IONA in the News Muslims to fast from sunrise to sundown Detroit — Over the next four weeks during Ramadan, Sabreen Hanifa will be restricted to eating and drinking early in the morning before dawn and after sundown.And this year, as with last year, an additional challenge will be the heat.Hanifa, a 28-year-old from Detroit,…
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…
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…
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…
IONA in the News DETROIT – Fr. Jeffrey Day assured area religious leaders on March 10 of his own and Archbishop Allen Vigneron’s commitment to continue the work of fostering respect and cooperation between the Catholic Church and other faith communities.”Archbishop Vigneron wants to continue what Cardinal (Adam) Maida did, what the late Fr. John…
IONA in the News DETROIT — A young Nigerian man, wearing a white T-shirt and tennis shoes, did not speak much Friday during his first public court hearing to face charges of trying to ignite a chemical-laden explosive on a U.S. airliner on Christmas Day. Meanwhile, Muslim leaders and other followers of Islam showed up…
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