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 …
City of Residence: Northfield, MN Occupation: Student at Carleton College Excerpt: “It’s a lot more private here at Carleton than it’s—I don’t know if private is the right word, personal. It’s a lot more having to motivate myself because there isn’t a Masjid in town. I was really lucky about was I had a fantastic, very, very …