sermon-style speeches from a Catholic priest and an African Methodist Episcopal layperson echoed around the grand halls on th

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Muslim inmates sue over combined faith services in Arkansas prisons

March 6, 2019
Muslim prisoners in Arkansas have sued the state’s prison system for requiring them to attend a combined Friday prayer service with members of the Nation of Islam and Nation of Gods and Earths. The Council on American-Islamic Relations, a Muslim civil rights advocacy group, filed the lawsuit Mar. 1 against the Arkansas Department of Correction on behalf of Tucker Maximum Security Unit inmates Gregory Houston Holt, Rodney Martin and Wayde Stewart. Though the three groups, which overlap in their histories a

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