IONA in the News “What does the Lord require of you but to do justice, to love kindness, and to walk humbly with your God?” Micah 6:8″O you who believe, be just, witnesses for G-d, even if it be against yourselves or parents and nearest kin. One may be right or poor, but G-d is…
IONA in the News WARREN — Imam Steve Mustafa Elturk, president of the Islamic Organization of North America, will receive the Robert A. Bruttell Interfaith Leader Award on Feb. 22.Elturk is a leader of Warren’s faith community, where his mosque, the Islamic Organization of North America, is based. He co-chairs the Imams Committee of the…
IONA in the News For the eighth year in a row The InterFaith Leadership Council of Metropolitan Detroit will have its awards and fundraising initiative on Monday, Feb. 22. This year’s virtual event centers on the theme “Divine Belonging in a Divided World.” Each year the council represents three awards to community members who are…
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…