The lighter side of things – After nearly becoming hamburger, deal lets cow escape with its life
The tension began to unwind once Katz contacted Moein Khawaja, executive director of the Philly chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. "I called him out of the blue," said Katz, who is a vegan. "This would not have happened without him." Khawaja, who named the cow Casper for its white coat, said he appreciated the passion the animal lovers showed but that Madina's owner was only following the rules about the sale of livestock by a slaughterhouse.
CAIR-Philadelphia would like to congratulate youth of Voorhees Islamic Center for the successful completion of a MYLP workshop last Sunday. Participants were very engaged and asked many questions. One point of discussion was properly dealing with religious bullying and teasing. How should a student go about reporting being bullied because he or she is Muslim?
"In a general sense it's relief," said Moein Khawaja, executive director of CAIR. "He was a major threat, who tarnished and smeared our entire faith." Will bin Laden's death spell the end of America's Muslim paranoia? Muslims are hoping it will since it wasn't until after 9/11 that they began to be scrutinized and suspected in the U.S. amid growing hostility.
Vic Compher, Rugiatu Conteh and Peter Handler from the Interfaith Walk for Peace and Reconciliation explain what the walk aims to accomplish and how anyone can get involved.