Over 500 people showed up last Sunday night, May 19, for CAIR-Philadelphia’s 4th Annual Interfaith Iftar Dinner at Masjidullah. Co-sponsored by Masjidullah and Philadelphia Masjid, the participants included Muslims, Christians, and Jews from all over the Philadelphia region, and included imams, ministers, rabbis, and local and national elected officials.
Supported with a generous grant from SEAMAAC, CAIR-Philadelphia conducted a comprehensive Get Out the Vote Campaign in four counties (Philadelphia, Delaware, Bucks, and Montgomery), five locations (Masjid Al-Falah, Muslim Youth Center of Philadelphia, Zubaida Foundation, North Penn Mosque, and Masjid Al-Madinah/Upper Darby Islamic Center), and in five languages (we distributed a sermon that emphasized the importance of voting from an Islamic point of view in Bangla, Urdu, Hindi, Indonesian, and Burmese).
Unity and compassion was the goal of an interfaith meal held at a Philadelphia mosque on Sunday night. At 8:12 p.m. prayers were said and a day-long fast was broken. Dozens gathered for the traditional Iftar meal at Masjidullah in West Oak Lane.
On the occasion of the Holy Month of Ramadan, the CAIR-Philadelphia Staff, Executive Committee and Advisory Board wish you and your families Ramadan Mubarak, Ramadan Kareem, a Happy and Blessed Ramadan. During this sacred month, please consider making a donation to CAIR-Philadelphia. We are a nonprofit organization and all contributions to CAIR are tax-deductible and zakat-eligible.
A Philadelphia city commission said Monday it’s investigating an event last month at which Muslim children were captured on video speaking in Arabic about beheadings and the liberation of Jerusalem’s most sensitive holy site.
As the holy month of Ramadan begins, may Allah bless you with happiness, your home with harmony, and our nation with peace and justice.
From the Staff, Executive Committee, and Advisory Board of CAIR-Philadelphia.
In response to news reports about a community event involving students at Muslim American Society of Philadelphia, the Philadelphia Chapter of the Council on American Islamic Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights organization, today reaffirmed its condemnation of any and all manifestations of anti-Semitism.
Charleston SC, Pittsburgh PA, Christchurch NZ, and now Poway CA; the roll-call list grows and grows as once again we recoil in horror and anger at the carnage. We should not, however, allow our grief to blind us from the fact that all these crimes were all committed against Jews and Muslims and African Americans by young white men committed to a racist ideology that believes that these three groups pose an existential threat to “White Christian America.”
The Philadelphia Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today expressed solidarity with the Jewish community in the San Diego-area and nationwide following a deadly shooting at a synagogue near that city.
