Message from ICNY Executive Director Dear Friends, According to the recent Pew Forum’s February study “Latest Trends in Religious Restrictions and Hostilities,” more than three-quarters of the world’s people – 77% – live in nations where religious restrictions are either … [Read more...] about Sikhs & Forgiveness at Oak Creek & an Interfaith Take on Drone Warfare: ICNY’s E-Bulletin for March is here
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“Waking an Oak Creek” Screening & Discussion
Date: Friday, March 20 Time: 6:00 pm Location: The Riverside Church Theatre, 490 Riverside Drive, New York N.Y. 10027 A documentary of forgiveness and faith based on the Sikh community in Oak Creek, Wisconsin that suffered a deadly hate attack. Six worshipers are killed by a … [Read more...] about “Waking an Oak Creek” Screening & Discussion
“Bugsplat” – Sojourners Blog on Drone Welfare by ICNY’s Dr. Sarah Sayeed
by Sarah Sayeed, Ph.D.,Director of Community Partnerships, Interfaith Center of New York Image courtesy Digital Storm/shutterstock.com Bugsplat is software used to calculate and reduce the death of innocent people in drone strikes. It's also how Predator drone operators … [Read more...] about “Bugsplat” – Sojourners Blog on Drone Welfare by ICNY’s Dr. Sarah Sayeed
ICNY joins Denmark Consulate General in interfaith memorial & dialogue
On February 20, Consul General Jarl Frijs-Madsen of the Denmark Consulate General hosted an interfaith memorial and dialogue meeting following the terrorist attack in Copenhagen, February 14-15. ICNY's executive director, Rev. Chloe Breyer, and Dr. Sarah Sayeed, ICNY's Director … [Read more...] about ICNY joins Denmark Consulate General in interfaith memorial & dialogue
“Carrying the Cane of Moses”: Faith Leader Spotlight on Imam Konate
Imam Konate by Anna Rubin Imam Konate became an imam in 1996 after coming to the United States. When he arrived in Harlem, there was a sizable and growing Muslim African immigrant population but no mosque in which they could comfortably pray. All of the mosques in the … [Read more...] about “Carrying the Cane of Moses”: Faith Leader Spotlight on Imam Konate
