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 [...]
1. Irvine Responds to Heckling Incident, Inside Higher Ed – http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/06/15/irvine. Tensions between Jews and Muslims at UC Irvine have been heightened since several pro-Palestinian students interrupted Israeli Ambassador to the US Michael Oren’s speech in February. Now the university has decided to suspend the Muslim Student Union for one year. Muslim students protest that they [...]
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. [...]
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 [...]
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 Tweet
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