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UNDERSTANDING ISLAM & MUSLIMS SERIESSUNDAYS, FEBRUARY 5-269:00 – 10:00 AM724 Delaware Avenue, Buffalo, NY, or via Zoom (wpcbuffalo.org/islam) February 5, 2023, Dangerous Doctors and Rebellious Rabbis: How Radicalism Has Both Shaped and Damaged the Jewish Faith, Rabbi Alex Lazarus-Klein, Congregation Shir ShalomA look at the foundation of Extremism in Biblical and post-Biblical Jewish texts.And a look at the warnings given in ...

MPAC-WNY CORDIALLY INVITES YOU TOTHE SEVENTEENTH ANNUAL“THE TENT OF ABRAHAM”Thursday, April 13, 2023 (Ramadan 22, 1444)6:30 PMMuslim Community Center 745 Heim Road, Amherst• Join us for an evening of friendship and conversation about our shared values as we “break the fast” together. Enjoy an ethnic dinner with your friends and neighbors, provided by MPAC-WNY, as a token of appreciation and ...

Dear Community Member, MPAC-WNY invites you to its Annual Meeting and Lectures. Executive Committee   Business Meeting Lecture & Open Discussion in Collaboration with ISNF Family Night Program Prof. Hatem Bazian, University of California at Berkeley & Zaytuna College IslamophobiaUnderstanding the Structures & Challenges   Friday, January 13, 2023, 5:30 PMIslamic Center, 745 Heim Road, Amherst, NY   ALL ARE ...

American Muslim Millennial Award MPAC-WNY would like to invite Muslim youth to apply for the American Muslim Millennial Award. Scholarships to Muslim Youth are based on demonstrated academic achievement and service to the community. Criteria: Character:   Upholds Islamic principles and shows respect and courtesy to all. Scholastic:   Demonstrates academic excellence. High School Student must be on honor roll and reflect ...

MPAC-WNY 2020 Mini-Grants The Covid-19 Pandemic affected us all, individually, collectively and organizationally.  MPAC-WNY was no exception. Several marquee events were either cancelled or changed. Annual Banquet, Millennial Awards, Tent & Walk of Abraham, M-RAISE Program and several other programs were shelved and replaced with alternative programs, rolled out for the benefit of the community at the local and national ...

We at MPAC offer our heartfelt condolences to the family and friends of the victims of the attack in Nice earlier today, as well as the recent attacks in Avignon and Paris, France. There is no place for violence in civil society, whether it is implicitly justified in the statements and actions (or lack thereof) of sitting politicians or carried ...

“Be patient in adversity…” November 4, 2020 “O you who have attained to faith! Be patient in adversity, and vie in patience with one another, and be ever ready [to do what is right], and remain conscious of God, so that you might attain to a happy state!” (  Q U R A N   3 : 2 0 0  ) ...

On So Many Levels November 9, 2020 MPAC congratulates President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris on their historic win! After an absolutely chaotic past four years, the majority of voters chose honesty and decency, and a multicultural, multi-ethnic coalition elected the first African-American, Indian-American, female Vice President, who is also the child of immigrants, in our nation’s history. ...

November 11, 2020 By: Adam Beddawi, MPAC Policy Analyst   American Muslims have been an essential part of our American community, dating back to our nation’s founding and on through the epochal shifts which maintained the union. One under-appreciated component of our American Muslim faith and practice has been the long history of Muslims serving in the military. This Veteran’s ...

Annual Meeting Business Meeting & Times of Tribulation A community conversation on Iraq/Syria, Kashmir, Palestine Uyghurs & Yemen The panel discussion will give insights into: Short histories Current situations Personal stories Saturday, February 8, 2020, 5:30 PM 3354 Delaware Ave, The American Legion Kenmore, NY 14217   MPAC-WNY, 6343 Transit Rd. Depew, NY 14043 Email: barm14@gmail.com ALL ARE INVITED, FREE ...