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Imam Mohammed Zafarullah will serve the Chicagoland Community

October 30, 2017 rayhanania No Comments

Imam Mohammed Zafarullah will serve the Chicagoland Community Hundreds of Muslims Welcome New Imam Mohammed Zafarullah to Bait-ul-Jaamay Mosque Imam Mohammed Zafarullah serves as a Missionary of the Ahmadiyya Muslim Community USA, the oldest Muslim organization in the United States, est 1920. Under the direction and guidance of His Holiness Mirza Masroor Ahmad, the Khalifa…

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Kennedy defends Illinois Muslims in opening mosque

September 1, 2017September 25, 2018 rayhanania 1 Comment

Kennedy defends Illinois Muslims in opening mosque Christopher Kennedy, the candidate for Illinois Governor in the March 2018 Democratic primary and the son of the late U.S. Senator Robert F. Kennedy, this week denounced plans to block the opening of a mosque in a suburb of Chicago. By Ray Hanania Christopher Kennedy is someone who…

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Republican John Findlay slams Dar al-Hijra Mosque in Virginia

March 25, 2017March 26, 2017 Mike Ghouse No Comments

Dar al-Hijra Mosque in Virginia was slammed by Republican John Findlay By Mike Ghouse I was sick of the extremists among Muslims hijacking Islam, and the long battle to wrest public relations out of them continues till this day, the American Muslims have nearly succeeded and a few more steps are needed to be taken to…

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What Muhammad Ali meant to American Arabs, and me

June 10, 2016September 24, 2018 rayhanania 1 Comment

What Muhammad Ali meant to American Arabs, and me, a personal remembrance of Ali’s impact on the lives of American Arabs during several encounters from his beginnings in the boxing profession from Cassius Cay to Muhammad Ali and his conversion to Islam, to his support of the building of Mosques and Islam in the 1970s, and…

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Racists target Wheaton, Illinois mosque

January 13, 2016September 29, 2018 rayhanania No Comments

Racists set up phony website to defame and libel Muslims in Wheaton. Fake site purports to be website of Wheaton Mosque and is intended to promote hate and Islamophobia The Islamic Center of Wheaton (ICW) is under cyber-attack by an unknown group. A website bearing the same name of ICW is on the web and it contains…

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What’s really behind protests against Sterling Heights mosque?

September 1, 2015September 1, 2015 rayhanania 4 Comments

Hundreds of people turned up at a Planning Commission meeting in Sterling Heights on August 13, 2015 to protest the building of a mosque in their community in a scene repeated throughout the country over the past two decades. Is the issue traffic congestion, or is it a more sophisticated form of anti-Islamic religious prejudice?…

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Community protests building of mosque in Detroit suburb

August 28, 2015September 24, 2018 rayhanania 6 Comments

A proposal to build a mosque in Sterling Heights, a suburb of Detroit, has attracted a lot of anger and protests from the public including Middle East Christians who were among the most vociferous in their opposition. The protests included complaints about traffic but also addressed issues of racism and stereotypes against Muslims. Mosque issue will…

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Bullets fired at Dome of Orland Park Illinois mosque

March 25, 2014September 24, 2018 rayhanania 1 Comment

Bullets fired at Dome of Orland Park Illinois mosque By Ray Hanania A single gun-shot was fired through the Golden dome of the Prayer Center of Orland Park, a mosque that opened to much community opposition and controversy in the Southwest suburban community in 2004. The Orland Park Illinois Police Department, which has taken strong…

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