Family honored for helping neighbors during storm
The Ahmeds said they want to shake misconceptions about Muslims. Feb 11, 2019, Chicago, IL – If ever there were a good story to warm you up on a cold wintry night, Sabeel Ahmed and his family are living it.
Chicago family in frozen neighborhood leaves notes offering help and friendship
By Benjamin Naughton, CNN, February 7, 2019 (CNN)Neighbors found unexpected warmth when they opened their front doors this week to the minus-14-degree wind chill in Morton Grove near Chicago. Handwritten notes left behind read: “My family and I are available if you need assistance in picking up groceries, medicine or removal of snow.”
Joint Statement by Pope Francis & Mufti El-Tayeb
(WASHINGTON D.C., Feb. 8, 2019) ICNA Interfaith issued the following statement on the occasion of the joint statement by Pope Francis and Mufti El-Taeb:
WhyIslam Goes to Super Bowl
(Atlanta, GEORGIA, Feb 3, 2019) – A team of trained volunteers from 877-Why-Islam is in Atlanta to join ICNA-Atlanta for a successful Street outreach outside the Mercedes-Benz Stadium on Super Bowl Sunday. The volunteers spoke with the attendees about the misconceptions about Islam in the media and general society.
Muslims to give food, supplies to unpaid fed employees
Food and necessities now available for TSA agents and other workers impacted by the federal government shutdown at Logan International Airport. By Nate Homan, Metro News
ICNA-MAS convention now in DC: Easter Weekend, April 19
(WASHINGTON D.C., JAN 11 2019) – The 44th Annual ICNA-MAS Convention 2019 will be held on Easter weekend, April 19-21, at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, DC.
Worldwide search for rare blood type to help child
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) — A worldwide search for a rare type of blood to help a Florida girl battling cancer made its way to New York City on Saturday.
Local doctor helping Rohingya Muslim refugees
BY CHRISTINA WALDNER, JAN 3, 2019 The horrors Airdrie-based family physician Dr. Fozia Alvi saw and heard of during her humanitarian missions to refugee camps in Bangladesh in 2017 and 2018, will forever be with her.
