5th National Conference on Health Issues in the Arab American Community, November 6-7, Dearborn, MI, USA

Registration is available now for the 5th National Conference on Health Issues in the Arab American Community, November 6-7, 2008, in Dearborn, MI, USA, hosted by the Arab American Community Center for Economic and Social Services (ACCESS).

Journal of Muslim Mental Health

The Journal of Muslim Mental Health is published by Muslim Mental Health, Inc.

There is a blogger who has started the Muslim Suicide Survivors Association (MuSSA). There is a Facebook group with the same name.

Environmentalism in Palestine

Interactive slide show presentation about a Ramallah-based group of hikers in Palestine, and a video from Raja Shehadeh, the founder of Al-Haq, a Palestinian human rights organization. These multimedia presentations are part of a NY Times article profiling his book, Palestinian Walks: Forays into a Vanishing Landscape.

I also recently had a blog post about a video discussing environmentalists in Iran.

MPI Media Group's DVD Muhammad: The Last Prophet

About.com 's Guide to Animation Adrien Luc reviewed the new MPI Media Group release Muhammad: The Last Prophet.

Sister Ellen Francis of the Order of Saint Helena, in Augusta, GA!

Knowing that I live in a relative backwater of the world, I am quite happy to report that Augusta, GA, USA is now the home of Sister Ellen Francis of the Order of Saint Helena and a member of the Fellowship of Reconciliation. I look forward to her helping Augusta become a better place to live, and I hope I can learn a lot from her.

Georgia Tax Credit Program for Private Schools Deserves Attention from Muslims and Other Religious Minorities

The Augusta Chronicle's article of August 4, 2008 entitled "Tax credit program helps open private school doors" alerted me to an important development in Georgia to which Muslims should pay attention. From what I understand, taxpayers in Georgia can decide to allocate a portion of his or her state taxes to go to a Student Scholarship Organization (SSO) rather than to the state. The amount of taxes, however, is still the same.