City of Residence: Pelican Rapids, MN Occupation: Works at a Turkey Plant Excerpt: “I like Pelican Rapids, I like Minnesota; yeah, my children live in Minneapolis, me I live here; I am working; I am helping my children; it’s okay. I like too much, too much; when I come here, I have a good life; me, my …
City of Residence: Minneapolis, MN Occupation: Small Business Owner / Psychologist Excerpt: Jamila: “Again because I come from an interfaith background that’s really where my interests lie and also where I feel I can be most helpful to the community at large. I know how the dominant culture thinks. I have an understanding of what the fears are. …
City of Residence: Minneapolis, MN Occupation: Teacher of Deaf and Hard-hearing Excerpt: “And I contacted people and finally made contact with a deaf man from Ghana. He’s Muslim and he is who actually started the organization Global Deaf Muslim. And I actually got in contact with him, I think, in 2006 and I’ve been working with him off …
City of Residence: Minneapolis, MN Occupation: Imam of Masjid An-Nur / Professional Life Coach Excerpt: “God says that He has made you different that you may know one another, that you may come to know one another, you know? The best of you, is the one who is most conscious of God. So, not that I’m looking to …
City of Residence: Fridley, MN Occupation: Educator, Ed. D. from University of Minnesota Excerpt: “The importance of Islamic education to me was, I sort of divide it into two fronts: one is sort of the defensive front, and one is the proactive front. On the proactive front, providing children with an Islamic education helps imbibe that Islamic identity …
City of Residence: Maplewood, MN Occupation: Industrial Engineer/Child Development Excerpt: “For me particularly because I came in ’65, my experience has been very different from most people who have come later because I was involved in the Islamic activities right from, say, day one, if you want to call it – from ’65, being part of the Muslim …
City of Residence: Minneapolis, MN Occupation: US Congressman – Minnesota 5th District Excerpt: “I’m glad you asked that question, I actually urge Muslims to combat Islamophobia, not to protect Islam, but to protect freedom of faith, generally. Because the truth is, it might be Muslims today, but it could be Jews tomorrow or it could be Mormons …
City of Residence: Minneapolis, MN Occupation: Radio & TV Host Excerpt: “I have been host for them for the past almost four years, and on topics that are most of the time chosen by people like the Minnesota Department of Health, and other healthcare-related organizations, or safety—we also covered topics that are related to safety in case of …
City of Residence: Blaine, MN Occupation: Civil Rights Worker Excerpt: “I think my interest in civil rights came from my childhood, just growing up in Iowa. There was—we had a lot of great, friendly neighbors, but there was also, you know, people in the community who did not understand us, who didn’t know who we were. And we …
City of Residence: Roseville, MN Occupation: Retired Agronomist at the University of Minnesota Excerpt: “Well, the greatest achievement we have I believe, from my heart, that we have too many mosques, but we don’t have unity among all this communities. But this is achievement that everyone can go to pray in his place, which is about like, …