Imam Abdul-Haq Muhammed of Fort Myers, convener, Florida Conference of Muslim Americans (L), and Imam Dr. Nasir Ahmad of host Masjid Al-Ansar, Miami.
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March 23rd · No Comments · Florida Conference of Muslim Americans, Islam, Muslim
Conclusion of Florida Conference of Muslim Americans’ Miami meet 2010: Scenes of model community life
March 21st · No Comments · Florida Conference of Muslim Americans, Islam, Muslim
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Scenes from Florida Conference of Muslim Americans’ regional meeting weekend, Masjid Al-Ansar, Miami FL
March 20th · 4 Comments · Florida Conference of Muslim Americans, Islam, Muslim
The congregational prayer, Friday Night Fish Fry, workshops, breakfast, banquet (during which Azhar Usman’s An Apology to Imam W. Deen Mohammed was read from the program), and more, at FCMA’s latest reunion of Muslims, family and friends from around the state and beyond. (Click on photos for larger view.)
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At Abbey Delray South for Islam/Muslims Q&A
February 10th · No Comments · Islam, Muslim
Georgetown Professor John Esposito’s DVD series laid great groundwork for good discussion with some delightful and inquisitive people. Aneesha and I helped bring to life his well-grounded perspective. We’re due back next week to Abbey Delray South, where last year I served on an excellent interfaith panel. Meanwhile here are some scenes:
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On Malaysian Bibles & misguided ‘Muslims’
January 27th · 2 Comments · Bible, Christian, Extremism, Florida Conference of Muslim Americans, Islam, Jesus, Martin Luther King, Muslim, Quran
“Last November the Malaysian government refused to release 10,000 Bibles it had seized because they contained the word Allah to refer to God…A few Muslims unfortunately went further and attacked churches, badly damaging some of them. Such actions are condemnable as they contradict normative Islam.” Appreciation to my friend Imam Enrique Rasheed of Jacksonville for […]
Tags: Bethesda-by-the-Sea·Dr. Parvez Ahmed·Hebrew Scriptures·Imam Abdul'Haq Muhammed·Ku Klux Klan·Malaysia·The American Muslim·Tom O'Brien
Florida Conference of Muslim Americans: outstanding Educational Session in Orlando
January 24th · 7 Comments · Florida Conference of Muslim Americans, Islam, Muslim, Quran
The theme was “Planning, Designing and Implementing Quranic Standards for Living in Model Communities.” Host Imam Hatim Hamidullah of Masjid Al-Haqq in Orlando (below left), and Imam Qasim Ahmed of Tampa, along with Imam Enriqe Rasheed of Jacksonville, led Saturday’s daylong Educational Session.
Tags: Imam Abdul'Haq Muhammed·Imam Enrique Rasheed·Imam Hanif Khalil·Imam Hatim Hamidullah·Imam Qasim Ahmed
Hear, hear…from NY Times: ‘Rabbi Compares West Bank Mosque Attack to Kristallnacht’
December 15th · No Comments · Jewish, Muslim
Significant and worth amplifying are Robert Mackey’s blog item, and the reader comments. (Thanks to a Jewish friend who alerted me to the link.) On another note, unless I missed it, local Muslims missed an opportunity for comment regarding Topeka, Kansas’ latest visitors to PB County.
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Muslim, Jewish communities unite: Twinning mosques and synagogues, JAM & All
October 1st · No Comments · Jewish, Muslim, Rabbi Marc Schneier, The Coastal Star
InterFaith21: Muslim, Jewish communities unite to find common ground By C.B. Hanif Sundown on Friday, Sept.18 marked the beginning of Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year. The next day, others began observing Eid-ul-Fitr, marking the completion of Ramadan, the Muslim month of rededication. Still others, including Christian friends (some of whom The Washington Post noted […]
Juan Cole: Following Quranic logic to its conclusion
March 17th · 2 Comments · Islam, Muslim, Quran
Stumbled across this insight from University of Michigan Professor Juan Cole while researching my talk on the true picture of Muslims with a great group yesterday at Harbour’s Edge in Delray Beach. Cole cites and translates chapter and verse to conclude: “The default in the Quran is therefore not aggressive warfare, something the book repeatedly […]
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