Press Releases View PDF Tonight, Ameer Mustapha Elturk representing the Islamic Organization of North America (IONA), joined the interfaith leaders and community members in an interfaith prayer service to pay tribute to the victims of Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown, Connecticut. The event was held at Groves High School in Beverly Hills.In commenting on…
IONA in the News This group of protestors gathered Sept. 28 outside the Detroit News/Free Press facility on Mound Road and Metropolitan Parkway to call attention to what they claim is a lack of media coverage regarding atrocities being committed against Muslims in Burma. Calling for greater media coverage of atrocities being committed against Rohingya…
IONA in the News The man killed alongside Anwar al-Aulaqi once ran radical Web sites from his parents’ North Carolina basement and broke his father’s heart when he fled to Yemen to seek jihad as a “proud traitor” to his American homeland.Samir Khan, 25, who perished with his mentor in the U.S. drone strike over…
Press Releases View PDF DETROIT, MI – The Islamic Organization of North America (IONA) joins other people of conscience in condemning the assassination of two U.S. citizens, Anwar Al-Awlaki and Samir Khan. We believe the assassinations carried out by our government and approved by our president is in violation of the fifth amendment that states,…
IONA in the News CHARLOTTE, N.C. — From his parents’ basement in a part of town where homes have lots of bedrooms and most children go to college, Samir Khan blogged his way into the highest circles of Al Qaeda, waging a media war he believed was as important as the battles with guns on…
Press Releases View PDF On September 11, 2011, IONA’s Ameer, Imam Mustapha Elturk, stood alongside Warren Mayor James R. Fouts and Rev. Michail Curro (Executive Director of the Interfaith Center for Racial Justice (ICRJ)), along with several local police and fire department officials to commemorate the 10th anniversary of the tragic events that took place…
IONA in the News From sunrise until long after the full moon rose on Sunday, Macomb County residents observed the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks with prayer, song, fellowship and even floating flaming lanterns at Metro Beach Metropark. A number of churches included a Sept. 11 theme in Sunday celebrations, while several public…
IONA in the News When the twin towers of New York’s World Trade Center collapsed Sept. 11, 2001, Mohammed Kibriya’s heart sank with them.Then a 17-year-old high school student in Hamtramck, Kibriya worried that his Muslim faith would become a target of the rage and fear many Americans felt.“I didn’t feel threatened,” said Kibriya, now…
IONA in the News But they hope to use tragedy to educate fellow countrymen When the twin towers of New York’s World Trade Center collapsed Sept. 11, 2001, Mohammed Kibriya’s heart sank with them. Then a 17-year-old high school student in Hamtramck, Kibriya worried that his Muslim faith would become a target of the rage…
IONA in the News American political campaigns targeting Shariah are as red hot as Sunday’s front page in the New York Times. Unfortunately, these grassroots campaigns are aimed at scoring points with frightened voters—not at any real-world problem. No responsible Muslim leader in the United States is trying to substitute Shariah for secular American law….
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