Charity Update

Charity Update

Ohio-Area Organizations: Sign-Up for Free Educational Seminar in Cincinnati, Sept. 25

August 19, 2010
On Saturday, September 25, 2010, Muslim Advocates, the lslamic Center of Greater Cincinnati and the Ohio Muslim Bar Association invite the leadership of mosques, Muslim nonprofits and community-based organizations in the Tri-State (OH-KY-IN) and Western PA area to attend a...

By Munleen Soni on August 19, 2010

Press Room

More than 40 Muslim, Arab, Sikh, South Asian Charities to Pres. Obama: Help Local Communities & Counter Extremists' Aid by Reforming Federal Charity Laws

August 11, 2010
(WASHINGTON, DC) August 11, 2010--In a letter sent today--the first day of Ramadan--to President Barack Obama, the national civil rights organization Muslim Advocates, and 42 other national and local American Muslim, Arab, Sikh and South Asian charities and civic...

By Munleen Soni on August 11, 2010

Charity Update

Call the White House! Urge the President to Keep His Promise to Protect Zakat!

May 24, 2010
American Muslims Ask President to Keep Cairo Pledge, Reform Charitable Giving Laws & Secure Our Future One year after President Obama pledged in Cairo, Egypt, to ease hurdles to charitable giving, American Muslims are asking President Obama to keep his...

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By Munleen Soni on May 24, 2010

Charities

"Wonk Room" Blog Urges President to Reform Charitable Giving Laws & Build Bridges to the World's Muslims

May 18, 2010
Writing on the blog "Wonk Room," Muslim Advocates Muslim Charities Works Counsel Akil Vohra argues that President Obama and Congress can build stronger ties to Muslim nations by making it easier for American Muslims to give charity abroad. Vohra details specific steps our government can take to safely reform punitive laws and provisions enacted over the past decade that are discouraging Americans from giving charity to parts of the world where it is most needed.

By Munleen Soni on May 18, 2010