CAIR-Philadelphia would like to congratulate youth of Voorhees Islamic Center for the successful completion of a MYLP workshop last Sunday. Participants were very engaged and asked many questions. One point of discussion was properly dealing with religious bullying and teasing. How should a student go about reporting being bullied because he or she is Muslim?
"In a general sense it's relief," said Moein Khawaja, executive director of CAIR. "He was a major threat, who tarnished and smeared our entire faith." Will bin Laden's death spell the end of America's Muslim paranoia? Muslims are hoping it will since it wasn't until after 9/11 that they began to be scrutinized and suspected in the U.S. amid growing hostility.
Law enforcement agencies routinely bring in outside organizations and individuals for trainings and workshops on specific topics – drugs, domestic violence, terrorism, etc. A disturbing trend amidst the recent rise of Islamophobia in recent years is the deception of local,…
8th Annual Philadelphia Interfaith Peace Walk a Success! On Sunday, people of different faith traditions walked in solidarity to promote peace and understanding in the Overbrook section of Philadelphia. This large group of over 400 walkers visited two churches and…
“It really comes down to how identifiably Muslim you look,” Khawaja said. “I think women who choose to cover might be more prone to verbal assaults and comments, whereas a man who might not be visibly Muslim will just blend in with the crowd.”
Vic Compher, Rugiatu Conteh and Peter Handler from the Interfaith Walk for Peace and Reconciliation explain what the walk aims to accomplish and how anyone can get involved.
CAIR-PA Executive Director Moein Khawaja discusses the death of Osama Bin Laden, Pakistan, Obama and Bush policies and much more with conservative radio host Jesse Lee Peterson, Tuesday, May 10, 2011
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CAIR-PA and local Philadelphia Muslims offer immediate reactions on the elimination of Osama Bin Laden.
