December 4th, 20210The Michigan Muslim Community Council (MMCC) held its inaugural Muslim Leadership Appreciation Dinner on Nov. 20.
The MMCC has been an instrumental community volunteer and civic service association in Michigan for decades and has encouraged various Michigan Muslim communities to get further involved in community service.
The...
May 19th, 20200DEARBORN — For those in need of food during this economically trying time, the Michigan Muslim Community Council (MMCC) will be holding a COVID-19 food drive on Wednesday, May 20, from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m., in which food baskets will be distributed to families.
This "Pandemic Assistance Program" will be launched at the Muslim American...
May 15th, 20200ROYAL OAK — The Michigan Muslim Community Council (MMCC) is organizing a televised celebration marking the end of the holy month of Ramadan on May 24 at 10 a.m., to be aired on the station WMYT, TV 20 Detroit (found on all local cable networks). This event will also be live-streamed on multiple social media platforms.
In accordance...
April 18th, 20200DEARBORN — East Dearborn resident Jamie Wise and her family knew about the shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE) for healthcare workers caring for COVID-19 patients in their area and found a way to help.
Wise and her family are part of a church group called 2/42. While Wise had been sewing cloth face masks, she found...
December 6th, 20190DEARBORN — Representatives from the Michigan Heartbeat Coalition, which is seeking to make abortion illegal in Michigan if a heartbeat is detected in an unborn baby, met with a committee of Muslim leaders from around Metro Detroit last week.
The groups met in Dearborn last Wednesday, November 27, during a regularly scheduled...
May 31st, 20190DEARBORN— The Michigan Muslim Community Council launched its annual Ramadan Fight Against Hunger campaign on May 26. The organization is planning volunteer events and food drives at several locations across southeast Michigan through the end of Ramadan.
Dr. Muzammil Ahmad, a Beaumont-affiliated urologist and MMCC board member, told...
May 17th, 20190Southfield — A recent Michigan Court of Appeals opinion has significant ramifications for agreements between spouses in a religious wedding ceremony.
Roquia Draper, a partner at Warner Norcross + Judd LLP in Southfield, who argued the case at trial and in front of the Michigan Court of Appeals, said that Islamic wedding ceremonies...
April 17th, 20190LANSING — The Michigan Muslim Community Council (MMCC) hosted the nineth annual Michigan Muslim Capitol Day on Wednesday April 17, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the State Capitol.
Hundreds from the Michigan Muslim community across the state attended the event and met their elected representatives.
As a historic number of Muslims are...
January 25th, 20190ROYAL OAK, Michigan— The Michigan Muslim Community Council (MMCC) is providing dinners, grocery vouchers and gas cards to all federal workers who are not being paid in an effort to reduce the difficulties caused by the government shutdown. The MMCC will be kicking off this effort on Friday, Jan. 25 at Detroit Metro Airport by providing...
