by Aaron Burch For 10 years, Interfaith Paths to Peace and Muslim Americans for Compassion have hosted an annual Interfaith Iftar Dinner for citizens of all backgrounds to break bread together and learn more about the holy month of Ramadan. These events have blossomed over the decade as community leaders and families from across the [...]
Ever since the Coronavirus pandemic arrived, leaders from Muslim Americans for Compassion and Doctors for Healthy Communities have sprung into action. Our leaders have built partnerships, called others to action, and given of their time and resources to help ease the pain, anxiety and suffering caused by COVID-19. We've collected many of the news articles [...]
Muslim Americans For Compassion and Interfaith Paths to Peace invite you and your family to participate in the 10th Annual Interfaith Iftar Dinner… but this year online! 7:30 p.m. May 14, 2020 Iftar is a fast-breaking meal observed each evening at sundown during the holy month of Ramadan. The annual Interfaith Iftar Dinner is an opportunity for the whole [...]
APPNA (Association of Physicians of Pakistani descent of North America) in collaboration with MAC presented 100 gift cards of Panera bread and Chick-fil-A to the Louisville Metro Police Department (LMPD) to acknowledge those officers for everything they do to keep the community safe during the coronavirus pandemic. These gift cards, along with 100 hand written [...]
Muslim Americans for Compassion (MAC) and the Association of Physicians of Pakistani Descent in Northern America (APPNA) distributed lunch from Subway at Holiday Manor to the staff of the Clark Memorial Hospital in Southern Indiana on April 27th, 2020. Our nation is stronger and safer because of selfless work by so many first responders including [...]
Muslim Americans for Compassion (MAC) in collaboration with the Association of Physicians of Pakistani Descent of North America (APPNA) sponsored hygiene supply kits to fight COVID19 and provide food to multiple families for the month of Ramadan on April 22, 2020. Thank you to all who took part in this process. Please view the following [...]
Doctors for Healthy Communities (DHC) in collaboration with Association of Physicians of Pakistani Descent of North America (APPNA) donated 2,000 KN95 masks to fight Covid-19 pandemic. We thank Governor Andy Beshear for his gracious acknowledgment. @AndyBeshearKY #patriot Please click the link below to watch the video as you're able. Gov. Beshear also discusses the need [...]
WHAS recently covered Ramadan's changes to a digital format due to COVID-19. Featuring an interview with Dr. Muhammad Babar, this news is a great update for the interfaith community within unprecedented times of change. To watch the full video, visit www.whas11.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/muslims-ramadan-coronavirus/417-70a72b46-5453-4390-96f8-a65a35c2fbf8.
MAC leaders are drawing attention for their acts of charity in this difficult time. WHAS recently aired a video of the good works along with an article titled: "Louisville's Muslim-American community's charity, compassion takes center stage as pandemic continues during Ramadan." Watch the full video at this address: https://www.whas11.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/louisvilles-muslim-american-communitys-charity-takes-center-stage-as-pandemic-continues-during-ramadan/417-542ee3fa-a0ec-485d-bdb8-c917e63bc2ee. Thank you to the reporters who [...]
Dr. Muhammad Babar shared a message of compassion during his Facebook Live conversation with health care leaders and Louisville Mayor Greg Fischer. He encouraged people to look outside of themselves, consider the point of view and the feelings that the people who serve us are dealing with. It will make everyone safer and ease our [...]
