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INTRA FAITH WORKS
ONE FAITH – Nineteen Questions about Shi’i-Sunni Relations by:
Mohamed Nimer, director of research at the Council on American Islamic Relations, is the author of “The North American Muslim Resource Guide: Muslim Community Life in the United States and Canada” (Routledge: 2002).
Asma Afsaruddin, associate professor of Arabic and Islamic studies at the University [...]

Yesterday evening I heard Karel on KGO talk about the mess Middle East was in the last week and I tend to agree with what he said. The point he tried to make was that something is up with Muslim people, they just can’t stop fighting, whether it be against non-Muslims or just Muslims fighting [...]

Few days back, Thomas Friedman wrote an article Middle East missing Muslim Martin Luther King basically crying out loud for answer to a simple question, why is there this deafening silence in the muslim world when it comes to Iraqi Sunnis and Shias killing each other?
He says,
It takes a village, and right now [...]

I just found out through one of the organizers of the Husayn Day Peace Walk that even though every attempt possible was made to make sure the media attends the Husayn Day Peace Walk and reports on it, none of the major outlets showed up. No local, no national.
On the Internet, I was only [...]

Macon, GA (WMAZ-TV) - Mayor C. Jack Ellis, a practicing Christian throughout his life, on Thursday said he’s “switched “to the Islamic faith.
The mayor said the conversion also means he’ll be going through the legal process of changing his name. His new name will be Hakim Mansour Ellis. The mayor said he kept his [...]