Dec
28
Posted: 12/25/2010 By: Kimberly Craig DETROIT (WXYZ) – Early Christmas morning, hundreds of Muslim-Americans turned out to help their Christian friends by doing the volunteer work that they would normally do. Muslims say this is a way to allow Christians to celebrate the Holiday by stepping in to provide meals to seniors and distributing toys …
Dec
16
The Council of Islamic Organizations of Michigan is hosting the 2nd Annual Volunteer Day on Dec. 25th! The purpose of this event is to help out those who are needy and on a day when they need it the most, on their Christmas celebration. We want YOU to come out and lend a helping hand! …
Dec
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Dec
07
Last Updated November 7, 2010 LEONARD N. FLEMING The Detroit News Detroit – Wallace Shanklin, who is unemployed and lacks health insurance, said he was thankful for the free health screening he received today at a health fair at the Muslim Center in Detroit. What he didn’t know what that the Interfaith Health Fair concept …
Dec
07
ISNA is a cliché of the American Muslim experience. Thousands of Muslims gather once a year at its convention to hear prominent scholars expound on the issues of the day. Many thousands more gather to scan faces in the bazaar for old friends or for young physicians to introduce to their daughters. Yet, despite its …
Dec
07
“ISNA in Detroit: What do you think?” I now question the legitimacy of every word in the rosy vision I had recently sketched out in the IAGD newsletter. To summarize, the article had outlined months of research and my personal dream of reviving both ISNA and Detroit by bringing the two entities together. Detroit’s Muslims …
Dec
07
The Interfaith Health Fair will provide free medical screenings for residents of Detroit and Wayne County, especially working poor who lack insurance but do not qualify for government-provided or other no- or low-cost health care programs. The unique dimension of this event will be that the screenings will be provided by teams of Muslim and …
Dec
07