Welcome to Muslim Association of Bolingbrook is a not-for-profit religious organization incorporated in the State of Illinois in the early 90’s with the mission of serving the communities in and around Bolingbrook area. Both Masjid Al-Islam and Masjid Al-Jumu’ah in Bolingbrook are managed by...
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CAIR also called on the Biden administration and Congress to require local law enforcement agencies to submit complete data on hate crime incidents targeting minority communities. In a statement days after the Hamas attack, the Biden administration said "any hate crime is a ...
Islam did not have to be accommodated, and could remain essentially externalized from European societies—at least in the public realm. Once it became evident towards the end of the 20thcentury that large groups of Muslims were in Europe to stay, “the Muslim” rather than “the Turk,”“the...
communities are significant in this movement. This is the city where our sisterAmeenah Matthewsand otherInterruptershave courageously stood between rival gangs. According toBill Chambers, CIOGC is a federation of organizations that represent over 400,000 Muslim Americans in the Chicago area. Activists ...
in the wake of the San Bernadino mass shooting that left 14 people dead. The reported acts since Oct. 7 include an Illinois landlord fatally stabbing a 6-year-old Muslim boy and wounding the boy's mother, police say, as well as the arrest of a Michigan man after police say he ...
and gender. This chapter also discusses how in the cultural space of contention and compliance in Muslim families, among youth and across generations, culture is made, and remade, in the communities, around the dining room table, in work place, schools, and gym class, and in the midst of ...
Human rights advocates have warned about rising threats against American Muslims, Arabs and Jews since the eruption of Israel's war in Gaza. Other recent alarming U.S. incidents include the October fatal stabbing of a 6-year-old Palestinian American boy in Illinois, ...
The move comes as Justice Department authorities are monitoring an increase in reported threats against Jewish, Muslim and Arab communities in the United States tied to Israel’s war with Hamas. At least two pro-Israel advocacy groups urged members to call on Marriott to cancel the CAIR ...
A 6-year-old boy was killed in analleged hate crime attack in Illinoisnear Chicago on Saturday. The boy and his mother, who was injured in the stabbing attack, were allegedly targeted for being Muslims. The suspect now faces a federal hate crime investigation and President ...