There
are 64 mosques in the Bronx and 49 of those are African. The Bronx is
home to 200,000 Africans.
Joining
Daisy Khan in this photo from the right, are Police Officers Awad and Nasser. To
her left stand Moustafa Elshiekh and Imam Konate.
Daisy Khan was a guest speaker at last week's Muslim Advisory
Council's Promoting Understaning in Cooperation with NYPD event. The
Muslim Advisory Council is promoting understanding and cooperation -
fostering a climate of mutual respect and trust between the Muslim
community and the NYPD.
WISE at the 2nd Annual New Horizons Event in Brooklyn
Sunday, June 5, 2011
Official Date: June 5, 2011 Location: Brooklyn Technical High Schoool: 29 Fort Greene Place Brooklyn, NY 11217-1299 Time: 9:00 AM -8:00 PM (Registration Opens: 8:30) Official Theme: Our Faith, Our Voice Tickets will be on SALE soon!: $20 Speakers & Entertainment (Confirmed as of now): Imam Shamsi Ali, Halal Jesters, Mohammed Yahya. More to follow soon.
A profile about Rajae's music and persona was published in Weekly Zaman newspaper (published in Turkey, Britain, the US and over 35 other countries.)
Intern Corner
"Pursuant to the interfaith dialogue we so desperately need, I am ASMA's general intern and office hamster. I love it here even if it means sacrificing my vitamin D."
- Matthew Chen
CALL FOR STORIES: 'Love, InshAllah: The Secret Love Lives of American Muslim Women'
Announcing a call for non-fiction/memoir/personal stories by American Muslim women on the search for love. These stories will be published in a book, Love, InshAllah: The Secret Love Lives of American Muslim Women, by Soft Skull Press in February 2012.
Editors' Note: We will only be considering stories from African-American and Arab-American women at this time. Deadline: Monday, June 13, 2011.
