These are moments I will remember forever: the eerie hush in this morning’s subway car, the only sound that of grown men and women sobbing. Whispered phrases float through the train: “This is worse than 9/11.” Silence. An older voice: “… like when JFK was shot …”
(PHILADELPHIA, PA, 11/11/16) – On Monday, November 14, the Philadelphia chapter of the Council on American-Islamic (CAIR-Philadelphia), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, will hold a news conference, together with leaders of other faith communities, to offer…
(PHILADELPHIA, PA, 11/9/16) – The Philadelphia Chapter of the Council on American-Islamic-Relations, the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today issued a statement calling on President-elect Donald Trump to respect the rights of all Americans and pledging to…
With only weeks left before the most important presidential election in our lifetimes, now is the time for the Muslims of Pennsylvania to make our voices heard by participating in CAIR-Philadelphia’s Second Annual “Muslim Capitol Day” (MCD) in Harrisburg on Tuesday, October…
(PHILADELPHIA, PA, 10/20/16) – Scores of Muslim community leaders from around Pennsylvania will be coming to Harrisburg on Tuesday, October 25, for the Second Annual “Muslim Capitol Day.” Participants in Muslim Capitol Day will have a private meeting with Governor…
I awoke yesterday morning to hear the news on the radio that Bob Dylan had been awarded this year’s Nobel Prize in Literature. To many in the post-war baby boomer generation, I am sure this news was met with near-rapturous joy, as it was by me. Dylan’s words and music were the soundtrack for the whole tumultuous decade of the Sixties -- his words perfectly and ecstatically capturing the zeitgeist (“spirit of the age”) of sudden cultural and political change unfolding before our eyes.
by Ryan Houldin Civil Rights Attorney, CAIR-Philadelphia Our country has a history of condemning large groups of people, especially those groups deemed “un-American,” based on the acts of a few. The events of September 11, 2001, combined with our current political climate,…
As-Salamu Alaykum! This is a time of great urgency for the American Muslim community. Our community and our faith have become targets of hate in the current presidential campaign. Bigoted and unconstitutional schemes targeting Muslims continue to be proposed by…
(PHILADELPHIA, PA, 10/6/2016) – Muslim, Jewish, Christian, and social action organizations will gather on Saturday, October 8, 2016, 8:30 am – 4:30 pm, for Philadelphia’s 10th Annual “Day of Dignity,” an interfaith effort to help the tens of thousands of…
