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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 of the Focolare Movement she founded, Imam Warith Deen Mohammed, leader of the largest constituent of Muslims in America, is greatly missed. He died on September 9, 2008 in his home in Markham, Illinois, at age 74.
Imam Mohammed worked tirelessly for peace, unity and reconciliation. Among his many outstanding accomplishments all over the world, Imam Mohammed’s profound relationship with Chiara Lubich and his openness to the Focolare spirituality of unity made history when, in May 1997, he invited her to speak to 3,000 followers at the historic Malcolm Shabazz Mosque in Harlem, New York.
Later that year, Imam Mohammed was honored with the Luminosa Award for Unity, a recognition given by the Focolare to persons or organizations who with their work and with their life have promoted unity and dialogue in the world.
In 2000, Imam Mohammed invited Chiara to return to the U.S. for the “Faith Communities Together” event in Washington, D.C which attracted 7,000 participants.
The two continued to collaborate right up to their deaths last year. The deep bonds between the two communities they founded continue today in their large gatherings, called “Encounters in the Spirit of Universal Brotherhood,” and in many smaller gatherings and monthly meetings all across 
the U.S.
Imam Warith Deen Mohammed has made many historic contributions to interreligious and inter-racial dialogues that the Focolare Movement will never forget.
More on the Encounters in the Spirit of Universal Brotherhood at: livingcitymagazine.com/content/2008/11/we-feel-home – The Focolare dedicated the November 2008 issue of its magazine Living City to Imam Mohammed. Order at livingcitymagazine.com.
Photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/movimento-dei-focolari/2333179152/in/set-72157604117956391/ More photos available upon request.

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 of the Focolare Movement she founded, Imam Warith Deen Mohammed, leader of the largest constituent of Muslims in America, is greatly missed. He died on September 9, 2008 in his home in Markham, Illinois, at age 74.

Imam Mohammed worked tirelessly for peace, unity and reconciliation. Among his many outstanding accomplishments all over the world, Imam Mohammed’s profound relationship with Chiara Lubich and his openness to the Focolare spirituality of unity made history when, in May 1997, he invited her to speak to 3,000 followers at the historic Malcolm Shabazz Mosque in Harlem, New York.

Later that year, Imam Mohammed was honored with the Luminosa Award for Unity, a recognition given by the Focolare to persons or organizations who with their work and with their life have promoted unity and dialogue in the world.

In 2000, Imam Mohammed invited Chiara to return to the U.S. for the “Faith Communities Together” event in Washington, D.C which attracted 7,000 participants.

The two continued to collaborate right up to their deaths last year. The deep bonds between the two communities they founded continue today in their large gatherings, called “Encounters in the Spirit of Universal Brotherhood,” and in many smaller gatherings and monthly meetings all across
the U.S.

Imam Warith Deen Mohammed has made many historic contributions to interreligious and inter-racial dialogues that the Focolare Movement will never forget.

More on the Encounters in the Spirit of Universal Brotherhood at: livingcitymagazine.com/content/2008/11/we-feel-home – The Focolare dedicated the November 2008 issue of its magazine Living City to Imam Mohammed. Order at livingcitymagazine.com.

Photos at http://www.flickr.com/photos/movimento-dei-focolari/2333179152/in/set-72157604117956391/ More photos available upon request.

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