News & Updates
Day 1: Of fear and silence and a possible way out
The sense of fear, concern, and insecurity is palpable. Sunday, as we went out to register voters for the first time in predominantly Latino/a neighborhoods and shopping areas, we met with a wide range of reactions: some registered, some didn’t need to, some didn’t care, but many many more couldn’t or wouldn’t (“undocumented,” “felon,” non-citizen, […]
Daring To Act
Despite the intense and suspicious gaze currently focused on American Muslims, we are still struggling to make ourselves relevant to the burning issues of our time and place. Unless we engage in these issues, as a community of principles and not just one of opportunism, we will continue to make it easy for those who […]
Uniting Our Faiths, Values and Struggles
I feel it is extremely imperative that we as people understand the importance of uniting our faiths, values, and struggles. We become more powerful when we work together as one collective unit. Through this journey, I am constantly reminded of teachings from my faith. “When the people become one…….nothing shall be impossible to them.” And […]