by Imam Imad Enchassi | Apr 1, 2022 | Opinion
Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar which follows the lunar cycles throughout the year. Since Ramadan rotates throughout the year, sometimes sunset in the middle of the winter season is at 5 p.m. and in the summer it can be at 9 p.m. We still love it...
by Imam Imad Enchassi | Aug 30, 2021 | Opinion
Muslims, just like other minorities, rejoice at the election of people that look and pray like us. I remember when America elected our first Muslim congressman, Keith Ellison. I have met him many times and was happy to see him win in 2007. Then, we had Andre Carson...
by Imam Imad Enchassi | Aug 25, 2021 | Opinion
I am a refugee. On Oct. 23,1983, I held hope, in the form of a plane ticket, in my hand. This paper was what was going to help me flee Beirut and get to the United States. That same morning, a yellow Mercedes truck entered the parking lot of Beirut International...
by Imam Imad Enchassi | Aug 19, 2021 | Opinion
The Qur’an declares that “there is no compulsion in religion” (2:256). For the last three months, I have been in Lebanon, doing relief work and visiting family. I spent my summer in the same refugee camp, Sabra and Shatila, that I grew up in. My mother still lives...
by Imam Imad Enchassi | Jul 8, 2021 | Opinion
Preaching is difficult in an empty sanctuary. It’s even more difficult to get used to speaking to a screen and looking into a camera instead of faces. Seminary did not have a class on how to minister in a pandemic. Finding ways to connect to our faith communities...
