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Iftar in the Synagogue – Know Thy Neighbor

September 3, 2010 – 3:06 pm

By Elizabeth McCreless
As we approach the Jewish High Holidays and the Muslim holiday of Eid-ul-Fitr, the Jewish and Islamic months of Elul and Ramadan are coming to a close. Elul and Ramadan are both times of self-reflection and penitence for Jewish and Muslim communities, during which Muslims fast every day during Ramadan as a means [...]

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Community Conversation

August 16, 2010 – 2:42 pm

By: Saleem Muhammad
Summer in Chicago is half over and you’ve had a blast thus far.  Your eardrums were messaged by the sounds of Omar Faruk Tekbilek at Millennium Parks’ Jay Pritzker Pavilion. You kicked-it with Mos Def at Streets 2010. And, more summer fun is sure to come as we cling to these remaining Dog [...]

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Thanks for Supporting Our Online Film Contest!

May 17, 2010 – 4:47 pm

Thanks for Supporting Our Online Film Contest!
By Mark Crain
Now that voting and commenting has come to a close, we want to thank you all for your support of the One Chicago, One Nation Online Film Contest. In just three short months, nearly 150 films were submitted to the contest and 80 were accepted. Thousands [...]

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Who can be a Community Ambassador?

March 29, 2010 – 3:00 pm

By Hind Makki
When we were developing the One Chicago, One Nation initiative last summer, we thought long and hard about the role we wanted the Community Ambassadors to play: we knew that Chicago is a racially, socio-economically and religiously segregated city, which is why we started the One Chicago, One Nation initiative in the first [...]

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IFYC Weekly Digest March 29, 2010

March 29, 2010 – 2:39 pm

Religion in the News: 2009, Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life: http://pewforum.org/Politics-and-Elections/Religion-in-the-News-2009.aspx
After the Fort Hood shootings, a Muslim American soldier battles on friendly ground, The Washington Post: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/03/23/AR2010032303766.html?sid=ST2010032304524
Lost in the Shorthand, The New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/14/opinion/14pubed.html?emc=tnt&tntemail1=y

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IFYC Weekly Digest February 25, 2010

February 25, 2010 – 11:37 am

Islam, Meet Maureen Dowd, Religion Dispatches: http://www.religiondispatches.org/blog/mediaculture/2348/islam%2C_meet_maureen_dowd.

Outraged by Glenn Beck’s Salvo, Christians Fire Back, New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/12/us/12justice.html?emc=tnt&tntemail1=y.

Stop Watching Glenn Beck: Preaching to the Choir, Religion Dispatches: http://www.religiondispatches.org/blog/2355/stop_watching_glenn_beck%3A_preaching_to_the_choir/

Pagan Chaplain Appointed at Syracuse University, ABC News: http://blogs.abcnews.com/campuschatter/2010/03/pagan-chaplain-arrives-at-syracuse-university.html.

A Christian Overture to Muslims Has its Critics, New York Times: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/03/13/us/13beliefs.html?emc=eta1.

Evidence of Tolerance – Clashes Are Rare, The [...]

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One Chicago, One Nation Launch

February 15, 2010 – 4:06 pm

One Chicago, One Nation Launch
By Erin Williams

On January 13th, Allah Made Me Funny’s Azhar Usman and Rami Nashashibi, the Executive Director of Inner-City Muslim Action Network (IMAN) appeared on Chicago Public Radio’s Vocalo.org to bring attention to One Chicago, One Nation. The humor and insight they brought to their Vocalo.org interview carried [...]

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