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Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf
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Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf

Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, founder and CEO of the Cordoba Initiative, has served as Imam of the al-Farah mosque since 1983 and is the visionary behind the Cordoba House project planned near the World Trade Center in New York City. The author of three previous books about Islam, an American goodwill ambassador abroad, and a sought-after speaker and media guest, he lives in New York City.

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May 1, 2012
As Islam has spread throughout the world, it has combined religion with native cultural practices. Many centuries later,...
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Chapter 1 from Moving the Mountain
Oct 20, 2012
Moving the Mountain will be released on May 08, 2012 in eBook
May 08, 2012
Moving the Mountain is now available in eBook
May 08, 2012

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Saginaw News, March 5, 2013
...View full size Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf is the speaker at the next Dr. Raana Akbar Memorial Lecture Series Courtesy Photo FRANKENLUST TWP. — Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf will give a presentation and sign...
Erie Times-News, March 2, 2013
...and Jessica Mesman Griffith. Keyword: love. - "Moving the Mountain: A New Vision of Islam in America" by Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf. Keyword: moving. - "The Idolatry of God" by Peter Rollins. Keyword: idol. - "The Utter Relief of Holiness" by John...
Memphis Flyer, February 23, 2013
...Zero Mosque" — which was never meant as a mosque and isn't at Ground Zero. He is Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, and he'll be at Rhodes College as guest of the college's "Communities in Conversation" series on Monday, February 25th. The time is 7 p.m...
Memphis Commercial Appeal, January 26, 2013
...of Public Witness (OPW) in Washington; former pastor of Liberation Community Presbyterian Church in Memphis Feb. 25 — Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, founder of the Cordoba Initiative, an independent, multi-faith, and multinational project to improve...
Houston Chronicle, September 6, 2012
...Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf has spent most of his adult life trying to build interfaith and international bridges. But to many Americans, he is the public face of the so-called "Ground...
Erie Times-News, June 30, 2012
...Catholic Reporter, is co-chairwoman of the Global Peace Initiative of Women. She'll be followed on Tuesday by Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, chairman of the Cordoba Initiative, and Daisy Khan, executive director of the American Society for Muslim Advancement....
Courthouse News Service, May 10, 2013
...center two blocks away from the footprint of the World Trade Center in Manhattan.     Cordoba president and principal Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf said he became close friends with Deak and Soliman over the course of five years, and the couple even raised...
WorldNetDaily, May 3, 2013
...the “nanny mayor” of New York City, Michael Bloomberg, from endorsing the Ground Zero mosque and its then imam, Feisal Abdul Rauf. Obama even had the chutzpah to praise it on a day he was feasting the Muslim holiday of Ramadan in the White House, his...
WorldNetDaily, May 3, 2013
...the “nanny mayor” of New York City, Michael Bloomberg, from endorsing the Ground Zero mosque and its then imam, Feisal Abdul Rauf. Obama even had the chutzpah to praise it on a day he was feasting the Muslim holiday of Ramadan in the White House, his...
Larchmont-Mamaroneck Patch, April 30, 2013
...Mamaroneck Public Library and the American Muslim Women’s Association (AMWA) invite you to join us in welcoming Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, author of  Moving the Mountain: a New Vision of Islam in America. Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf is the founder and...
Frontpagemag.com, April 25, 2013
...2006 and then rescinded it after learning of CAIR’s background. The Interfaith Center of New York has Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf of “Ground Zero Mosque” fame as a vice chairman of the board. The Executive-Director of the Interfaith Center endorsed a...
Huffington Post, April 19, 2013
...atheists like Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris. We also have talks by religious leaders, including Pastor Rick Warren, Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, Buddhist monk Matthieu Ricard and His Holiness the Karmapa, among many others. Religious scholar Karen Armstrong...
Erie Times-News, March 2, 2013
...and Jessica Mesman Griffith. Keyword: love. - "Moving the Mountain: A New Vision of Islam in America" by Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf. Keyword: moving. - "The Idolatry of God" by Peter Rollins. Keyword: idol. - "The Utter Relief of Holiness" by John...