Prayer is central to Islamic belief, which is rooted in discipline and perseverance for spiritual well-being. As part of this discipline, Muslims pray five times a day, a practice known as salat. The tradition of praying five times a day arose from an incident documented in the Quran, the holy book of Islam. Verse one, […]
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The federal agency created after 9/11 to keep America safe is spending more than half a billion dollars on security enhancements for nonprofits “at high risk of terrorist attack,” and recipients include dozens of Islamic centers, a leftist La Raza group and a country music museum, according to records obtained by Judicial Watch. An LGBTQ rights organization and the nation’s leading abortion rights advocacy group have also received generous security enhancement funds from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and so has an old west museum, a congregationalist seminary in American Samoa and an American Indian museum. The records obtained by Judicial Watch reveal that the program is a bit of a boondoggle with large sums of taxpayer dollars going to institutions unlikely to encounter a terrorist threat, including zoos, a New Hampshire ambulance service and a museum dedicated to a renowned blues musician.
From a car cruise to carnivals, local events welcome residents of all faiths to celebrate Ei al-Fitr, the three-day holiday marking the end of Ramadan, Islam's holy month of fasting.