IONA in the News Marygrove College President Elizabeth Burns and several speakers and VIPs cut a ribbon at a presentation Jan. 4 to commemorate the Detroit college’s transition to a graduate study institution.Photo by Sean Work Imam Steve Mustapha Elturk of the Islamic Organization of North America in Warren. File photo
IONA in the News Imam Steve Mustafa Elturk Influential Islamic faith leader Imam Steve Mustafa Elturk will be honored for his efforts to connect all faith groups by the InterFaith Leadership Council in its virtual awards ceremony Feb. 22.Elturk, the president of the Islamic Organization of North America (IONA) Warren location, will be honored along…
IONA in the News Metro Detroit Muslim leaders condemned Thursday the terrorist attack on a French satirical publication that killed 12 people in Paris and worried about possible retribution against Muslims here and in other countries.“The event is disgusting. We send our condolences to our friends and those who lost loved ones,” said Dawud Walid,…
IONA in the News During a regular Ramadan weekend at the Islamic Center of Detroit, a call to prayer would mark the end of a daylong fast, and people would gather under a big white tent, decorated with lights, to enjoy iftar meals with family and friends before going into the mosque, where congregants would…
IONA in the News The students are studying social justice at Marygrove.Steve Mustapha Elturk is getting his Master of Arts in Social Justice at Marygrove College, a small Catholic liberal arts school located in Detroit. During a class break, he walks down a hallway to a sparse room with a chalk board on the wall.“This…
IONA in the News DETROIT — Marygrove College in Detroit began a new chapter Jan. 4 with the official commemoration of the school’s transition to a graduate-studies-only institution.Marygrove announced in August that, due to declining enrollment, it would be cutting its undergraduate courses and would be focusing on its graduate programs.“The college is still open;…
IONA in the News As the holy month of Ramadan begins for him and other Metro Detroit Muslims, Babar Qadri has noted among followers the same devotion but different begins. Amid extremist violence abroad and nationwide spikes in anti-Islam sentiment, some have urged the Warren resident to exercise caution while pursuing the prayers and gatherings…
IONA in the News During the Islamic Organization of North America’s annual convention last year, experts identified what they consider the most pressing challenges for the Muslim community in Metro Detroit and elsewhere.Among those ranking highest were drugs, mental health and atheism. But since then, another issue — Islamophobia — has become more problematic in…
IONA in the News Local Muslims are warily watching events unfold in Europe and the Middle East amid concerns there could be a backlash at home. The mood in two of Metro Detroit’s high-population Islamic communities, Dearborn and Hamtramck, is guarded as French military forces bomb Syria in response to last week’s terrorist attacks in…
IONA in the News Dearborn Heights — A group of Metro Detroit Muslim leaders on Wednesday condemned last week’s terrorist attacks in Beirut and Paris. “The barbarian bloodshed in Beirut and Paris and daily terrorist attacks in other parts of the Middle East and Africa are all warnings for us to take terrorism very seriously,” said…
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