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ICA in the Free Press
9/21/09 - Detroit-area Muslims celebrate Eid al-Fitr - At the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn, one of the most attended mosques in Michigan, Eid was to be celebrated both Sunday and today to accommodate all.
ICA in the Akron Beacon
9/18/09 - Faith satisfies restaurant owner's hunger during Ramadan fast - In some larger Muslim communities, like the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn, Mich. (the largest Muslim Center in North America), Eid celebrations are scheduled for Sunday and Monday to account for the difference on the precise date.
IMAM Qazwini in TIME Magazine
9/17/09 - CIA Comes Calling for Arab-American Help - "there is a big gap between the U.S. government and the Arab community," said Imam Hassan Qazwini, head of Dearborn's largest mosque. "And that gap will not be bridged by formalities like iftar banquets.
Imam Qazwini in the Voice of America
8/22/2009 - America's Muslims Celebrate Holy Month of Ramadan - He says the center also takes advantage of Ramadan to teach non-Muslim Americans about the Islamic faith. "I have invited Christian and Jewish leaders for the Iftar to share the peaceful and serene atmosphere of the month of Ramadan with us," he added.
YMA founder in Read the Spirit
8/19/2009 - 499: Introducing "Beauty of Ramadan" and its appeal to universal values - In this holy and sacred month, the doors of Heaven are open. Let us take time to find a quiet and private placelower our heads in humility and raise our hearts in praise.
Interfaith Director in the Jax Observer
5/31/2009 - Turning to Faith in the Face of Economic Despair - Eide Alawan, 69, of Dearborn was laid off in February from his job at a hospital. A devout Muslim, he prays five times a day  a practice that helped him endure. A couple of months later, he found another job.
Imam Qazwini in Worldwide Faith News
4/21/2009 - ELCA Presiding Bishop, Other U.S. Religion Leaders Meet with King of Jordan - "I emphasized with His Majesty King Abdullah the need for Muslims to have a dialogue with the Christians," said Imam Al-Qazwini, a Shia Muslim. "I spoke about the fact that the majority of Christians do support Muslims and do understand where they are coming from. That is why Muslims need to reach out to the Christians and to establish a permanent dialogue with the Christians." Al-Qazwini said he also spoke about the need for intrafaith dialogue between Muslims.
Imam Qazwini in the Emporia Gazette
2/25/2009 - An Islamic scholar will speak at 4 p.m. Thursday in Albert Taylor Hall at Emporia State University. Imam Sayid Hassan Al-Qazwini will talk about The Philosophy of Islam.
ICA in the DETnews
1/06/2009 - Cardinal Adam Maida visited the nation's largest mosque, the Islamic Center of America , to try to put things right.... "I believe that Cardinal Maida will be remembered in the future -- and this will go into history -- as the first cardinal and archbishop of Detroit who reached out to the Muslim community,"
Interfaith Director in Freep.com
12/25/2008 - Muslims to attend Christmas services in Dearborn - It's part of an annual effort organized by Eide Alawan, director of interfaith outreach at the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn. "We have a lot in common," Alawan said. "This is a way of connecting people."
ICA founder in DETnews
12/05/2008 - Obama Report Excites Muslims - "I would be euphoric," said Chuck Khalil Alawan, ..... "If that in fact does happen, it would be a very significant occasion because the Islamic world, long before 9/11, has viewed the United States more as an antagonist than a friend.
Imam Qazwini in the Boston Globe
10/21/2008 - Arab-Americans yearning - "What rocks the entire country rocks our community," said Imam Hassan Qazwini"... "The economy has become a major factor among the entire Muslim community.
ICA in the Boston Globe
10/21/08 - Snapshot of Dearborn - At left, the multi-domed Islamic Center of America, one of five mosques in Dearborn.
Imam Qazwini in the North Wind
10/16/08 - Notable Islamic leader to visit NMU - Al-Qazwini's speeches focus on dispelling common misconceptions about the Islamic faith, and the ability of the Islamic faith to coexist with other faiths. In his work, Al-Qazwini has met with former president Bill Clinton, President George W. Bush and Sen. Barack Obama.
Interfaith Director in the Detnews
07/21/08 - Minister: Let us pray for economy - "There's also something about praying for the economy that doesn't sit right with Eide Alawan of the Islamic Center of America. "My take on it is, I would pray to God asking help to those in need," he said."
Imam Qazwini in NYU's Center for Dialogues
07/19/08 - Book of the month - "With the topic of conversation ranging from local to national politics, Qazwini demonstrated an intense interest in public affairs. He referred to Thomas Friedmans latest column in The New York Times and a fundraising dinner being held that night by an ArabAmerican civil rights group in honor of the birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. Only in America, we agreed."
YMA founder in the USA today
07/18/08 - Young American Muslims hope to help, educate - Dabaja, a founder of the Young Muslim Association and networking and advocacy group Allied Muslim Youth of North America, came up with the idea for 30/30. "I was trying to foster this sense of activism, this sense of taking responsibility for the direction of the community,"
YMA founder in Your Community Voice
07/07/08 - Parents, let your kids grow up to be journalists - At the last minute, someone asked Najah Bazzy if she would speak at their graduation ceremony. Bazzy said sure.
YMA in Click on Detroit (channel 4)
07/07/08 - Images: Arab-American Festival In Dearborn - The Young Muslim Association (YMA) had sign-up sheets for their upcoming retreat, and had information about their weekly programs.
ICA in the Palestinian Media Center
07/06/08 - Archbishop Atallah Hanna Visits Detroit - He said to another crowd at the Islamic Center of America on Wednesday that he wants people to stop describing the occupation of Palestine as a Muslim-Jewish conflict but an apartheid system which Christians are also suffering from and fighting against.
ICA in The Arab American
07/04/08 - Jerusalem Archbishop visits Detroit area - Archbishop Theodosios Atallah Hanna of the Jerusalem Patriarchate addressed crowds at St. Mary's Antiochian Orthodox Basilica in Livonia and the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn on Wednesday, offering a nationalistic message of unity and human rights advocacy.
Imam Qazwini in the Free Press
07/03/08 - Palestinian Christian leader calls for American support - At the end of a talk, the archbishop presented Imam Qazwini with a relief of the city of Jerusalem and said to him: I hope that one day you will visit us in Jerusalem after it's liberated from the occupation and the Arab Palestinian flag is there.
Imam Qazwini in the Toronto Star
06/29/08 - Politics in America's Arab capital - Ushering a Toronto Star reporter into his impressive office for a recent interview, Qazwini offered tea and chocolates as he spoke of every Muslim American's "moral duty" to get involved in the November presidential election.
ICofA Interfaith Director in the DETnews
06/19/08 - Obama camp sorry for slight to Muslims - "This sort of thing goes on all of the time," said Eide Alawan, .... "They specifically wanted women in hijab and Imam Qazwini to be in any of the shots. When it serves a purpose, they do it."
Imam Qazwini in the Free Press
05/16/08 - Local Muslim leader met privately with Obama - During the meeting, the two discussed the Presidential election, the Arab-Israeli conflict, and the Iraq war, according to Qazwini.
Imam Qazwini in the Peninsula
04/30/08 - Sunni-Shia conflict not hurting Islam - Al Qazwini rejected that there was any conflict at all. "A minority of Shias and a minority of Sunnis are those who are fighting. Why aren't the Catholic and protestant killings in Northern Ireland given equal predominance
Imam Qazwini in the Christian Science Monitor
04/30/08 - Is the Sunni-Shiite rift mostly politics and media hype? - "When I speak, or other moderate Muslim scholars speak, we will not find any outlet for our words," he says. "But if a grocer in Karachi goes out on the streets and calls for jihad [holy war] against America, he will find many media outlets there ready to cover his insanity."
Imam Qazwini in Gulf-times
04/30/08 - Experts get to the root of the divide - Al-Qazwini believes that the conflict is based in politics as opposed to religions, and points to previous decades of peace and harmony between the two currently warring factions
Imam Qazwini in Gulf-times
04/27/08 - Shia-Sunni tension to figure at Doha Debates - Opposing the motion is Imam Sayid Hassan al-Qazwini who leads North Americas largest mosque
Imam Qazwini on CNN
04/18/08 - Video interview on CNN regarding Interfaith talks with the Pope
Imam Qazwini on USA today
04/17/08 - Pope: Religions should cooperate, but be clear on differences - Imam Hassan Al-Qazwini said he asked the pope to establish a permanent dialogue between the church and Muslims, noting that the two religions make up more than half of the world's population
Imam Qazwini on Detnews
04/17/08 - Mosque leader meets pope - Qazwini said he told the pope they had met two years ago at the Vatican, where the Muslim asked him to lead efforts to establish permanent dialogue between Muslims and Catholics.
Imam Qazwini in Canada.com
04/16/08 - Despite missteps, pope reaching out to other faiths - "I do not assume at all that because of his previous views the pope will be less open to dialogue." In fact, he added, those reactions "may help the pope to entertain more moderate views about Islam."
Imam Qazwini in Bloomberg
04/15/08 - Pope Benedict to Confront Church Skeptics, Scandal in U.S. Trip - ``The pope is in a perfect position'' to ``narrow the gap that exists between the disenchanted Muslim world and the West,'' said Qazwini"
Imam Qazwini in Reuters
04/15/08 - Pope reaching out to other faiths - "I believe the pope is heading toward the right direction. He is trying to build bridges with Muslims," said Imam Sayed Hassan Al-Qazwini
Imam Qazwini in the Detroit News
04/12/08 - Pope may offer defining message in U.S. - "Qazwini and Begg said meeting with the pope is an important opportunity for Muslims."
Imam Qazwini in the Catholic Courier
04/11/08 - Five years of Muslim-Catholic cooperation celebrated - "The most distorted concept in Islam today is jihad," said Imam Al-Qazwini, who noted that many have used the term in reference to holy war. "Jihad means you struggle with yourself to stay away from everything evil."
Imam Qazwini in Journalgazette.net
04/11/08 - 3 to Examine Mideast Issues - Presentations are sponsored by the Indiana Center for Middle East Peace... which brought Imam Sayed Hassan Al-Qazwini to Fort Wayne. Al-Qazwini is a Shiite Muslim cleric who heads the Islamic Center of America in Michigan and speaks out against extremist Muslims.
ICA in Your Community Voice
04/07/08 - A Mosque Transformed, pt. 4 - A video of the mosque painting
03/24/08 - A Mosque Transformed, pt. 3 - A video of the mosque painting
03/17/08 - A Mosque Transformed, pt. 2 - A video of the mosque painting
03/10/08 - Mosque Painting - A video of the mosque painting
03/10/08 - He Captures a Jewel with a Brush - Expecting Nothing in Return. - An article about our dear friend Harut, the artist of the mosque
ICA in Democrat and Chronicle
04/07/08 - Muslims, Catholics celebrate their accord - A dinner will feature keynote speakers from the Islamic Center of America and the Archdiocese of Detroit.
ICA in The Arab American
03/28/08 - Interfaith effort launched at ICA - People from various faiths and backgrounds joined together for a gathering held by the Interfaith Partners of the Michigan Roundtable for Diversity and Inclusion (MRDI), on Tuesday, March 25, at the Islamic Center of America.
YMA founder in the Free Press
03/23/08 - Ordained female rector 1st for church - "Najah Bazzy, an interfaith ambassador at the Islamic Center of America in Dearborn, said there is a misconception that there are no female imams."
ICA in the Press and Guide
03/18/08 - Brush with Allah - "Bastajian, a Christian, acknowledges with a laugh the irony that he is becoming known for his work beautiful and intricate work in mosques"
Youth in the Press and Guide
03/16/08 - DHS duo honored by Rec Commission - "Hyatt Bakri ... volunteers her time for the ... Islamic Center of America clothing and food drives"
Imam Qazwini in the Associated Press
03/06/08 - WASHINGTON (AP) - Representatives of five non-Christian faiths will meet with Pope Benedict XVI during his first U.S. visit as pontiff next month.
Imam Qazwini in the New York time
01/06/08 - Sunday Book Review