The Shura Council and Interfaith Witnesses held a workshop on Saturday, May 18th on non-violent direct action, presented by Rev. Jim Lawson to a packed audience at Masjid Omar Al-Farouk.
This workshop was held to educate the community with tools to redress injustice. Video from the event will be made available shortly at the
Shura Council's YouTube channel. Stay tuned!
The Shura Council joined faith communities and social justice groups in sending a joint letter to Sen. Barbara Boxer urging her to drop her support for the United States-Israel Strategic Partnership Act of 2013, which grants Israel's entrance into the U.S. visa waver program and allows citizen of participating countries to travel to the U.S. without a visa, and vice-versa. Sen. Boxer proposed admitting Israel from engaging in equal treatment of American citizens--an exception that no other country in the program explicitly permitted.
Southern California will also commemorate the 65th anniversary of the Nakba, the catastrophe of the displacement and dispossession for Palestinians in 1948. Events will be held this Friday in Riverside, Saturday in Anaheim, Sunday in Escondido and next Friday, May 31st in Mission Viejo.
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Last week the Northern California Muslim Council released a study of its community, outlining both challenges and opportunities. Click here to get a snapshot, or an executive summary or download the full report.
This Saturday the Islamic Education Center of Orange County will celebrate the life and legacy of Imam Ali with presentations and poetry by young Muslims. Also on Saturday, Zaytuna College will hold a conference and benefit dinner. Do please extend your support to this worthy project.
VIDEO OF THE WEEK
Dr. Tariq Ramadan tackles the topic ofSharia: Myths, Facts and the U.S. Constitution.
Click here to watch more than 100 videos from the Shura Council on our YouTube channel.
FROM THE VAULT
Islamic Horizons magazine published a cover story about "West Coast Madina" which offers a great deal of information about Muslims' history in Southern California.