The Islamic Center of Southern California expresses solidarity with our Jewish brethren in light of increased acts of vandalism and bomb threats made against Jewish community centers, cemeteries and synagogues here in Southern California and around the nation. Since January, more than 70 synagogues and Jewish community centers around the country have been targeted with...
Month: <span>February 2017</span>
Why We Encounter Trials in Life
Speaker: Hassan Zeenni
The Virtue of Accountability
Speaker: Dr. Saleh Kholaki
The Truth of Islam Will Prevail
Speaker: Salam Al-Marayati
Los Angeles Will Protect Muslims if Necessary
Feb 9, 2017 - COURTHOUSE NEWS SERVICE - Los Angeles City Council on Wednesday voted to draft an ordinance barring city employees from cooperating with the federal government if President Donald Trump creates a Muslim database. Councilman Paul Krekorian proposed the draft ordinance and the council passed the motion at a morning meeting in City Hall. The council also asked Los Angeles Police Department and the city attorney to report on hate crimes against immigrant communities in the city in the wake of Trump’s election.
L.A.’s melting pot is defying Trump’s specialty: to provoke and divide
Feb 4, 2017 - LOS ANGELES TIMES - I'd never been to the Islamic Center of Southern California, on Vermont Avenue in Koreatown, so call me naive. But I didn’t expect to hear a conversation in Spanish, or see so many Latinos, African Americans and Caucasians at the mosque and cultural center. “When you come on our main day, Friday service, it’s filled with people, and you don’t see two people from the same country in any row,” said Asim Buyuksoy, religious director and Turkish immigrant.
How to Deal With the Challenge That We Are Facing Today
Speaker: Dr. Aslam Abdullah
Muslim Solidarity Rally
Feb. 3, 2017 - KCET - Dozens of people gathered outside the Islamic Center of Southern California Friday as one in a series of nationwide rallies in solidarity with immigrants and the Muslim community in response to President Donald Trump's recent order temporarily banning visitors from seven predominantly Muslim countries. Waving signs and chanting slogans, participants in the afternoon rally said they wanted to send a message of togetherness, and also to combat notions that Muslims should be feared.
L.A. Mayor and Other City Leaders Denounce President Donald Trump’s Travel Ban
Feb 1, 2017 - KCET - Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and other city leaders appeared at the Islamic Center of Southern California in Koreatown today to denounce President Donald Trump's travel ban on seven Muslim-majority nations and offer their support for travelers affected by it. "We must always protect our country and our people from harm, and should take every necessary measure to secure the homeland," Garcetti said.