CAIR-Philadelphia, State College Muslims Invite Penn State Athlete Aaron Brooks to Engage with Muslim Community After Disparaging Remark About Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)

Aaron Brooks

(PHILADELPHIA, PA, 3/20/2023) – The Philadelphia Chapter of Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Philadelphia) today called a disparaging remark about Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) by Penn State Wrestling athlete Aaron Brooks on ESPN following his victory at the NCAA Wrestling…

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

Director's Desk by Ahmet Selim Tekelioglu, PhD.

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.