In this time of heightened anti-Muslim sentiment, Marvel has introduced a new Muslim superhero – Ms. Marvel. The character is a Pakistani-American girl who discovers she has shape-shifting abilities and uses those powers to fight crime. This character adds diversity to the Marvel universe and is proving to be quite popular; comics and trade paperbacks about the character are selling well, indicating that there is widespread interest about the character.
Muslim and Jews Must Work Together to Fight Discrimination
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.
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.
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 everything in between, and represent occupations including entrepreneurs, community organizers, clerics, medical professionals, homemakers, business owners, laborers, educators, musicians, artists and more. Learn more about this project at the link below!
The Interfaith Dialogue Was Good, but the Food was Even Better
Read this account by Samuel Wells, the vicar of St. Martin-in-the-Fields Church in London, about a recent interfaith event at South London’s Bait-ul-Futuh Mosque, the largest mosque in Western Europe.
