The JTA reports that basketball Hall of Famer Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons were among the guests at an event at the Israeli Consulate in Los Angeles marking the Muslim holy month of Ramadan. The event was hosted by the FFEU
The Jerusalem Post reports that basketball legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar shared an iftar dinner with Consul-General of Israel in Los Angeles Sam Grundwerg. The event was coordinated by the FFEU
The FFEU’s European Director Samia Hathroubi tells Aljazeera that populism is on the rise all over Europe
Muslim Girl By Amani Al- Khatahtbeh In the spirit of our first-ever Muslim Women’s Day, I had the opportunity to have a conversation about Islamophobia and media misrepresentation with music mogul, entrepreneur, author, activist, and philanthropist Russell Simmons. Uncle Rush is the chairman of the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding, a partner on our #MuslimWomensDay campaign and Continue Reading »
The Village Voice By Lily Koppel Jesse Israel, 32, who has already gone through a few incarnations in New York, including managing the popular band MGMT while still a sophomore at NYU, began suffering from debilitating anxiety and panic attacks in his early twenties. “I was having an identity crisis,” he said on Sunday, a Continue Reading »
Bondy Blog En Partenariat Avec By Yousra Gouja A l’occasion de Pessah, des jeunes Français musulmans et juifs ont passé une matinée riche en échanges dans une synagogue du 15ème arrondissement de Paris grâce au programme Sadaqa-Tsedaka de la Fondation for Ethnic Understanding. Le Bondy Blog y était. Reportage. Il est 10h et déjà, dans Continue Reading »
Respect Magazine By Mounir Belhidaoui Non loin de Saint-Denis, à Sevran (93), juifs et musulmans dialoguent via une cause commune: la générosité. Pour cela, cette petite bande prépare des recettes pour nourrir les sans-abris. La petite commune de Sevran prouve que les religions sont un terreau de solidarité. De jeunes gens de confession juive et Continue Reading »
Le Parisien « Bonheur et sourire », « SDF et partage ». En deux mots, Selma et Sanou, jeunes filles musulmanes de Sevran, décrivent la matinée qu’elles ont passée, ce dimanche, avec des adolescents parisiens de confession juive. Ensemble, ils ont préparé des repas, distribués ensuite à des sans-abri par le groupe Coexister Montreuil. Un Continue Reading »
Al Arabiya English reports on the “I Am A Muslim Too” event that was held in Times Square and was organized by several groups, including the Foundation for Ethnic Understanding
Pakistan Today New Yorkers by the thousand, representing myriad backgrounds and faiths, converged on Times Square on Sunday to participate in the ‘Today I am a Muslim too’ rally. People came out to show solidarity with Muslims and denounce anti-Muslim rhetoric promoted by the US President Trump following executive orders that stopped refugees and travellers Continue Reading »
NY1 By Bobby Cuza New Yorkers of different faiths came together in Times Square on Sunday for a Muslim solidarity rally intended to send a message to the White House. NY1’s Bobby Cuza has the story. Hundreds, if not thousands, of Muslims descended on Times Square on Sunday — but that wasn’t so much the Continue Reading »
New York Post By Khristina Narizhnaya and Michael Gartland Some 2,000 people protested President Trump’s travel ban Sunday at a Times Square rally that featured Mayor de Blasio, hip-hop mogul Russell Simmons, and Chelsea Clinton. The “Today, I Am a Muslim Too” rally took direct aim at Trump voters in middle America who Simmons hopes will “question Continue Reading »
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