Islam

Muslim speaker advocates broadening society perspective on Islamic religion
By Chanelle Grannum
April 24, 2011 - 2:38pm
Imam Khalid says old Islamic traditions need to change in order to redefine the way society sees Muslims.

Isam Khalid, NYPD Chaplin and Executive Director of the Islamic Center at NYU, first reflected on his experience as a Muslim growing up as he spoke at Maxwell Auditorium. Khalid encouraged the current generation of Muslims to create a new narrative for themselves today that are not based on those traditions of their parents and grandparents.

“The narrative that exists now around Islam equates us to something that existed thousands of years ago,” Khalid said. “It is not society that doesn’t welcome us, we don’t know how to reach out to society.”

Five killed in Pakistan bombing
By Philip George
October 25, 2010 - 6:12pm
Sufi shrine attack is third in last four months.

A bomb planted at a Sufi shrine in central Pakistan killed five people as a crowd gathered around 6:20 a.m. Monday for early morning prayers, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Police say the two men who allegedly planted the bomb were pretending to sell milk in front of the shrine. The bomb was planted in a milk can that was left on a motorcycle. The blast occurred soon after the two men left the scene.

Burqa Ban ruled constitutional
By Lorne Fultonberg
October 8, 2010 - 11:44am
Law restricting Muslim headdress to go in to effect this spring.

The French Constitutional Council ruled the country's proposed ban on the burqa and the niqab constitutional Thursday, according to CNN.

Groups commemorate 9/11 in statuesque silence
By Keith Edelman
September 11, 2010 - 4:43pm
The Syracuse City Fire Department and the City Meditation Crew remember Sept. 11, 2001, with separate acts of live art, silence and a peaceful reading of the Quran.

Two events commemorating the ninth anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks Saturday took culturally different approaches, but both strove for the same result; silent remembrance and inner peace.

Perceptions of Islam
By Victoria Marlin
June 2, 2010 - 10:17pm
Three women share their experiences with Islam at Syracuse University.

On Sept. 11, 2001, Magda Bayoumi tried to reach her husband for more than five hours. He worked near the World Trade Center, and his job often took him inside the Twin Towers. When Bayoumi finally connected to him, she said he was hysterical.

"They’re not there anymore,” he said, screaming. “They are not there. I’m looking at them, and they’re not there.”