Why is this Passover different from all other Passovers?
Lasting for eight days every Spring, Passover commemorates the time when God sent Prophet Moses to free the Hebrew slaves from their bondage in Ancient Egypt.
Lasting for eight days every Spring, Passover commemorates the time when God sent Prophet Moses to free the Hebrew slaves from their bondage in Ancient Egypt.
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.
Over the weekend of August 19-20, 2023, young leaders from the greater Philadelphia area joined CAIR-Philadelphia for the Summer 2023 Muslim Youth Leadership Summit!
Meet CAIR-Philadelphia’s interns for summer 2023! See below to learn what they are working on: Photos and Bios: “My name
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.
On Monday, June 5 our CAIR-Philadelphia team hosted Muslim City Hall Day in collaboration with Emgage Pennsylvania. We extend a
Please join us in welcoming Iman Ahmad to our CAIR-Philadelphia team! Iman will serve as CAIR-Philadelphia’s paralegal. She has a
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.
Over the years, scientists warned us often,
Environmental activists tried to make us aware
But we continued to ruin our planet Earth.
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.
Ahmet Tekelioglu
Executive Director
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Jacob Bender
Creative Director
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Timothy Welbeck, Esq.
Civil Rights Attorney
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Asiyah Jones
Youth Coordinator
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