In a historic action, Philadelphia Mayor Cherelle Parker appointed Temple University faculty member Quaiser D. Abdullah, CLA ’03, EDU ’07, ’17, as the city’s first-ever director of Muslim engagement during a news conference earlier this month at City Hall. Abdullah, a distinguished educator at the Klein College of Media and Communication and a respected imam in Philadelphia’s
Gov. Josh Shapiro and Senator Bob Casey joined a rally in a show of solidarity with Jews after the resignation of the University of Pennsylvania’s president.
The event took place on the final day of Ramadan. The rare convergence this year of the three Abrahamic faith observances was a focal point of the speakers’ addresses.