Mass Shooting in Orlando Florida
Buffalo, NY, Sunday, June 12, 2016 Muslim Public Affairs Council condemns horrific mass shooting targeting a gay club in Orlando, Florida in the early hours of this morning. The terror…
Tent of Abraham 2016
MUSLIM PUBLIC AFFAIRS COUNCIL of WESTERN NEW YORK 6343 Transit Road, Depew, NY 14043 (www.mpacwny.org) ***** MPAC-WNY PROUDLY ANNOUNCES THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL “THE TENT OF ABRAHAM” Thursday, June, 16, 2016 at 7:30 PM Muslim Community Center (Islamic Center) 745 Heim Road, Amherst ***** An evening of friendship and conversation of our shared values as we “break the fast’ together. Enjoy an ethnic dinner with your friends and neighbors. In keeping with MPAC tradition, non-perishable food items and cash donations (matched by MPAC) will be collected for distribution to the needy in our community ***** You can make your tax deductible contributions to MPAC Foundation and indicate for “Tent of Abraham” ***** And the Eighth Annual “The Walk of Abraham” ***** As an extension of “The Tent of Abraham” Co-Sponsored with: Congregation Havurah, Islamic Society of Niagara Frontier; Network of Religious Communities, North Presbyterian Church And Westminster Presbyterian Church “The Tent of Abraham” MPAC-WNY initiated the “The Tent of Abraham” in 2006 to share the spirit of the Holy Month of Ramadan (Month of Fasting) with our WNY community. We “break the fast” with friends and neighbors with traditional ethnic dinner, provided by MPAC-WNY, as a token of our appreciation and friendship to the WNY religious and faith communities. We share the spirit and the objectives of the event by collecting non-perishable food items and cash donations for distribution to the needy in our community. Tax deductible donations may be made to MPAC Foundation and indicated for “Tent of Abraham”. MPAC-WNY is also pleased to announce the eighth annual “Walk of Abraham” (started in 2009) as a part of “The Tent of Abraham” event, hoping the ‘Walk ‘can inspire us to experience the spirit Abraham’s traditions of the values of faith, hospitality and mutual respect. And a reminder to us all that what unites us is far greater than that divides us. …