IIA – Teaching Islam

While not strictly Muslim related, there is enough overlap in the ethnic and religious categories to make it worth posting. SPEAK OUT! : CALL FOR FILMS: SOUTH ASIANS, ARABS AND THE STATE OF THE UNION Many Voices. One Democracy. Our Responsibility. SOUTH ASIANS, ARABS AND THE STATE OF THE UNION 3rd I NY and Breakthrough, invite film and video submissions from all filmmakers of South Asian and Arab descent for the Speak Out! Festival, a film and video festival which explores themes of health care, education, immigration, campaign finance, terrorism, foreign policy and other issues directly related to the November…

Traditionally, Muslims read the Qur'an in its entirety over this time, in a section a day. The Qur'an is split into thirty sections, called juz', and one section is read each night.  This year is the 8th year I am inviting people to tweet the Qur’an for Ramadan. I will be tweeting @islamoyankee. To see how the call has (not) evolved, here are the six call outs: 2009 Windsor Star Article 2010 (despite the title, which says 2011) 2011 USA Today Article 2012 2013 Storify (including press stories) 2014 A piece I did on Immanent Frame   The Background [from the…

I’ll be speaking at a rally to counter the hate emerging out of this year’s Presidential Election Cycle. Please join if you can on Sunday, April 30, 2016 at 2PM in New York City, by New York University. The official letter about the program is here. Dear Friends: As the co-founder of the Project for the Advancement of Our Common Humanity (PACH; pach.org), I am writing to let you know that PACH and 20 other NYC organizations are having a love rally in Washington Square Park on April 10th from 2-4. Please join us! We have over 35 world leaders,…