CAIR-Cleveland & Northern Ohio

Tag: Encourage Dialogue

  • Visit a Mosque & Get to Know Your Muslim Neighbors

    Visit a Mosque & Get to Know Your Muslim Neighbors

    Join Us to Visit A Mosque And Learn About Islam & Muslims

    Monday, November 27, 2017

    Are you curious about what a mosque looks like inside?

    Have you ever wondered about who Muslims are and what they believe?

    Would you like to meet your Muslim neighbors?

    If so, please join us for “Understanding Islam and Muslims”

     This event is designed to get to know your Muslim neighbors and to build peace and mutual understanding.

    For information and to RSVP, please contact

    Isam Zaiem 216.337.7928 or isamz@sbcglobal.net

  • Visit a Mosque & Get to Know Your Muslim Neighbors

    Visit a Mosque & Get to Know Your Muslim Neighbors

    Join Us to Visit A Mosque And Learn About Islam & Muslims

    Monday, October 23, 2017

    Are you curious about what a mosque looks like inside?

    Have you ever wondered about who Muslims are and what they believe?

    Would you like to meet your Muslim neighbors?

    If so, please join us for “Understanding Islam and Muslims”

     This event is designed to get to know your Muslim neighbors and to build peace and mutual understanding.

    For information and to RSVP, please contact

    Isam Zaiem 216.337.7928 or isamz@sbcglobal.net

  • Teatime for Peace at the Islamic Center of Cleveland

    Teatime for Peace at the Islamic Center of Cleveland

    The Islamic Center of Cleveland and Salaam Cleveland invite you to

    Teatime for Peace

    An Interfaith Dialogue

    Come help us break through the stereotypes over a cup of tea.
    Our goal is to build bridges of understanding by focusing on our similarities and celebrating our differences.

    Let us keep the tea and the conversation flowing.

    Event is free, but RSVP is requested.

  • CAIR-CLEVELAND: 120 People Join Teatime for Peace to Challenge Islamophobia, Stereotypes

    CAIR-CLEVELAND: 120 People Join Teatime for Peace to Challenge Islamophobia, Stereotypes

    (CLEVELAND, OHIO, 10/24/16) – More than 120 people recently joined the Cleveland chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Cleveland), West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church and local religious, civil society and social justice groups for “Teatime for Peace,” an event to help dispel stereotypes about Islam and Muslims.

    The event was part of an ongoing series of interfaith gatherings being held in Cuyahoga, Summit and Lake Counties designed to foster support for the Muslim community in light of increasing Islamophobia and anti-Muslim rhetoric in American politics and media.

    “From the enthusiastic turnout for the event, it is clear that people want an antidote to counter the rising hate rhetoric, division and religious scapegoating in our society,” said Isam Zaiem, CAIR-Cleveland board treasurer and co-organizer of the event. “This event was a chance to counter fear and hate with honest connection and conversation through getting to know one’s Muslim neighbors right here in our local community.”

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  • CAIR-Cleveland Co-Hosts ‘Teatime for Peace’ to Challenge Islamophobia, Build Interfaith Relations

    CAIR-Cleveland Co-Hosts ‘Teatime for Peace’ to Challenge Islamophobia, Build Interfaith Relations

    (CLEVELAND, OH, 3/1/2016) – More than 100 people gathered last night in an interfaith event to discuss the growth of Islamophobia in America. The event, called “Teatime for Peace,” was held at the West Shore Unitarian Universalist Church and was co-hosted by the Cleveland chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR-Cleveland) and area social justice groups.

    The goal of the event was to provide an opportunity for people of different faiths to engage in dialogue and get to know each other as a way to help dispel stereotypes about Muslims and Islam. The event was conceived to help challenge the rampant Islamophobia being promoted by anti-Muslim hate groups, agenda-driven media outlets and political figures during the current US presidential election cycle.

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