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, …
City of Residence: Burnsville, MN Occupation: Small Business Owners Excerpt: Enes: “It doesn’t matter what color you are, where you are from, what religion you are; it’s bringing the community together, we’re all here so we’re all “something” American, so, I think it’s important to bring the community like that, not just say, “I’m this”, and pull to …
City of Residence: Albert Lea, MN Occupation: Pediatrician & Assoc Prof of Islamic Law Excerpt: “Well, the word ‘shariah’ itself in the language, linguistically, means a path and it more so means a path to a water body, or it means the water body itself. And the resemblance here between the path to a water body and …
City of Residence: Minneapolis, MN Occupation: Restaurateur Excerpt: “Well, I am an Iraqi-American who feels that as I am Iraqi 100% and American 100%, that makes me 200% human being. And that goes beyond all the labels. Because I am an American, an Iraqi equally and because I am a human being above everything, when the war …
City of Residence: Duluth, MN Occupation: Management Information Systems professor at University of Minnesota-Duluth / Homemaker Excerpt: “I do not doubt that there are elements within the Muslim community that have decided that they are the only ones that have the monopoly for the truth, they are the only ones that have monopoly for what is right and …