Speaker: Salam Al-Marayati
Author: ICSC Staff (ICSC Staff)
Sermons
Muslims & Christians, Finding Opportunities, Dealing with Challenges
Speaker: Salam Al-Marayati
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ICSC Statement and Town Hall Meeting on U.S. Embassy Move to Jerusalem
Yesterday’s announcement by President Trump to move our embassy in Israel from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem reverses nearly seventy years of national policy. It is yet another example of how our country has never been fair arbiter of peace and justice between the Palestinians and Israelis. Although President Trump’s announcement was more symbolic in nature than anything...
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ICSC Responds to Hateful Tweet by President Trump
This morning, President Trump lowered the bar on his presidency once again, when he used his Twitter account to peddle fear and distrust toward millions of American Muslims, and 1.5 billion Muslims worldwide. Trump shared multiple anti-Muslim videos from Britain First, an ultranationalist far right, neofascist group whose leader was convicted last year of attacking a...
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Mawlid al-Nabi: A Day to Express Joy and Gratitude
On the twelfth day of Rabi’ al-Awwal, Muslims around the world commemorate the birth of our blessed Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Muslims recognize this day as a communal expression of joy and gratitude reflecting on Prophet Muhammad’s (PBUH) message and using it as an opportunity to teach our communities about his distinguished characteristics and way of...
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Terror, Justice and a Burden for U.S. Muslims
Two events have happened in the past 48 hours on the global scene that bear comment by the Islamic Center of Southern California. The news overnight out of Egypt, of at least 235 Muslims being massacred by terrorists at a mosque in the Sinai region of that country marks yet another level of evil, a...