Program at Area Libraries Explores Muslim Culture
Monroeville Public Library was among a group of local libraries that received a programming grant for Muslim Journeys, a study of Muslim culture and religion.
There’s a lot of misinformation out there about Muslim culture, Dormont librarian Diana D’Agostino said. Talk is often negative, and the religion is often misunderstood. Dormont Public Library—and more than 800 others across the country—are hoping to change that perspective through a new, grant-funded program that explores Muslim culture and religion. “We’re really not that different, which is something a lot of people don’t realize,” D’Agostino said. “We’re hoping, mostly, that people will come to these programs and come away with a more informed opinion of Islam.” The Muslim Journeys program was made possible by a one-year grant from the National Endowment for Humanities and the American Library Association. Locally, Carnegie Library of …
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11:09 am on Monday, March 11, 2013
This is a joke. If you want to learn about the Muslim and Islamic religion, watch tapes of 9/11, the heads of Americans being sawed off, embassy bombings...there is your 3 DVD set. This is what the "peaceful" Muslim and Islamic religion has done to American and things of America. With this grant, with the children also have an information session on burning flags? Their message is crystal clear… more ›