Abu Ruyaa's Blog – June 2011 Archive (5)

ANAHEIM, CA, 6/17/11) -- The Greater Los Angeles Area office of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-LA)

 today released a video following Rep. Peter King's (R-NY) second McCarthyesque hearing targeting American Muslims.



The video, "The Good, the Bad, and the King," highlights the Congressman's false allegations against American Muslims and the manufacturing of the "sharia threat" by some to stoke fear of Muslims…

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Imam Khalil Abdur-Rashid is a former social worker and Arabic language instructor at Georgia State University. After

teaching there for some time, Imam Khalil consulted his private teacher in Islamic law about what he should do with his life. He already had a bachelor’s degree in social work, yet because he did not possess a graduate degree, his time as a teacher at Georgia State was restricted to three years. Khalil’s teacher in Islamic law had just completed his PhD…

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My name is Hijrah Hamd. I grew up in the north Georgia mountains and now live in the metro Atlanta area. I learned the…

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Risala Fundraiser

MC for the event was Brother Mansour Ansari

Quran recitation with Surah Al-Layl

Brother Mansour spoke about the enrollment and how Risala began with a small enrollment and has increased.  He also spoke about how the room was filled with good hearted people moving in the same direction for the same cause.  He mentioned the community members present who are supporting the event. 

A young convert spoke briefly about his conversion to…

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