CAIR-SFBA & SBIA MC Host Youth Leadership Workshop

(San Jose, CA) - On Saturday, June 16, CAIR-SFBA held its second Youth Leadership Workshop of 2007, titled “Framing the Media Message,” at the South Bay Islamic Association (SBIA).
Organized in coordination with the SBIA Media Committee and the Muslim Community Association (MCA) Youth Committee, the workshop began with [...]

Interview with CFL Star: Ibrahim “Obby” Khan

Check out Irfan’s interview with CFL (Canadian Football League) Star: Ibrahim “Obby” Khan in the June Issue of Illume Magazine:
Interview with CFL Star
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Book Review: Unimagined

In Unimagined: A Muslim Boy Meets the West, Imran Ahmad narrates life growing up Pakistani and Muslim in England. Born in Karachi, he migrated to England with his family as a very young boy. Ahmad did his best to fit in a land dominated by those with a different religion and color of skin who [...]

Altmuslim.com Interview

Religion Writer Andrea Useem conducted a really good interview with Altmuslim.com’s founder and editor Shahed Amanullah. It can be read here.

Book Review - The Reluctant Fundamentalist

America has always seen an influx of immigrants who come to the U.S. for upper education and opporunties that may escape them in their homeland. Mohsin Hamid tells the story of one such immigrant in The Reluctant Fundamentalist. The title refers to Changez from Lahore, Pakistan, who left his country to pursue [...]

Blair appeal for moderate Muslims

“Tony Blair says he wants the “voice of moderation” among Muslims to be heard, as £1m funding was announced to boost Islamic studies at UK universities.”
Full story here.
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