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| Articles: Muslims for Katrina Victims |
This year, giving at heart of Muslims' Eid festivities
Sun-Sentinel Newspaper
This year, giving at heart of Muslims' Eid festivities
By James D. Davis
Religion Editor
Posted November 4 2005
Eid ul-Fitr, the Festival of Fast-Breaking coming at the end of Ramadan, is a joyful time of gifts, new clothes and lots of food.
"It's a day of feast, but it's also a day of sympathy," said Altaf Ali, Florida director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations. "Even if you have little, you think of those who have less."
Muslims and Arabs Around the World Organize to Aid Hurricane Katrina Victims
By Delinda C. Hanley
November 11, 2005
WHEN HURRICANE Katrina hit the U.S. Gulf Coast on Aug. 29, devastating New Orleans along with other parts of Louisiana, Mississippi and Alabama, the world responded with an outpouring of sympathy and aid. In Washington, Congress approved a $10.5 billion emergency hurricane-relief bill, and President George W. Bush asked for an additional $40 billion. The administration highlighted (but the mainstream press ignored) offers of aid from Islamic governments, as well as from American Arab and Muslim groups.
MUSLIM HOLIDAY A MIX OF JOY, GRIEF CELEBRANTS HONOR EARTHQUAKE, STORM VICTIMS
By: Lisa Bolivar Nov. 18, 2005
Eid al-Fitr 2005 was bittersweet for Muslims, especially at Masjid Jamaat Al-Mumineen in Margate. Usually a time to rejoice at the close of the month long fast of Ramadan, the three-day feast this year came on the heels of Hurricanes Wilma and Katrina, and a devastating earthquake in predominantly Muslim Pakistan and northern India, where thousands continue to die of exposure.
THE FORUM Newspaper- Margate and Coconut Creek
 Wilma bring out the best in neighbors
By Michael Schmieman
December 08, 2005
Disasters, it is often said sometimes brings out the best in people. Just ask Lee Goldman of Margate. In the wake of Hurricane Wilma, with 98 percent of the county’s residents without power, members of an Islamic Mosque decided to help their neighbors by going door-to-door offering hot coffee, tea and soup, despite the fact that the Moslems were fasting during the month-long celebration of Ramadan.
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