Community Statements
Shi‘i and Sunni Americans Stand in Solidarity Against Hate and the Tragic Violence in New Mexico
ING Staff August 9, 2022 Mourners at a funeral after an attack on a Shi‘i community in al-Dalwa, Saudi Arabia in 2014. Twitter/@ahmed via middleeasteye.net. While relieved that an arrest was made today in the murders of four South Asian men in Albuquerque, New Mexico between November 2021 and… Read More
The Blessed Day of Arafah and Eid Al-Adha
ING Staff July 5, 2022 We are in the blessed first ten days of the Islamic month of Dhul Hijjah, a sacred time for Muslims across the world, especially those who were privileged to go on Hajj this year, including ING’s Founder Maha Elgenaidi. Hajj begins this year on… Read More
Recent Supreme Court Rulings Undermine Religious Freedoms in America
ING Interfaith Speakers Bureau July 5, 2022 Two recent Supreme Court decisions undermine the First Amendment and religious freedom in the United States. The first was Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization which overturned Roe v. Wade and the second was Kennedy v. Bremerton School District which allows… Read More
Is the City of San Jose Islamophobic?
Maha Elgenaidi [Bio] June 17, 2022 The question I ask in the title of this editorial is one which leaders of every city in the country should ask of its residents, not just regarding Islamophobia but towards all other forms of bigotry and racism… Read More
An ING Tribute to Norm Mineta
ING Staff June 17, 2022 Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.0 Generic License. Our country lost a hero on May 3: Norm Mineta, a Japanese American who broke through barriers of racism and bigotry to become a champion of the rights of all people. The City of San Jose,… Read More
Learning about our White Antiracist Ancestors
Dr. Zachary Markwith, Education Director (Bio) and Dr. Henry Millstein, Content Manager and Program Analyst (Bio) May 30, 2022 Photo by John Goodwin of Abraham Joshua Heschel and Martin Luther King Jr. at Arlington National Cemetery in 1968. As we remember those who gave their lives… Read More
ING Statements on Buffalo, “Great Replacement,” and the Middle East
By Dr. Zachary Markwith, PhD May 18, 2022 Salam alaykum/Greetings of peace friends, ING released three statements this week in response to events that underscore the importance of our work together: ING’s first statement is one of solidarity with the victims and families of… Read More
Islamophobia’s Key Role in White Christian Nationalism
Dr. Henry Millstein, Content Manager and Program Analyst (Bio) and Dr. Zachary Markwith, Education Director (Bio) May 18, 2022 As we grieve over the victims of the Buffalo massacre, the latest in a long series of terrorist attacks on various minority communities perpetrated by White Christian… Read More
ING Statement of Solidarity with Victims and Families of Buffalo Shooting
We at ING join the rest of the nation in expressing our grief and solidarity over the horrendous act of racist violence in Buffalo, New York, this past weekend. We mourn the deaths of the 10 innocent victims and pray for the healing of those who were injured, most… Read More
For the sake of our children, Jewish and Muslim Americans must pave the way towards peace in the Middle East by paving the way towards peace here in the United States.
By Maha Elgenaidi, Founder & Innovation Director [Bio] May 18, 2022 It saddens me to no end that the human rights abuses against the Palestinian people continue to escalate and spark new cycles of horrific violence that impact both Palestinians and Israelis. In just the past few months, we… Read More
