"All mosques, all synagogues, churches, houses of worship should be safe from any threats. should be safe to worship as they do and this value should be non-negotiable for anyone even in times of tension or conflict," Ahmet Tekelioglu, CAIR-Philadelphia executive director, said. Even though...
Intisar Shah is one of the most recognisable and respected members of the Philadelphia Muslim community. Born and raised in North Philadelphia, she accepted Islam in 1973. Some people have described Intisar Shah as a rock of the community, but she is more than that; she’s a gemstone who...
On January 14, 2013, the Philadelphia Muslim community was shaken to its core when police sounded an Amber alert for a missing five year old girl. A non-Muslim woman donned niqab and pretended to be the girl’s mother in order to take her out of school. During her captivity, the child...
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She must adhere to her obligations to Allah through prayer, fasting, pilgrimage and charity. Hermodesty and self-respect – In Islam, these terms are referred to as ‘Haya’. A Muslim woman should try as much as possible to avoid anything that would go against Allah’s teachings. A ...
Recent scholarship focuses on the plasticity of the concept of “scripture” as it is defined by different religious traditions. Based on its contents, the Quran is most commonly compared to the Bible, yet such an approach misses the distinct way that th
Two Palestinian men from Philadelphia toldNBC 10that they were questioned while trying to board a Southwest Airlines flight in Chicago after a man heard them speaking Arabic and became afraid to fly with them. "If that person doesn't feel safe, let them take the bus," Maher Khali told the...