Press Releases View PDF Warren, MI – A Ramadan display will be shown at Warren City Hall August 11 – September 9 during the month of Ramadan.Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. It is the Islamic holy month of fasting, in which participating Muslims refrain from eating and drinking from dawn until…
IONA in the News Investigators believe that Samir Khan (r.) is behind the sophisticated graphics and packaging of Al Qaeda’s new recruitment magazine Inspire. A slick new Al Qaeda magazine written in English to lure U.S. jihadists may be the work of a former New Yorker with an eye for graphics – and a lust…
IONA in the News Imam Mustapha (Steve) Elturk shares news that the Warren city council has passed a resolution “Re-affirming the American Core Values of Freedom, Equality, and Justice.”Elturk, a member of the board of directors of the Interfaith Leadership Council of Metropolitan Detroit, is president of the Islamic Organization of North America (IONA).According to…
IONA in the News Measure intended to improve city’s reputationWarren officials and local religious leaders want the public to feel that the city is a good place to live and work and that everyone is welcome in Macomb County’s most populated community.The Warren City Council has adopted a resolution re-affirming the “American core values” of…
Press Releases View PDF History made in the City of WarrenLast night was a historic night for the City of Warren. The city council unanimously passed a resolution on “Re-affirming the American Core Values of Freedom, Equality and Justice.” A document initiated by four clergy.Almost two years ago (June 26, 2008) and after months in…
IONA in the News Steve Elturk is from Detroit, one of our interfaith peacemakers with whom I’ve shared a long journey. When his mosque was being built in Warren (where I used to live) it was a target of bigotry and resistance. But Steve and many others joined together to not only allow the mosque…
IONA in the News A Warren mosque has been so successful and accepted in the community that it is looking to expand in a new location.Imam Steve Elturk, of the Islamic Organization of North America on Ryan Road near 12 Mile Road, said during the mosque’s second annual open house Saturday that its membership has…
Press Releases View PDF An esteemed and well respected Islamic scholar and thinker of our time, Dr. Israr Ahmed returns to his Lord, “Inna lillahi Wa Inna Ilaihi Raj’oon,” to Allah we belong and to Him is our return. Dr. Israr Ahmed (may Allah bless his soul) passed away in the early morning hours on…
IONA in the News Dr. Israr Ahmed, (April 26, 1932-April 14, 2010) died in Pakistan on April 14. He was a Pakistan-based Muslim religious scholar followed particularly in South Asia and also in the South Asian diaspora in the Middle East, Western Europe and North America. Born in Hissar, (today’s Haryana) in India, the second…
IONA in the News Could Jesus Christ become a focal point for both the followers of Islam and Christianity to work toward social change? asked a Christian scholar Thursday night.An audience of 40 people, including a Christian scholar and the president of the Islamic Organization of North America, met to discuss how Christianity and Islam…