ING Founder Invited to U.S. State Department For Annual Iftaar
(October 18, 2006) Maha Elgenaidi, ING’s founder and president, along with Ameena Jandali, an ING founding member and Soumaya Khalifa, Executive Director of ING’s affiliate in Atlanta were invited along with other Muslim Americans to join in the annual U.S. State Department Iftaar Dinner. Read More
Muslim Group Deflates Stereotypes
SAN JOSE — Maha ElGenaidi wants to put a human face on Islam.
“Muslims that are…guess what…exactly like you,” says ElGenaidi, president and CEO of Islamic Networks Group.
Since 1993, the group has worked to educate members of the community, law enforcement agents, corporations and health-care providers about Islam. Using presentations of varying lengths, ElGenaidi and 20 local speakers make rounds to promote cultural and religious understanding. Read More
ING'S Muslim Mental Health Training
On Wednesday, November 8th, an ING trainer conducted an orientation on Islam and Muslim culture for a group of mental health care professionals at the Annual California Department of Mental Health conference titled, “Eliminating Disparities – Achieving Efficient, Effective and Equitable Care.” Joining Nabila Mango, who is a Muslim mental health care social worker in the Tenderloin district of San Francisco, the ING speaker participated in a workshop titled, “Mental Health Care for Muslim Patients.” As increasing numbers of Muslims are afflicted by mental illnesses, there is a growing interest in the greater health community in understanding and better serving the Muslim community. For that reason, ING recently developed a 4-6 hour training for mental health professionals titled, “Cultural Competency: Mental Health Care of Muslims.” The training was developed in cooperation with Muslim psychologists and psychiatrists associated with the Muslim Mental Health Institute in NY. This presentation along with two other ING healthcare presentations for general practitioners and OB-GYN physicians on women’s health care will be available on CDs in the near future. Those presentations are currently available through ING affiliated speakers bureaus around the country. Read More
Thank You to All Our Supporters
(San Jose, 12/4/06) Thank you to all our supporters for a successful ING Supporters Dinner on Saturday, December 2nd, 2006! You make our important work of education and interfaith relations possible! Read More
ING Perspective on Holocaust Conference in Iran
(San Jose, 12/14/06) The recent conference on the Holocaust convened by President Ahmadinejad of Iran on December 11-12th has provoked widespread controversy and condemnation, including by numerous Muslim organizations and individuals who find it reprehensible that an historical event of this magnitude and horror would be used for political purposes. Based on media reports, attendees and speakers included Holocaust deniers, anti-Semites, and racists, such as former Klan leaders. Read More
ING Reaches 25,000 Americans of Other Faiths in Bay Area
(San Jose, 1/10/07) Greetings of Peace! We hope that all our friends and supporters had a wonderful holiday and wish you all a happy and prosperous New Year. Looking back at Fall semester, 2006 as we move into the Spring of 2007, it was one of ING’s busiest and most successful in our fourteen year history. Read More
ING Initiates and Participates in Interfaith Dialogues
(1/25/07, San Jose) Wishing Muslims peace and blessings for the Islamic New Year, which began on January 20, 2007 (Muharram 1, 1428). Read More
ING Adopts an Environmental Policy
“First Arab nominated for Holocaust honor”: Holocaust honor. For the first time, an Arab was nominated for recognition as “Righteous Among the Nations,” an honor bestowed on non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews from Nazi persecution. According to the article, “at the height of World War II, Khaled Abdelwahhab hid a group of Jews on his farm in a small Tunisian town, saving them from the Nazi troops occupying the North African nation.” Read More
Inter-Religious Dialogue in the Bay Area
ING President Participates in Interfaith Event: “Responsibility to the ‘Other’”, 2/18/07ING’s President, Maha ElGenaidi joined Rabbi Stephen Pearce from Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco and Reverend Alan Jones from Campbell United Methodist Church in a special interfaith event titled, “Responsibility to the ‘other’, Jews, Christians, and Muslims in Conversation.” Attended by 80 people of Jewish, Christian and Muslim backgrounds, the event took place at the Jewish Community Center from 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm, and included a Kosher dinner. Read More
ING and High School Presentations in Spring 2007
While typically high schools make up 30% of ING’s school presentations, in the Spring, this percentage increases as more high schools request presentations for their world history and other classes that often introduce Islam & Muslim cultures as part of the study of the modern world. Read More
