NJ Muslim Leaders Rally In Newark Against Police Brutality
NEWARK, NJ — A coalition of Muslim community groups in North Jersey will lead a rally to protest police brutality on Saturday, June 13 in Newark, organizers say.
ICNA CSJ organizes one of the largest rallies in California
(June 6, 2020 | LOS ANGELES, Calif.) — Thousands joined a rally organized by ICNA Council for Social Justice, California Chapter (ICNA CSJ-CA) in Los Angeles today, against racism and police brutality.
Black Lives Matter: ICNA CSJ Protest in Miami
By Bianca Padró Ocasio On Sunday afternoon, about a hundred people, including some families pushing babies in strollers, showed up at the Torch of Friendship in downtown Miami, just a few steps away from the Bayfront Marketplace stores that were looted Saturday night.
America’s Blue Plague: Police Violence Against Blacks
By Imam Khalid Fattah Griggs Some images are virtually impossible to expunge from our mind’s eye. Such is the case with the video of an African American man, George Floyd, begging for his life as a White Minneapolis police officer, Derek Chauvin, forcefully lodged his knee against his neck for at least five minutes […]
Killing of George Floyd and Persecution of Black America
(Washington, D.C., 5/29/2020) — “For persecution is far more grievous than killing …” – The Quran, 2:191. Minneapolis police officers marked Memorial Day by suffocating an utterly subdued black man named George Floyd to death as he pleaded with his last stifled words for the right to breathe.
CSJ co-hosts online solidarity vigil for Kabul Sikhs
(3/30/2020) ICNA Council for Social Justice today co-hosted an online Interfaith Solidarity Vigil for Kabul Sikhs. The vigil was joined by many community leaders, activists, social workers and well-known Afghan personalities from USA, Canada, Afghanistan and other parts of the world.
How to volunteer and donate in New Jersey during COVID-19
As the coronavirus causes real disruption to the lives of New Jerseyans, some residents will be disproportionately affected and many service agencies will be critically impacted.
ICNA-MAS Convention 2020 Cancelled
(March 18, 2020, Washington D.C.) – The annual 45th ICNA-MAS Convention scheduled for April 10-12 this year, in Washington D.C. has been cancelled.
ICNA Convention in Northeast: a tremendous success.
Boston, MA (December 3, 2019) – The Islamic Circle of North America’s (ICNA) convention at Worcester, Massachusetts was a tremendous success. Over 3,000 people attended the event that was also addressed by U.S. Senator Edward Markey and Mayor Joseph Petty.
