"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 ...
Finding Family, Faith, and Immigrant Roots
Lipka Tartars are descendants of Muslim Turkic migrants who settled in the Duchy of Lithuania in the 14th century. During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, at the height of immigration to the United States from Southern and Eastern Europe, Lipka Tartars traveled to the U.S. alongside their Christian and Jewish neighbors and formed a tight-knit immigrant community in Brooklyn. Over the years, as people aged and moved away, the community has fragmented. But, now a collection of American ...
Islam’s Long American Past
Is Islam Compatible with American Values?
A new study by the New America Foundation indicates that two out of five Americans believe that Islam is incompatible with American values. At Cordoba House, we know this is false. Islamic and American values share many commonalities, such as respect for differences, private property, the right to education, and more. Read more about the study at the link below. READ MORE (Al Jazeera) ...
Anything but One Culture
The British Museum houses a vast collection of Islamic art and artifacts and a new Islamic art gallery opening at the museum—Albukhary Foundation Gallery—offers a fresh look at the institution's astonishing Islamic collection and celebrates the diversity of cultures behind it. READ MORE (Christies) ...
