Thursday, November 15, 2012
No subject was off-limits as three Muslim educators good-naturedly handled questions on Islam from a large audience in Morton Grove. All had ties to the Morton Grove mosque, and wanted to help neighbors understand Islam better.
- THE NEIGHBORHOOD FILES
- Pam DeFiglio
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Thursday, November 15, 2012
About 70 people filled the Morton Grove Library's Baxter room Wednesday to hear three Muslim educators, with ties to Morton Grove's Muslim Community Center, give a lively question and answer session about their faith. Habeeb Qadri, the principal of the MCC's Full Time School and a former staff member and student at Harvard University's Principals' Center, started the evening off with a brief introduction to Islam. Then he joined two others at a panel. They were Omer Mozaffer, who teaches at the University of Chicago's Graham School and is an adjunct professor of theology at Loyola University, and Abeer Saleh, who teaches science at the MCC's Full Time School. Earlier: Muslims invite neighbors to Global Fest at Morton Grove mosque Qadri'…
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
A college professor and educators from Morton Grove's Islamic school will give a brief intro to Islam at the Morton Grove Library Wednesday. Questions--on topics from headscarves to Ramadan--are welcome.
- THE NEIGHBORHOOD FILES
- Janice Cha
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Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Residents from Morton Grove and surrounding communities will have a chance to learn about the Islamic faith and culture from their Muslim neighbors at Morton Grove’s Muslim Community Center, thanks to an upcoming interactive forum called “Muslim Faith and Culture, a Neighborhood Q&A” slated for 7 p.m. on Wednesday, November 14, at the Morton Grove Public Library. Representatives from the MCC will be on hand to answer questions on everything from “what is the Islamic faith?”, to daily life aspects such as headscarves, holidays and more. Audience members will be invited to submit questions. Earlier: MCC Invites Neighbors to Global Fest Earlier: Shot Fired at Mosque Aug. 3 Earlier: Muslim Center Invites Community Leaders To Eid Celebration…
Thursday, September 15, 2011
School functions as a world hub.
This story is part of a Patch series examining the Muslim experience 10 years after the Sept. 11 attacks. Read other stories in the series here. When Ayah Allam walks through the busy hallways of Maine East High School wearing an Islamic headscarf, she doesn't stand out from the crowd. The school, which draws students from Niles, Glenview, Morton Grove and Park Ridge, functions as a world hub, with students from 50 nationalities. Many arrive every year from foreign countries, and more than 70 percent speak a language other than English at home, according to teacher Barbara Englebert. As the United States commemorates the 10-year anniversary of 9/11, this tremendous diversity tends to create tolerance towards all groups, including Muslims, …
Kelly
10:58 pm on Sunday, November 18, 2012
b garrett- every nation, and city, sadly has bigots that want to oppress people unlike them. Bigotry against Muslims un the U.S. is underreported in the U.S. while bigotry against non-Muslims in Muslim dominant countries is overreported. They are allowed to practice- that just isn't big news. more ›