This column also was reprinted in our national newspaper the Muslim Journal. Note the date: Islam, by defintion, rejects terrorism By C.B. Hanif The Palm Beach Post October 15, 2006 As one who grew up rooting for Tarzan and Cheetah to whip up on my Afro-wigged cousins portraying Hollywood’s idea of Africans, I can understand how [...]
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From PB Post: ‘Islam, by defintion, rejects terrorism’
August 22nd · No Comments · Catholic, Chiara Lubich, Christian, Focolare, Imam W. Deen Mohammed, Islam, Jewish, Muslim, Palm Beach Post, Prophet Muhammad, Quran, Ramadan
Tags: Annie O. Oliver·by defintion·Hon. Elijah Muhammad·Islam·Ku Klux Klan·Martin Luther King·Muhammad Ali·Muslim Journal·Pax Christi·rejects terrorism·Tarzan
Join Us for return to Harlem’s Malcolm Shabazz Mosque and historic 1997 address by Focolare’s Chaira Lubich
July 24th · No Comments · Catholic, Chiara Lubich, Christian, Community Life, Focolare, Imam W. Deen Mohammed, Interfaith, Islam, Muslim
With G-d’s Name, the Merciful Benefactor, the Merciful Redeemer Join Us As We Again Spotlight “Model Interfaith Dialogue & Unity” Featuring an examination of Focolare founder Chiara Lubich’s historic 1997 address to a gathering of 3,000 at Harlem’s Malcolm Shabazz Mosque. The event sparked a continuing upsurge in interfaith collaboration. Sunday, July 25, 2-4 p.m. [...]
Tags: Harlem·Malcolm Shabazz Mosque·Martin Alfaro·Mercedes Mont·United Methodist Church of the Palm Beaches
Exemplary interfaith model: Focolare Movement and Muslim American students of Imam W.D. Mohammed
July 2nd · No Comments · Chiara Lubich, Christian, Focolare, New Africa of the Palm Beaches
The gracious United Methodist Church of the Palm Beaches was the scene of Sunday’s inspirational gathering that highlighted the exemplary interfaith unity among members of the international Focolare lay Catholic movement, founded by the late Lady Chiara Lubich, and students of the late Imam W. Deen Mohammed, internationally recognized leader of two million Muslim Americans [...]
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Hope to see U: Muslim-Christian Model Dialogue, Unity
June 26th · No Comments · Christian, Focolare, Imam W. Deen Mohammed, Muslim
Sunday, June 27, 2-4 p.m., United Methodist Church of the Palm Beaches, 900 Brandywine Road, West Palm Beach. “Religions, with all their differences, are being called on to come together as never before.” — Cardinal Francis Arinze, president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue “The Principle of Love, taken from the message of Jesus [...]
Tags: Aneesha Hanif·Castel Gandolfo·Martin Alfaro·Mercedes Mont·The International League of Muslim Women
Diary of a Buddhist…more unity from the Focolare
January 14th · No Comments · Buddhist, Chiara Lubich, Christian, Focolare
My Dear Friend Mercedes, of the worldwide Christian movement the Focolare, shared this “Diary of a Buddhist” item. I am compelled to do the same. Folks constantly hear me expressing gratitude for the Focolare, for their late foundress Chiara Lubich, and for their Spirituality of Unity. The item below, from a Focolare Asia Tour blog, may again show why [...]
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The Chiara Lubich Center: ‘Jesus in the Midst’
November 23rd · 1 Comment · Chiara Lubich, Focolare
“Jesus in the Midst” is how our dear friends of the Focolare Movement say it. That’s not necessarily the language of dear friends outside the movement (for the record, count me in). But we understand and embrace it among other expressions for the transcendent Spirituality of Unity. “We were born for these words, for unity,” [...]
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For the Muslim Journal: Seen and heard at The Mosque Cares 2009 Convention / Ramadan Session
November 22nd · No Comments · Focolare, Imam W. Deen Mohammed
At The Mosque Cares 2009 Muslim Convention & Ramadan Session, Young Adults Show We Cannot Be Stopped Now By C.B. Hanif “Wonderful,” said a member of The International League of Muslim Women, asked during an elevator conversation how she felt things were going. “Especially for the first year,” she added. “We had a great teacher. [...]
Focolare’s DeSalvo: With Imam Mohammed and Muslim community, continual blessings of family
September 13th · No Comments · Focolare, Imam W. Deen Mohammed
x “We were at Detroit’s Cobo Convention Center this year for the annual Muslim Convention held every Labor Day weekend with Imam Warith Deen Mohammed and his followers. By now, our Focolare presence there with them was no surprise: we were happy to show them our support and the appreciation for this dialogue that—as many [...]
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Focolare pays tribute to Imam Warith Deen Mohammed on 1st Anniversary of his passing
September 11th · No Comments · Focolare, Imam W. Deen Mohammed
The Focolare Movement Communications Office FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Gary Brandl – garybrandl@newcitypress.com Clare Zanzucchi – livingcity.ed@livingcitymagazine.com 202 Comforter Blvd, Hyde Park, NY 12538 – (845) 229-0230 x 171 or 180 September 3, 2009 Focolare Pays Tribute to Imam Warith Deen Mohammed on the first anniversary of his passing A great friend of Chiara Lubich and [...]
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Live the Love: Focolare Word of Life
August 10th · No Comments · Chiara Lubich, Focolare
“He loved his own in the world, and he loved them to the end” (Jn 13:1). “Dearest, “Here’s the Word of Life for August 2009,” said my friend Mercedes’ email. “Let’s always keep God alive among us by living mutual love.” Here’s that Word of Life for August 2009, and insights from the late Chiara [...]
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