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The last days of Ramadan in Oakland
Muslims in Oakland are in the last third of the month of Ramadan--its most intense part, as observers continue to fast during daylight hours, declining both food and water until the sun sets....
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Oakland’s Islamic Cultural Center hosts interfaith art exhibit
At the end of her tenure as an artist in residence at the San Francisco Dump, Sharon Siskin discovered a pile of old, Arabic language textbooks used to teach Muslim children the fundamental lessons of...
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Local Muslims give food to homeless, working poor
Every Saturday morning, volunteers from North Oakland’s Lighthouse Mosque come to the Rainbow Recreation center on 59th and East 14th Street in East Oakland to give hot food and groceries to people in...
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Muslims Celebrate Eid ul-Adha in downtown Oakland
Fairy lights and Persian rugs guided Muslims up an elegant, high-ceilinged stairway and into a special religious service held Friday to mark the end of the Hajj, the pilgrimage to Mecca that is...
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“Doorway to Islamic Civilization” workshop series in Oakland seeks to combat...
Zawaya, literally “aspects” in Arabic, a Bay Area non-profit focused on developing multicultural programs and the Arab arts, is organizing “Doorway to Islamic Civilization,” a series of arts and...
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In Oakland, panelists discuss challenges for Muslim women in America
Several speakers discussed the significance of the September 11 attacks on the way Muslims are perceived in America. “Before 9/11 we were an invisible minority, quite a silent group,” said Sundas....
View ArticleBay Area residents create art protesting Trump’s travel ban
People from around the Bay Area gathered at the Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California in downtown Oakland on Sunday to create art and signs protesting the Trump administration’s travel ban....
View ArticleQueer Muslims claim their space in the East Bay
“Choose discomfort over resentment” reads the tattoo on Shenaaz Janmohamed’s right arm. The Oakland-based psychotherapist, who has Muslim South Asian origins, defines herself as a “queer femme mama.”...
View ArticleBay Area Muslims gather in observance of Iftar at Lighthouse Mosque
Muslims from all over the Bay Area gathered at Lighthouse Mosque for Iftar on September 19.
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