Muslims and Jews have a lot of in common, including the discrimination both groups face as religious minorities. The two faith communities must come together in interfaith solidarity to fight both Islamophobia and Anti-Semitism. READ MORE (Post-Gazette) ...
School/Theater Partnership Tackles Important Themes
Students from Calgary Islamic School's Omar Bin Al-Khattab campus are uniting with Trickster Theatre, a local theater company, to tackle such crucial topics as Islamophobia, identity, stereotypes, and the history of Muslims in Canada. The partnership is a first for both the school and the theater company, but the results are a series of important performances that challenge pre-conceptions about Muslims and also helped the students develop new skills. READ MORE (CBC) ...
Documenting Muslim History in NYC
"Muslims in Brooklyn" is a new oral history project at the New York Historical Society that seeks to document the Muslim past and present in Brooklyn, New York. Launched last year, the project’s participants come from a variety of ethnic backgrounds – including African-American, Yemeni, Palestinian, Moroccan, Kashmiri, Bangladeshi, Tatar, Haitian and Puerto Rican – and from 18 different Brooklyn neighborhoods. They range from 24 to 74 years of age, from unobservant to conservative Muslim and ...
The Interfaith Dialogue Was Good, but the Food was Even Better
Messages of Love and Support
When a Muslim child in Boston, Massachusetts received hateful threats in her school cubby, people from across the United States responded in an amazing and inspiring way: by sending her more than 500 letters of love and support! Many of these letters came from members of the American Jewish community, who wrote in solidarity. READ MORE (Religion News Service) ...
