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Thanksgiving Reflections: Advancing Pluralism
Happy Thanksgiving Everyone Dear Friends, Read my latest post on ING and American Pluralism, excerpted from a speech I delivered at the Graduate Theological Union on November 13th, 2025. The last three years (2023–2025 to date) have been a whirlwind for ING. Requests for training seminars… Read More
ING and American Pluralism
By Maha Elgenaidi, Founder and Executive Director (Bio) November 20, 2025 This is excerpted from a speech I delivered at the Graduate Theological Union on November 13, 2025, under the same title. I’m delighted to share that I recently joined the Interfaith Civic Pluralism… Read More
What Charlie Kirk Reveals, What the Prophet Muhammad Teaches
Pluralism and the Legacy of Charlie Kirk Charlie Kirk’s tragic murder last week stirred memories of my own decades of work educating Americans about Islam and Muslims. It led me to pause and reflect on his life, his influence, and what his story reveals about the state of American… Read More
What Charles Kirk’s Death Teaches Us About Pluralism and American Democracy
By Maha Elgenaidi, Founder and Executive Director (Bio) The death of Charlie Kirk is not just the loss of one man, it is a moment that invites us to pause and reflect on the kind of society we are building together. Death has a way of cutting… Read More
Teaching about 9/11 | Live Presenters
Teaching about 9/11 is always a challenge for educators. On one hand, it requires accurately commemorating one of the worst tragedies in U.S. history—an attack that claimed nearly 3,000 lives on that day and has led to thousands more deaths in the years since from related illnesses. On the… Read More
Reviving Prophetic Legacies in Our Time
Honoring the Prophet Muhammad, together with the prophets who came before him and the sages who carried forward their wisdom By Maha Elgenaidi, Founder and Executive Director (Bio) September 8, 2025 This month, Muslims around the world commemorate the birth of Prophet Muhammad, whose full… Read More
Is DEI Dead? | Back to School Resources
Is DEI dead? It depends on what we mean by DEI. That’s the provocative question posed by When We Erase DEI and Civil Rights Protections, We Erase Ourselves, an article by Maha Elgenaidi that warns how dismantling diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) efforts—and with them civil rights protections—does not… Read More
When We Erase DEI and Civil Rights Protections, We Erase Ourselves
By Maha Elgenaidi, Founder and Executive Director (Bio) July 21, 2025 Can anyone honestly claim to be free of bias? Bias doesn’t always announce itself. It creeps in quietly—shaped by our education, media, and history. We carry assumptions, conscious or unconscious, about the people around… Read More
Am I My Brother’s Keeper?
Am I My Brother’s Keeper?A Call to Conscience Across Faiths Dear friends, On this Juneteenth, few questions in scripture cut as deeply—or feel as urgent today—as the one Cain poses to God: Am I my brother’s keeper? The question arises in the Book of Genesis, after Cain… Read More