Local Muslim, Jewish and Christian leaders gathered near the Tennessee Capitol on Tuesday to ask that an anti-Shariah law be withdrawn from consideration by the state legislature.
If passed, they fear, the law would make it illegal to be Muslim in Tennessee, although the bill’s supporters say it specifically targets groups that support terrorism.
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After a longstanding Muslim community was targeted with vandalism, Christian, Jews and Muslims gathered Friday and vowed to write over the hateful speech with words of peace.
The interfaith gathering took place under shared umbrellas midday Friday at the Abdul Majid Karim Hasan Islamic Center. The center is just over the New Haven-Hamden town line [...]
Demonstrations for and against planned congressional hearings on the “radicalization of the American Muslim community” have been staged outside the New York office of the chairman of the House Committee on Homeland Security.
Groups including the Interfaith Alliance Long Island, Pax Christi Long Island, and the Muslim Peace Coalition USA organized Tuesday’s event as a [...]
The Today I Am A Muslim Too Rally will take place on March 6th 2011. The event, organized by Imam Shamsi Ali, will protest Representative Peter King’s discriminatory Homeland Security hearings.
According to Imam Shamsi Ali, this Times Square rally will join Muslims and Non-Muslims alike,”shoulder to shoulder, making our collective voice heard. [...]
Religious Freedom USA will host an interfaith teach-in and discussion of the sacred texts from Judaism, Christianity, and Islam — and how the ideas of community in each one can be applied in a pluralistic society.
The discussion will be lead by a top imam, pastor, and rabbi.
Where? 51 Park Place (the proposed site of [...]
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