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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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Imam Feisel is the speaker at the next Dr. Raana Akbar Memorial Lecture Series
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...
Bible moves to TV, inspires new books
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...
"Ground Zero Imam" To Speak
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...
Tickle, Borg, Spong, McLaren on Calvary Lenten schedule
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...
'Ground Zero' imam pens book on American Islam
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's Chittister talking this week at Chautauqua
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....
Islamic Center Group Can Preserve Condo Liens
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...
Ground Zero mosque rears its ugly head
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...
Why is prayer so controversial?
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...
Imam and Cordoba Initiative Founder to Speak at Mamaroneck Library
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...
CAIR Banquets Honor Christian Allies
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...
Chris Anderson: TED, Censorship, Consciousness, Militant Atheists, and Pseudo Science!
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...
Bible moves to TV, inspires new books
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...