Masjid Annur Islamic Center
Presents

An Open House Dinner
A community dinner: Meet your Muslim neighbors and fellow citizens.

“What is Islam?”

Sunday, April 6th 2008, 5:30PM – 7:30PM.
6990 65th St. Sacramento, CA 95823

Masjid Annur Islamic Center cordially invites our fellow citizens from other faiths to join us in an evening of delicious ethnic foods and informative conversations. We encourage all people from other faiths to come and meet with Muslims from the Greater Sacramento Area.

For more information please contact
Time: Sunday, April 6, 2008 - 5:30pm PST

The ACLU-NC Sacramento County Chapter invites you to a talk on:
“Coercive Evangelizing in the US Military”

Featuring Michael L. “Mikey” Weinstein
Noted Constitutional Activist
Founder and President, Military Religious Freedom Foundation
Honor Graduate, United States Air Force Academy
Active Duty Service as Air Force Judge Advocate (JAG)

Sunday, April 6, 2008
2 p.m. to 4 p.m.
California State Capitol, Room 4203
Use Elevators at East End of Capitol Building
Street Parking Free on Sundays
Public Parking Garage on 10th (off L St.)

Reception and Book Signing to Follow
Congregation B’nai Israel
3600 Riverside Blvd.
Sacramento, CA 95818

To RSVP or for more information, please contact organzing@aclunc.org
Time: Thursday, March 6, 2008 - 2:00pm PST

Put Separation of Church and State on the Agenda for 2008 Elections!
Celebrities, Religious Liberty Heroes Headline National Simulcast For Church-State Separation

"Everything You Always Wanted to Know About Separation of Church and State
...But Were Afraid to Ask"

Natomas Marketplace Stadium 16
3651 Truxel Road
Sacramento, CA 95834

Wednesday, March 26, 2008 - 6:00 PM

Click here to reserve seat(s)
Time: Wednesday, March 26, 2008 - 6:00pm PST

Pope: Enough With Slaughters in Iraq
The Associated Press | Sunday 16 March 2008

Vatican City - Pope Benedict XVI issued one of his strongest appeals for peace in Iraq on Sunday, days after the body of the kidnapped Chaldean Catholic archbishop was found near the northern city of Mosul.

The pope also denounced the five-year-long war, saying it had provoked the complete breakup of Iraqi civilian life.

"Enough with the slaughters. Enough with the violence. Enough with the hatred in Iraq!" Benedict said to applause at the end of his Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square.

Family Promise of Sacramento
presents

“An Evening with Jim Wallis”

Author of national best sellers
“God’s Politics” and the just-released
“The Great Awakening”

The Crest Theater
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
7:30 p.m.
Time: Wednesday, February 27, 2008 - 6:30pm PST

Allah Made Me Funny : The Official Muslim Comedy Tour

On March 9, 2008 - 7:00 PM

Don't miss out on the Allah Made Me Funny Comedy Tour

at the Radisson Hotel
500 Leisure Lane
Sacramento, CA 92815

$20 Adult Ticket
$15 Student Ticket
$30 At the Door

Purchase your tickets on-line (Click Here)
Time: Sunday, March 9, 2008 - 12:00pm PST

Hear LBJ, Greg Palast, Sam Harris and Chris Hedges

Hear Lyndon Baines Johnson (LBJ), who was the thirty-sixth President of the United States (1963–1969). As President he was responsible for designing his Great Society, comprising liberal legislation including civil rights laws, Medicare (health care for the elderly), Medicaid (health care for the poor), aid to education, and a major "War on Poverty". Simultaneously, he escalated the American involvement in the Vietnam War, from 16,000 American soldiers in 1963 to 550,000 in early 1968. His speech is "On Vietnam and Not Seeking Re-Election" delivered March 31, 1968.

Hear Greg Palast, who is a New York Times-bestselling author and a journalist for the British Broadcasting Corporation as well as the British newspaper The Observer. He reads from his book "Armed Madhouse".

Masjid Annur Islamic Center
Presents

An Open House Dinner
A community dinner: Meet your Muslim neighbors and fellow citizens.

“Islam's Marvelous Mercy”

Masjid Annur Islamic Center cordially invites our fellow citizens from other faiths to join us in an evening of delicious ethnic foods and informative conversations. We encourage all people from other faiths to come and meet with Muslims from the Greater Sacramento Area.

Sunday, February 17th, 2008 @ 5:00 PM – 7:30 PM
6990 65th St. Sacramento, CA 95823

For more information please contact
Time: Sunday, February 17, 2008 - 4:00pm PST

Masjid Annur Islamic Center
Presents

An Open House Dinner
A community dinner: Meet your Muslim neighbors and fellow citizens.

Masjid Annur Islamic Center cordially invites everyone in our community to come and enjoy an evening of delicious ethnic foods and informative conversations. We encourage you all to come and meet with Muslims from the Greater Sacramento Area.

Sunday, January 6, 2008 @ 6:00 PM – 7:30 PM
6990 65th St. Sacramento, CA 95823

For more information please contact
● Saladin at (916) 248-1308
● Salem at (916) 955-8755
Time: Sunday, January 6, 2008 - 5:00pm PST

Everyone's invited! "An Evening of meaningful discussion":

NSP Sacramento Area Chapter Meeting
Dec. 6th, 7:00 PM at the Carmichael Library
Marconi 1 block west of Fair Oaks Blvd.

Writes Nichola Trobett in her essay Full Aliveness in Deadly Times: “… the big question I want to tackle is: Why, when so many good-hearted people are working so hard at it, aren’t we making more headway toward a more loving and generous world?
Time: Thursday, December 6, 2007 - 6:00pm PST

Faith and War
Cindy Sheehan

A friend of mine, who is Chair of the Economics Department, invited me to speak to the students and faculty at the University of Dallas (where the Veterans for Peace convention was that I spoke at the day before I went to Crawford on August 6th, 2005), which is a small, non-culturally or non-racially diverse, Catholic college.

Surprisingly, my friend Sam, received little protest over inviting me, but there was a “Support the Troops” rally in the room next to where I spoke. Some Camp Casey friends accidentally went into that room and only heard the speaker call me names like “scum” and he called the rest of the people at my event “peace fairies.”

I was heartened to find the first three rows of my speech were filled with young people who were smiling and vigorously nodding their heads at everything I said. Most of the audience clapped or laughed in the right places so I was feeling pretty good. However, I was a little sad when there were some snide snickers when I had the unmitigated gall to call Iraqis “human beings.”

During the “Q and A” part, the first question I received amazed me. Now, I was raised Protestant and received an excellent training in the Christian scriptures and I know after being a Catholic for 25 years and a Catholic youth minister for nine of those years, that the average Catholic does not know a great deal about the Bible as most of their religious training is in the tenets of the Catholic faith. Here’s how many Catholics quote scripture: “It’s somewhere in the Bible,” when, in my experience, many times they are actually quoting: “Poor Richard’s Almanac.”

Root Causes of Radical Islamic Fundamentalism
Speaker: Imam M.A. Azeez
Thursday November 8, 2007

In continuing the Concepts of Islamic Justice and Community Speaker Series from last spring, the World Affairs Council, in conjunction with the Pacific McGeorge School of Law, welcomes Imam Azeez on November 8. The topic of his presentation will be "The Root Causes Radical Islamic Fundamentalism" Imam Azeez is the religious leader of the SALAM Islamic Center in Sacramento. He is educated in medicine, political science, sociology, Islamic history and Islamic theology. He holds an MD from Ain Shams University (Cairo, Egypt), a BA from Ohio State University, and an MA from University of Chicago Imam Azeez has been involved in Islamic activism and education for the past ten years. He dedicates much of his time educating the community about the true peaceful essence of the religion of Islam. Please join us on November 8 to engage Imam Azeez about the root causes of radical Islamic fundamentalism.

Time(s)
Speaker= 5:00 - 6:00 p.m.; Reception= 6:00 - 7:00 p.m.

Location
Classroom G - McGeorge School of Law
3200 Fifth Avenue
Sacramento CA 95817
Time: Thursday, November 8, 2007 - 4:00pm PST

Network of Spiritual Progressives
October 25th NSP Sacramento Chapter Gathering
Carmichael Library, 5605 Marconi Ave one block west of Fair Oaks
7:00-9:00

“SPREADING THE WORD”

Welcome & reading: Bob Richards
An overview of our Sacramento Chapter: Pat Scott

In our last meeting we had a breakout session on possible outreach actions which will present NSP to the community and to begin to share our positive vision. As the result, we are dedicating the body of this meeting to understanding the NYT ad/petition as one of our best tools for educating people to “An Ethical Way to End the War in Iraq .” Many people have expressed the desire to actually do something. So here's our first plan. This outline and many of the materials including our banners and signs may also serve as the basis for other issues such as ecological sensitivity, the Global Marshall Plan, the New Bottom Line, etc.
Time: Thursday, October 25, 2007 - 7:00pm PST

CAIR CONDEMNS BIN LADEN'S PRAISE FOR 9/11 HIJACKER

(WASHINGTON, D.C., 9/11/07) - The Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR) today condemned a new video by Osama bin Laden in which the terror leader eulogizes a 9/11 hijacker.

SEE: Bin Laden Praises 9/11 Hijacker in Anniversary Video (Bloomberg)

In a statement, the Washington-based Islamic civil rights and advocacy group said:

"The despicable actions of the 9/11 hijackers should be repudiated by all Muslims, not praised as examples to follow. There can be no moral, ethical or religious justification for such cowardly attacks on innocent civilians. CAIR joins with Americans of all faiths in mourning the tragic events of September 11, 2001, and asks that we all use today's anniversary to enhance our efforts to repudiate religious extremism and to promote mutual understanding. "

CAIR issued a joint American Muslim statement of condemnation within hours of the 9/11 attacks and published a similar statement in a full-page advertisement in the Washington Post just days later.

5th Annual CAIR-SV Banquet

Purchase Your Tickets Online Today!
https://www.cair- california.org/banquet/

What: 5th Annual CAIR-SV Banquet
When: Saturday, September 8th, 2007
Social 5:30 pm / Dinner & Program 6:00 pm
Where: Radisson Hotel
500 Leisure Lane, Sacramento, CA 95815
(916) 922-2020

Tickets: $40 ($50 at the Door)
$400/ table of 10

Confirmed Speakers:

Professor David Cole
Georgetown University Law Center

Khalil Bendib
Cartoonist

Ahmed Bedier
CAIR Tampa-Florida

Fouad Khatib
CAIR-CA Chairman

Imam M.A. Azeez
SALAM Center

This year's keynote speaker will be the widely acclaimed Constitutional scholar Professor David Cole of Georgetown University Law Center. Cole has published in various legal fields including civil rights, criminal justice, constitutional law and law and literature. He has litigated First Amendment and other constitutional issues and contributes regularly to the media on legal issues.
Time: Saturday, September 8, 2007 - 5:30pm PST

West Coast Diversity Summit
Trinity Episcopal Cathedral
2620 Capitol Ave. (between 26th & 27th St., downtown)
Saturday, July 21st
Noon - 6:00 PM

Death sparks call to unity
After Lake Natoma assault, diversity summit is set today.
By Crystal Carreon - Bee Staff Writer

Hundreds of supporters are expected this afternoon at the West Coast Diversity Summit in Sacramento to unite in the name of Satender Singh and bring grass-roots groups together against the hate they blame in the death of the young Fijian immigrant.

"It's about building bridges," said Nathan Feldman, of the cable access show Being Gay Today, who is organizing the forum at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral. "This is pulling the community together."

The summit, organized months before the attack on Singh, has since refocused to unite community resources and set up wider networks to respond swiftly to acts of violence, Feldman said.

He also hopes it will serve as a public outlet to vent the emotions sparked by Singh's death, which came after a July 1 attack reportedly preceded by homophobic and racial slurs.
Time: Saturday, July 21, 2007 - 12:00pm PST

CSUS student sues, claims head scarf cost her a job
By Susan Ferriss - Bee Staff Writer
Published 12:00 am PDT Wednesday, July 11, 2007

A Muslim woman has filed a discrimination suit against a national chain of jewelry stores, alleging that she was "enthusiastically" recruited to return to work at a Fairfield shop in 2006 but then turned away after managers saw she had begun to wear a head scarf.

Shereen Attia, who studies nutrition at California State University, Sacramento, had previously worked part time for two Whitehall Jewellers stores at the Westfield Solano Mall in Fairfield beginning in December 2004.

'SiCKO' Premieres on Skid Row
Tuesday, June 26, 2007 5:11 PM

By Rev. Andrew J. Bales, President of the Union Rescue Mission

How often does a big time Hollywood Movie premiere on Skid Row? Never in anyone’s memory, until last night! It started out as a wild idea to shut down one of the toughest streets in America and show the movie, Sicko, to some of the folks who were featured in the movie, but would not likely have an opportunity to walk a red carpet or even see this powerful film in theaters, and huge-hearted filmmaker Michael Moore made it all happen just outside the back doors of Union Rescue Mission.

We closed the streets down at 4:00 P.M.; men began building a platform and back drop for a 37 foot Screen. It was a bit windy so our Mission staff weaved together several tarps as a wind break. 600 chairs were set up in a theater setting on the street, and a magnificent projector and deck were brought in by the Weinstein Company, and what seemed impossible happened.

San Julian St. became a walk-in theater! Michael Moore personally came to salute these folks who live a tough life on the streets. I introduced Michael as a man who shared with the House Judiciary Committee that his motivation for making this film about healthcare came word for word from the book of Matthew, chapter 25. Matthew 25:31-46 (ESV):

Catherine Thomasson, MD, President of Physicians for
Social Responsibility will be coming to Sacramento on
Friday, June 29, 2007!

Dr. Thomasson visited Iran in March as part of a
friendship delegation sponsored by the Fellowship of
Time: Friday, June 29, 2007 - 7:00pm PST

Pastors for Peace Caravan to Cuba Will Arrive in Sacramento on July 4

The Pastors for Peace Friendshipment Caravan to Cuba is coming to Sacramento on Wednesday, July 4, 2007, from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. at the Black United Fund of Sacramento Valley, 4104 44th Street. Join us for an afternoon of friendship and to welcome the Caravan to Sacramento.

The event is sponsored by the Sacramento Area Black Caucus, Black United Fund of Sacramento Valley, All African Peoples Revolutionary Party, Central America Action Committee, Birthing Project, Sacramento Area Peace Action, Zapatista Solidarity Coalition-Sacramento Chapter, Chicano Consortium-Sacramento and Vanguard Public Foundation.

Richard Becker from the International Action Center will be the keynote speaker. The event will include poetry, music and other speakers. This event is potluck style, free and open to the general public.
Time: Wednesday, July 4, 2007 - 4:00pm PST