Community Statements

ING Speaks with Cardinal Peter Turkson | ING Partners with White House | Affiliate News

ING’s founding member and Content Director Ameena Jandali joined an esteemed interfaith dialogue panel around environmental issues that included Cardinal Peter Turkson, the president of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace and a key voice behind Pope Francis’ recent encyclical “Laudato Si“. Ameena noted that “Nature is… Read More

Growth at ING | Reaccreditation by Better Business Bureau

We’re pleased to report to our clients and donors that ING was once again reaccredited for the fifth time (since 2008) by the Better Business Bureau for the years 2016-2017, meeting 20 out of 20 standards. For more information on the standards, visit… Read More

Catch ING at the Parliament of the World’s Religions

ING staff and speakers will present at a number of sessions during this year’s Parliament of the World’s Religions in Salt Lake City. The parliament, which runs from Thursday, October 15th to Monday, October 19th, is the world’s premier gathering of faith leaders. Follow along on our… Read More

ING & Interfaith Allies’ Statement on Anti-Muslim Protests

  At this time, when the forces of fear are calling for rallies against a religious minority, and xenophobia and bigotry are given more prominent voice in the public square, we feel it necessary to reaffirm the common values of openness, tolerance, understanding, and pluralism that unite us as… Read More

We are overwhelmed with requests without doing any marketing

Today, at the request of a Muslim parent, we are meeting with a large Bay Area school district to discuss cultural diversity training for their educators and other school staff after multiple incidences of harassment of Muslim students. Earlier this year, we handled a similar case in another Bay Area… Read More

Holiday Greetings for Eid, Yom Kippur, and the Day of Arafat

  In a wonderful conflation of holy days this year, based upon the lunar calendars used by both Jews and Muslims, tomorrow is both the Jewish holiday Yom Kippur and the Muslim holy day of Arafat. Yom Kippur, which means “Day of Atonement” is the climax of the 10-day… Read More

A call for civic and religious literacy and interreligious engagement

(9/20/2015) Presidential candidate Dr. Ben Carson’s controversial comments stating that a Muslim should not be the President of the United States and that a Muslim president would not uphold the Constitution demonstrate that not only is he unfamiliar with the philosophy that underpins the formation of the United… Read More

What if my child is being bullied?

Dear parents and educators, It’s a rare week when we don’t receive a note from concerned parents asking for help in addressing misinformation about Islam and Muslims in social studies curriculum or harassment of their children at school. And as you might expect, media coverage of issues relating to anti-Muslim… Read More

“I also have a 14-year-old son…and I’m angry that this could happen to him.”

Dear parents, By now, you must have heard about Ahmed Mohamed, the 14-year-old Texas student who was arrested by police for bringing a homemade clock to school that was mistaken for a bomb. I also have a 14-year-old son in his first year of high school, and as a… Read More

Ahmed Mohamed and Religious Bigotry in Our Schools

Dear Educators, On Monday morning, a ninth-grade student in Irving, Texas, was arrested and sent to juvenile detention after bringing a homemade clock to school. Ahmed Mohamed, a 14-year-old Muslim student at MacArthur High School, is passionate about science and linked together a circuit board, power supply, and digital clock… Read More