DONATE for the annual Eid-ul-Fitr Gift Baskets program being given to needy local families in time for Eid. (Download Flyer [pdf])
Last year’s successful program went to help over 125 families and elderly. Over the past 5 years over 385 baskets have gone out to the needy. Help make a family’s Eid brighter by donating to this program.
2009 Ramadan Goal = 150 Baskets
Basket cost is $125.00
Basket includes: Fruit, Various Food Items, $120 VISA Cash Card
Deadline for donations (to make it in time for Eid): September 14, 2009
Multiple Donations encouraged.
Please call 267-808-4906 to donate or e-mail keembo6@comcast.net
Checks are to be made payable to North Penn Mosque.
Sponsored by: North Penn Mosque, Zubaida Foundation
Distributed through: Masjidullah (Philly); UMM (Philly); NP Mosque and Manna on Main Street (Lansdale)
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Focus Article: The United States and Political Islam: The Dialectic of Hegemony and Resistance
by Mohammed Ayoob
In his speech to the Muslim world from Cairo on 4 June 2009, President Obama declared: “We meet at a time of tension between the United States and the Muslims around the world – tension rooted in historical forces that go beyond any current policy debate.” This statement, however, is only partially true. Obviously there are historical forces that affect many Muslims’ perception of the West and, therefore, of the United States and vice versa. I will refer to some of them in this paper. But it is equally – if not more – true that the power structures in the international system as well as specific American policies contribute enormously to this tension. Read more…
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World Commentary
