Date: January 29, 2017 Time: 2:00 PM Location: Philadelphia International Airport (map) Visit the Facebook event page for latest updates. Less than 24 hours after Holocaust Remembrance Day, U.S. border officials at Philadelphia International Airport (PHL) have begun implementing Donald…
As the protesters chanted, Philadelphia City Council was busy at their first session of 2017. They unanimously passed a resolution introduced by council members Helen Gym and Curtis Jones Jr. to uphold the city’s “support for and protection of Muslim communities.”
Tomorrow, January 27, 2017, CAIR-Philadelphia will join Nationalities Service Center, HIAS-PA, ACLU-PA, and the Public Interest Law Center for a press conference in response to President Trump's recent executive orders regarding the border wall with Mexico and ban on immigration from Muslim-majority countries.
“I ask that you all continue to stand in solidarity with the Muslim-American community in Philadelphia,” [CAIR-Philadelphia Executive Committee Member, Salima] Suswell, a Muslim American community leader in Philadelphia, said, “against social injustice, hate speech, hate crimes and vicious rhetoric that influences and ignites turmoil in this society.”
On Thursday, January 26, at Philadelphia City Hall, Jacob Bender, Executive Director of the Philadelphia Chapter of CAIR (Council on American-Islamic Relations) will offer testimony at the Philadelphia City Council, from 10:00 am – 12:00 pm, in support of the adoption of Resolution No. 161119, submitted last December 8th by Councilmember Helen Gym.
Jacob Bender — executive director of the Philadelphia chapter of CAIR, the Council on American-Islamic Relations — says his organization has received numerous offers of support from outside the Muslim-American community since the election. The group has been monitoring Islamophobic hate crimes and conducting town hall meetings, education and outreach since the election. “I think the dire situation offers an opportunity for a broad coalition across religious, ethnic and racial groups,” Bender says.
SAVE THE DATE CAIR PHILADELPHIA ELEVENTH ANNUAL BANQUET “REVELATION AND RESISTANCE” As-salamu alaikum! Saturday, March 11, 2017 is the date of CAIR-Philadelphia’s Eleventh Annual Banquet, which will again take place at the beautiful Springfield Country Club. RESERVE YOUR TICKETS TODAY!
Daniel Walmer Lebanon Daily News Their home is the United States, not their country of origin – and they want to see it prosper, said Hamid Housni, founder of the Lebanon Valley Mosque. Many of the children of immigrants have…
