Author Archives: Naim
Burma Muslims Homeless & Stateless
ICNA Relief Sponsorship
REPORT ON THE FILM JERUSALEM
” ” In late 2013 Laura Everett, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Council of Churches, met with members of the Islamic Council of New England Interfaith Committee and with Father David Michael of the Archdiocese of Boston to plan various interfaith activities for the upcoming year. The objective was also …
DIALOGUE BETWEEN ISLAMIC COUNCIL AND MCC AND ARCHDIOCESE
When critique of Islam goes too far
Regarding “An honor rescinded at Brandeis” (Letters,April 15): Brandeis University rescinded an invitation to Ayaan Hirsi Ali to receive an honorary degree not because she was critical of Islam, but because some of her views on Islam are virulently hateful. Hate speech is still free speech and is thus protected. …
Guest Column: Islamic Council of New England reflects on Marathon bombings
In the immediate aftermath of the horrendous Boston Marathon bombing the Islamic Council of New England issued a statement that may be paraphrased as: ‘Regardless of our ethnic, racial or religious backgrounds, political affiliations, or socio-economic status, we as Americans are all shocked, saddened and outraged by the savage Boston …
CONCLUDING THE DAYS OF SOLIDARITY WITH SYRIA
Bosnia Floods
“The consequences…are terrifying” According to a Reuters news report yesterday, Bosnian Foreign Minister Zlatko Lagumdzija told a news conference. “The physical destruction is not less than the destruction caused by the war.” Lagumdzija said more than 100,000 houses and other buildings in Bosnia were no longer fit to …