Muslims Pray in an American Church
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Malaysia Islamic TV Show Crowns Best Woman Preacher...
By Angie Teo KUALA LUMPUR | Mon Dec 19, 2011 5:14am EST (Reuters) – A Malaysian Muslim woman was crowned the best preacher in a televised Islamic reality TV show that aims to change conservative mindsets on the role of women in Muslim societies, passing tests on lecturing as well as renovating mosques. The 13-episode prime time program titled “Solehah,” an Arabic word meaning “pious female,” judged young Muslim women on their religious knowledge, oratory skills and personality. The show followed on the heels of the hit Islamic-themed show “Imam Muda,” or Young Imam, which has taken place on a rival TV station to seek the best Imam, or male...
Muslims & Christians To Talk, Then Pray...
Posted: Monday, Oct. 10, 2011 Michael Gordon Mecklenburg Ministries is holding its first interfaith prayer meeting, designed to promote greater understanding and common spiritual ground between Christians and Muslims. “Community Conversation: Prayer Across Faith Traditions” will be Wednesday at Park Road Baptist Church., 3900 Park Road, Charlotte. Dinner starts at 5:30 p.m. with the program to run from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. The Ministries’ youth council, along with Park Road Baptist and the Muslim American Society are co-sponsoring the event. Imam John Ederer will explain Muslim traditions of prayer, then invite those on hand to take part in or observe the Islamic sunset prayer. The Revs. Amy and Russ Dean, Park Road’s pastors, will discuss Christian prayer,...
Norway Muslims share nation’s grief and hope for unity...
By Mohammed Abbas and Aasa Christine Stoltz OSLO | Tue Jul 26, 2011 3:22pm EDT (Reuters) – As central Oslo reeled from Norway’s worst massacre in modern history, a blond man in the grieving crowd asked Iraqi-born Iman al-Kofi, wearing a headscarf, for a hug. Kofi, who had a friend in intensive care with three bullet wounds and had learned that at least one other friend of Iraqi origin had been killed in Friday’s massacre by an anti-Islamic extremist, obliged, and the man walked back into the crowd without another word. Kofi, 19, and other Muslim immigrants say they would have been treated very differently had the perpetrator of one of the country’s most heinous...
A Woman’s Reflection on Leading Prayer...
On March 18, 2005, Amina Wadud (pictured above) led the first female-led jum`ah (Friday) prayer. On that day, women took a huge step towards being more like men. But did we come closer to actualizing our God-given liberation? Written by Yasmin-Mogahed I don’t think so. What we so often forget is that God has honored the woman by giving her value in relation to God—not in relation to men. But as Western feminism erases God from the scene, there is no standard left—except men. As a result, the Western feminist is forced to find her value in relation to a man. And in so doing, she has accepted a faulty assumption. She has accepted that man is the...
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...
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