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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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Debating the War on Women - Discussion in "Foreign Policy"
May 1, 2012
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Moving the Mountain will be released on March 05, 2013 in Trade Paperback
Mar 05, 2013
Moving the Mountain is now available in Trade Paperback
Mar 05, 2013
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Moving the Mountain will be released on May 08, 2012 in Hardcover, eBook
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Moving the Mountain is now available in Hardcover, eBook
May 08, 2012
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Debating the War on Women - Discussion in "Foreign Policy"
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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....
Ground Zero mosque Imam pens book on cultural divisiveness
FOXNews.com, May 19, 2012
...Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf on 'Moving the Mountain...
What Muslims want in a new pope
Religion News Service, March 11, 2013
...deeply concerned. “What the pope says or doesn’t say can have enormous consequences on such relations,” said Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, founder of the Cordoba Initiative, an organization dedicated to improving Muslim-Western relations, and the...
Head of 'Ground Zero mosque' initiative to speak about Muslim relations at SVSU
Bay City Times, March 7, 2013
..., file photo shows Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, executive director of the Cordoba Initiative, addressing a gathering as groups planning a proposed Islamic center, including a mosque, two blocks from the World Trade Center site...
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...
Feb. 8: Downtown mosque imam's scam and "no honking" signs
New York Daily News, February 8, 2013
...of this mosque. Somehow, I doubt it. Michael Burke Silver Spring, Md.: No one should be surprised that Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf, the advocate for a mosque close to Ground Zero, is a common crook. His out-of-control plans for a mosque to be built on...
Religious Clergy Represent All of Us: A Reponse to the Allegations against Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf
Tikkun Magazine, February 7, 2013
...A Westchester County couple has accused Imam Feisal Abdul Rauf of using more than $3 million in donations to the Cordoba Initiative and the American Society for Muslim Advancement for personal purposes. Credit: Creative Commons/World Economic Forum...