Ramadan at Work & School

In recent days, we have received several reports from employees and students from across the area who have expressed confusion around their rights during this time. CAIR-Philadelphia is here to support you as observe Ramadan.

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PA Advocacy Day Team, featuring community members from Philadelphia, Downingtown, Lansdale, Allentown, and Lansdowne

Our Advocacy Meetings at the US Capitol

On Monday June 12th, CAIR-Philadelphia staff members Ahmet Tekelioglu and Asiyah Jones, along with other Muslim Pennsylvania constituents joined Muslims from across the United States in Washington D.C. for the U.S. Council of Muslim Organizations (USCMO) 8th Annual National Muslim Advocacy Day.

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Primary Election Resources and Our Principles

Primary Election Resources and Our Principles

The Islamic legal maxim dar’ al-mafasid wa jalb al-masalih – درء المفاسد & جلب المصالح guides our civic engagement work. While CAIR-Philadelphia cannot express opinions supporting or rejecting specific candidates, we hope everyone voting today will foreground this maxim.

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Director's Desk by Ahmet Selim Tekelioglu, PhD.

Director’s Desk: An Expression of Thanks and Request for Du’as for Syria and Turkiye

As many of you know, I hail from Turkiye — I am the only member of my family living in the US. As I sat by my laptop at 2 AM Monday morning, I saw the news coming from Turkiye and Syria. What was not immediately clear at that point is that the earthquake that hit the region is one of those once-in-a-century disasters that we are accustomed to read in history books. 

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