From Corporate Executive to Halal Goat Farmer...
June 23, 2010 Mohamed Elshinnawi | Washington, DC A former telecommunications executive has created a new life for himself in rural America outside of Washington, D.C.. Mukit Hossain moved to a six-hectare farm in Spotsylvania, Virginia to raise goats. What prompted Hossain to become a goat farmer? Two young daughters and what he saw as an over emphasis on material life. “It was mostly about designer clothes. It was about conspicuous consumption. It was about boyfriends and girlfriends,” he says. “And for five and six year olds to think in those terms, I thought it is quite dangerous, so we decided that we are going to move further south to a farm.” So Hossain reordered his life and...
American Jew Finds Peace in Islam
May 21, 2010 Julie Taboh | Washington, DC For many people, the word ‘Islam’ conjures up images of violence, suicide bombings and holy war. But not for Maryam Kabeer Faye, a Jewish-born American. She believes the religion she adopted after a long spiritual journey represents peace, love and mercy. Kabeer Faye describes her transformative experience, from her Jewish roots to Sufi Islam, in her recent book, “Journey through Ten Thousand Veils:the Alchemy of Transformation on the Sufi Path.” Search for answers As far back as she can remember, Maryam Kabeer Faye yearned for spiritual fulfillment. She was born in 1946 to a liberal Jewish family in Hollywood, California. While her parents were kind and loving, they were not...
Young Muslims in US Seek Homegrown Imams...
April 16, 2010 Vidushi Sinha | Washington The Muslim population in the United States is growing, and so is its need for spiritual guidance. A new generation American Muslims is demanding more from local mosques than they can always provide. “It’s not what you see on television or it’s not what people are talking about or a dress code or whatever. It’s about being good to your fellow man, about being good to your God. That’s all it is. That’s what it is,” said Adeel Zeb, an aspiring imam and a Muslim chaplain at American University in Washington. He reaches out to young Muslims with what he calls the real message of Islam. Zeb says there is often...
Muslim Environmentalists Push for Green Hajj...
April 13, 2010 Brian Padden | Jakarta With a population of 1.4 billion and control of the world’s largest oil reserves, Muslim communities can play a crucial role in protecting the environment. There is a new effort to organize an international green movement within the Islamic community. An environmental movement is emerging within the Islamic world. Devout Muslims say there is no contradiction between their faith and environmental protection, and, they say, global warming does not discriminate by region or religion. Environmental activist Mahmoud Akef with the Earth Mates Dialogue Center was among about 200 Muslim delegates from around the world at a recent environmental conference in Jakarta. “Because we are all living on this Earth and what...
Muslim Society Organizes Clothing and Food Donations...
By Jamie Komarnicki published 2 years ago Original Article Source: Calgary Herald Photo: Volunteers Hiba Fadol (left) and Souad Abdelrehim were on hand to help with the Muslim Families Network Society’s city-wide food and clothes distribution on April 11, 2010 at the Falconridge community centre. Photograph by: Lorraine Hjalte, Calgary Herald Four years ago, Hanan and Mohamed left their homeland, Sudan, eager to begin a new life in Calgary. Mohamed, a trained nurse, soon got a job working in a private home, and the couple happily settled in to raise their young family. But two years ago when the economy took a turn for the worse, like many other Calgarians, Mohamed lost his job. Since then, he hasn’t...
Muslim Students Bring Food, Conversation to Florida Homeless...
March 29, 2010 Imran Siddiqui | Tampa In the southern U.S. state of Florida, a group of American Muslim students is running a non-profit organization called Project Downtown. The project’s goal is to help the poor, poor people of all backgrounds and cultures. Our correspondent went down to the city of Tampa, Florida to learn more about Project Downtown and the Muslim students who belong to it. Like just about any major city in the United States, the city of Tampa has its share of homeless people. But it also has people who are reaching out to help Tampa’s homeless. “We are here because, in Islam, we are supposed to feed the hungry,” said one of the students....
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