Monday's observation of Eid al-Fitr marked the end of the holy month of Ramadan when Muslims abstain from food and drink from sunrise to sunset. In Fresno, the Islamic Cultural Center welcomed over a hundred people who visited, took part in prayers, and ended their time of fasting over a...
Eid al-Fitr Marks End of Ramadan, but COVID-19 Curtails Big Events
The Eid al-Fitr celebrations that mark the end of Islam's holy month of Ramadan will be subdued this year in Fresno because of the coronavirus restrictions still in place. In past years, thousands of Muslims would gather at the Fresno Convention Center to mark the end of their month of...
Fresno Islamic Center Offers Its Site to Help Meet COVID-19 Health Care Needs
The Islamic Cultural Center of Fresno is ready and willing to help meet any health care needs created by the COVID-19 pandemic, executive director Reza Nekumanesh told GV Wire on Wednesday. If there is a need for space for more hospital beds for emergency or non-emergency patients, or to conduct...
Islamic Center Dinner To Feature Texas TV Reporter Who Wears a Hijab
The first television reporter to wear a hijab on-air will be the featured speaker at the Islamic Cultural Center of Fresno's semi-annual Fundraising Dinner on Saturday. Tahera Rahman, who recently joined the news staff at KXAN-TV in Austin, Texas, previously worked for television stations in the Quad Cities area on...
Families and Fun Blend Together at International Celebration
For the seventh consecutive year, the Islamic Cultural Center of Fresno hosted a community celebration with international cuisine, crafts and family-friendly activities. The weekend event featured food vendors, performers, bounce houses, a culturally-inspired photo booth and more, spread throughout ICCF's northeast Fresno campus. Included among the event's offerings: camel rides...
Camels in Fresno? That's Not Bizarre — it's (the Islamic Center) Bazaar!
If you've ever hankered to visit an Iranian teahouse but lack the funds to travel to Tehran, you may be in luck. The seventh annual Bazaar & Cultural Fair hosted by the Islamic Cultural Center of Fresno will include an Old Iranian-style Tea House, where guests can nibble on goodies...
Can Gen Z Figure Out How to End Islamophobia?
Muslims and Christians gathered last week at Fresno Pacific University to talk about Islamophobia, its causes, and what Generation Z — the generation of Americans now of college age, who are said to be the nation's most ethnically, racially and religiously diverse generation — can do about it. Listen to...
Peace Is the Message as Valley Muslims Mark End of Ramadan
Valley Muslims celebrated the end of Ramadan with prayers, food, and gifts to the underserved Wednesday morning at the Islamic Cultural Center of Fresno. "We thank God for the blessing to ourselves, our community, our nation, and the world," said Reza Nekumanesh, executive director of ICCF. During the event, Imam Seyed Ali...
Refugee Ministry, Clovis Funeral Director Receive Spirit of Abraham
The Rev. Zach Darrah stood in the meeting hall of the Islamic Cultural Center of Fresno and smiled the biggest smile. "I mean, we're a Christian organization," Darrah said of Fresno Interdenominational Christian Ministries, which he serves as executive director. "And they're a Muslim organization. And we don't have to...
Fresno State Art Exhibit Rings in Persian New Year
The Persian New Year, or Nowruz, celebrates the vernal equinox, which is Wednesday or Thursday, depending upon which part of the world you live in. It is celebrated as a secular holiday in Iran, the Caucasus, the Balkans, and the Black Sea Basin. But, for Zoroastrians, it is a holy...