ANAHEIM, Calif. – At the end of a Muslim Basketball League season, a player doesn’t begin thinking about next season. In other recreation leagues? Possibly. However, in the MBL, the playoffs are the only thing on one’s mind.

IRVINE, Calif. – The Muslim community came together on Sept. 14 for the Islamic Center of Irvine’s 4th annual Ramadan fundraiser at the Hyatt Regency. Shaikh Muhammad Jibreel, considered one of the foremost reciters of Qur’an today, as well as charismatic Shaikh Ala`Dine Al Bakry, were among the speakers.

ANAHEIM, Calif. – In March 2008, human rights organizations declared Gaza to be in the worst humanitarian crisis the strip has encountered.

IRVINE, Calif. — It was the first Sunday of September and the seventh day of Ramadan. Jeffrey Cashin woke up at around 5 a.m. He missed Suhoor but prayed Fajr, and then began to get ready for the long day ahead of him.

Cashin, a medical student at the University of California-Irvine, was one of approximately 70 attendees at an interfaith dinner held at the Islamic Center of Irvine on Sept. 7.

LONG BEACH, Calif. — Leaders from a multitude of faith traditions gathered at the Unitarian Universalist Church of Long Beach on Sept. 14 to congratulate the newest executive director of the South Coast Interfaith Council, Milia Islam-Majeed.

ANAHEIM, Calif. – The eighth annual Ramadan Interfaith Dinner, hosted by the Islamic Shura Council of Southern California, was held on Sept. 21 at the Anaheim Sheraton. The audience of 200 included prominent civic and religious leaders, such as the Deputy Mayor of Los Angeles Arif Ali Khan and Reverend Bishop Tod Brown of the Roman Catholic Diocese - OC.