Announcements
Photo: Zainab IqbalKENSINGTON – A pushing, shouting match broke out after four men came from inside the locked Church Avenue mosque and cut the poster put up by the community for the press conference last Friday at 2 pm. A press conference was held outside Masjid Nur al Islam [https://www.
Bensonhurst
Eid service in Bensonhurst Park (Photo via MAS Youth Center/Facebook)BENSONHURST – Muslims in Brooklyn are preparing to celebrate Eid al-Adha, the Feast of the Sacrifice [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/10382365/What-is-Eid-al-Adha.html] , which begins tonight at sundown. Eid al-Adha is one of the two main
Central Brooklyn
Photo: Hassan IqbalThe month of Ramadan [/guide-ramadan-2017-brooklyn/]is over, the moon has been sighted and on Sunday, June 25, the majority of Muslims around the world celebrated Eid al-Fitr (which lasts three days). How did Muslims in Brooklyn celebrate? With the annual Chand Raat Bazaar on Coney Island Avenue [/coney-island-avenue-packed-for-annual-chand-raat-bazaar-ditmas-park/
Holidays
(Photo by Carly Miller / Ditmas Park Corner)If you live in southern Brooklyn, you probably saw many families strolling to prayers and parties this morning, dressed to the nines, observing Eid al-Adha (pronounced EED al-UHD-huh) — especially if you live near the Prospect Park Parade Grounds, where a beautiful, outdoor prayer
Holidays
Breaking the daylong fast at the Kings Bay Y’s Ramadan dinner. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)With the deadly ISIS-inspired shooting at an Orlando nightclub [/stand-orlando-tonight-grand-army-plaza-unity-vigil/] still hanging like a specter over the country, members of Brooklyn’s Jewish and Muslim communities gathered at the Kings Bay Y Monday
Holidays
(Photo by Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)If you live in southern Brooklyn, you will most likely encounter someone observing Ramadan this month. Ramadan, the ninth month of the Islamic lunar calendar, is the holiest time for Muslims. Ramadan commemorates the first time the Quran (Islam’s sacred text) was revealed
Neighbors
The former Burger King on Knapp Street is now being used as a temporary mosque. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)When a local Muslim group rented out the long-abandoned Burger King [/knapp-street-burger-king-converted-temporary-mosque-ramadan/] on Knapp Street in the summer of 2014, it was supposed to serve as a short-term place for
Neighbors
Kenan Taskent. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)At first, Kenan Taskent doesn’t distinguish himself as a particularly pious man. His thick Brooklyn accent, proclivity for Marlboro cigarettes, and charmingly abrasive personality doesn’t square with the stereotype of a typical Muslim standard bearer. “When I talk to people, they
brighton beach
Borough President Eric Adams speaking outside the Turkish American Eyüp Sultan Cultural Center. (Photo: Alex Ellefson / Sheepshead Bites)Borough President Adams joined with leaders from the Turkish Muslim community Friday to denounce the Daily News’ insensitive portrayal of a Brighton Beach mosque. “This mosque was used on the same page
Islam
Source: NYC Mayor’s OfficeNew York City public school students will have two new official holidays as of the 2015-2016 school year: Eid al-Adha on September 24, and Eid al-Fitr during the summer. The new school holidays are in celebration of two of the major holidays celebrated by Muslims around
anti-Muslim
A $1,000 reward is now on the table for information leading to the arrest of those who distributed anti-Muslim fliers in at least one of the Shore Haven apartment buildings [/hate-crime-cops-investigating-anti-muslim-fliers-distributed-bath-beach-apartment-building/] near Cropsey Avenue and 21st Avenue in Bath Beach. The fliers were found throughout the building two weeks
eid al-adha
To complete the four-day celebration of Eid al-Adha, Councilman Vincent Gentile teamed up with the United American Muslim Association to donate close to 300 pounds of meat to the needy, according to a press release.. Eid al-Adha is a major holiday in Islam, and in a symbolic and traditional act