Between the kettle corn and funnel cake, the “Know Islam” booth at a New Mexico farmers’ market aims to educate, inform, and build interfaith bridges. The booth’s organizers provide Qurans and answer questions from the community, believing this endeavor is important for breaking down stereotypes and misunderstandings. According to one organizer, “the goal is showing the community that Islam is not what the news portrays,” and that Muslims and non-Muslims have a lot in common.
What Is It Like to Be the First Muslim Chaplain at Harvard?
Khalil Abdur-Rashid is the first full-time Muslim chaplain at Harvard. In this article, he talks about his experiences in this role so far and what inspired him to become a chaplain. Read more below!
Interfaith Group Daughters of Abraham Brings People Together
A new group, Daughters of Abraham, is bringing people together for interfaith events. Their most recent gathering, in Long Grove, Illinois, featured Cordoba House community member and author of Threading My Prayer Rug: One Woman’s Journey from Pakistani Muslim to American Muslim, Sabeeha Rehman.
Muslim High School Seniors Fight Hate with Facts
Muslim high school seniors in New Jersey went online to counter hate with facts about Islam, believing that answering hate and ignorance with more hate will not solve anything and noting that “some people fear what they do not understand.”
Penn Class Brings Students of Different Faiths Together
An interfaith class at Penn, called “Interfaith Dialogue in Action” (or, informally, iBelieve), brings students from different religious backgrounds together for discussions on faith, politics, gender, and other important topics, and to work on community service projects. The course stems from an interfaith trip in 2006 by Hillel and the school’s Muslim Students Association to provide disaster relief to victims of Hurricane Katrina. Today, the vision of the course is to allow students to learn from one another and build a sense of family and community.
