http://www.muslimmuseum.org International Museum of Muslim Cultures (IMMC)Eighth Year Anniversary CelebrationJackson Convention Center105 E. Pascagoula St.Jackson, Mississippi 39201 July 10 -12, 2009 The Muslim American community is one of the fastest growing religious-cultural communities in America. This community is very diverse. It represents indigenous Americans to include African Americans, European Americans, Native Americans, and Latino Americans–and immigrant Americans who migrated from every continent and country of the world. This ethnic melting pot shares a common belief and way of life, Islam. However, they represent very diverse Ethnic and cultural communities that are assimilating within the American culture. As the Muslim community
Read Morehttp://es.groups.yahoo.com/group/CASADE_PAZ Bismillahir-Rahmaanir-RaheemPeace be on you all with mercy and blessings The Islamic Center Dar-us-Salaam, located in Dallas, Texas, is a not-for-profit organization that was founded to help the community in general to help resolve some of the few problems that plague it. At the same time, it has made a dawa project for the Spanish-speaking community. The facilities with which the center has are a small musala, with an area for men and women. Muslims from all nationalities attend, alhamdulillah. If you live in the area of Dallas, Texas, and want to be part of this beautiful project, insha’Allah, come
Read Morehttp://www.islamweb.net/ramadanS/nindex.php?vPart=55 Durante esta temporada de Ramadán, www.Islamweb.net, reunió artículos de alrededor del mundo para ensenar la diversidad del Islam. Los siguientes cinco países fueron entre los demás en este reportaje especial. —Ramadán en Santa Cruz, Bolivia La comunidad musulmana en Bolivia es pequeña, pero, Al Hamdulil-lah, está creciendo poco a poco. El Centro Islámico Boliviano, ubicado en la ciudad de Santa Cruz de la Sierra, realiza un arduo trabajo de Da’wa, tanto a nivel local como nacional, y colabora con las comunidades musulmanas de otras ciudades del país. La llegada de Ramadán es muy esperada y apreciada por los musulmanes
Read MoreBy Yusef Maisonet As Salaamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullah wa Barakatullah, Warith Deen Mohammed (October 30, 1933 – September 9, 2008) was a scholar and a reformer. A world traveler and known to all from Pope John Paul II to the President – all the way to Jerusalem, his opposition against his father’s teachings is widely known. His father was Elijah Muhammad who was the leader of the Nation of Islam from 1933 to 1975. Although excommunicated several times, the love of father and son are very strong and the deep respect that he had with his father was profound and
Read MoreBy Shahzady Suquillo August 18, 2009ReadingIslam.com http://www.readingislam.com/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1248188035705& pagename=Zone-English-Discover_Islam%2FDIELayout&ref=body A Young Latin American Girl Shares Her Thoughts In Quito, Ecuador, very soon all the members of the Muslim community will start preparing themselves in body and soul for the happy arrival of the sacred month of Ramadan. How fast this year has gone by! Considering some aspects of the Western culture here in Ecuador, where no observance for division at social events is taking place, Assalam Mosque has become a unique place for sisters to feel solace and relax. Another particular aspect is that Ramadan at the Equator in Latin America
Read MoreBy Ashley Makar September 13, 2009Killing the Buddha http://killingthebuddha.com/mag/witness/better-than-a-thousand-months/ The holiest night of the year for a Nuyorican Muslim. Rushing to Manhattan’s 96th Street mosque in the white gallabiya he promised Allah he would wear, toting leftover dates in tupperware, Abdu Alim did a good deed. In Spanish-inflected Arabic, “Salamm’alaikum,” he said, to a kid he didn’t know running out of the mosque. They exchanged peace like a high five, and Alim explained that that was an act of charity. And that every move you make toward the mosque and every letter you pronounce from the Qur’an is an act
Read MoreThe United States has its share of visitors every year. Some men and women are here to work, others come to study, while others are tourists; I am here to stay. Like it or not, I am bound to the land through my work and memories. The constant reminder that my religion is under siege here in the United States has not wavered my loyalties to my country. Islam and the United States had a shotgun wedding on September 11, 2001. Separated by centuries of misunderstanding and neglect, the two are now struggling to understand each other over night. The
Read MoreBy Ghadah Ali Gutierrez Many moons ago, my people lived. We existed peacefully in a beautiful land unmarred by progress. Although occasional inter-tribal conflicts arose, they were quickly dealt with and life continued. We had no highways, no televisions, no computers, and yet we were happy. Food was plentiful, as was clean water and air. We lived by the seasons and moved according to the movement of the buffalo. The entire continent was our home, and we lived in harmony with her. Grandmother earth extended her arms to enfold us, and the people were well. Then they came. Came with
Read MoreBy Khadijah Rivera http://piedad-latinodawah.blogspot.com/2007/07/my-flag-endure-aftershock-of-9-11.html Miami is well known for its Latino population and prominent bilingualism. Similar to most Latino Muslims, I lived in a major U.S. city that had a large population of Hispanics. Although I wore a Muslim veil, for the most part, I blended in. I didn’t go to the beaches, clubs or popular Latino spots which were prohibited to me as a practitioner of Islam. But Miami would not be the place to be in the Aftermath of 9-11. I remember growing up in New Jersey and as a girl I use to salute the American flag
Read More“What is wrong with you that you fight not in the Cause of Allah, and for those weak, illÂtreated and oppressed among men, women, and children, whose cry is: “Our Lord! Rescue us from this town whose people are oppressors; and raise for us from You one who will protect, and raise for us from You one who will help.” – Qur’an 4:75. The Prophet sent a Sariya under the command of a man from the Ansar and ordered the soldiers to obey him. He (i.e. the commander) became angry and said “Didn’t the Prophet order you to obey me!”
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