Islamic Heritage Month is an annual month-long series of FREE educational public programs commemorating Islamic heritage, culture, and civilization during the month of October. Programs will be hosted at Masjidullah-The Center for Human Excellence and CAIR-Philadelphia, featuring a wide variety…
I was on vacation last week. My wife, daughter, and I spent the time in a beachfront hotel in Montauk, a lovely little village at the tip of Long Island. Vacations should be a welcome relief from the tensions of the world, but this year, the world found a way to make its pain known through the ubiquitous electronic devices that litter our contemporary environment.
INTRODUCTION CAIR-Pennsylvania is organizing the “First Annual Muslim Capitol Day” (MCD) in Harrisburg on Tuesday, October 20, 2015. MCD will bring dozens of Muslim leaders, community members, and students from around the state to Harrisburg to meet with state senators…
Yesterday in Istanbul, Turkey, an unprecedented Islamic Climate Change Declaration was released, presenting the moral case, based on Islamic teachings, for Muslims and all people to take urgent climate action. The Declaration calls for a rapid phase-out of fossil fuels,…
I write about this, not only because it is the 70th Anniversary of the Hiroshima/Nagasaki bombings, but also because I believe the world continues to exist under the shadow of The Bomb. One Muslim nation, Pakistan, already has The Bomb, and the situation along the border with India remains extremely tense.
By Ryan Houldin, Esq. CAIR-Philadelphia Staff Attorney As we mark the 50th Anniversary of the signing into law the historic Voting Rights Act of 1965, it is important to keep in mind that the struggle of African American to exercise…
The Staff and Executive Committee of CAIR-Philadelphia wishes you a Happy Eid-ul-Fitr. In these turbulent times, may Allah bless and protect you and your family, and may the God of Mercy and Compassion bring peace and justice to the whole…
(WASHINGTON, D.C., 7/16/2015) – The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR), the nation’s largest Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization, today condemned a deadly attack in Tennessee that left four Marines dead. In a statement, CAIR National Executive Director Nihad Awad said:…
Dear Friends, As-Salaam-Alaikum, Nearly two years ago, the leadership of CAIR-Philadelphia made a historic decision: to hire a non-Muslim as the executive director of this chapter of America’s pre-eminent Muslim civil rights and advocacy organization. This decision, in the context…
