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“A Mercy to All of Creation” Celebrating the Birth of the Prophet Muhammad
By Zachary Markwith, Education Director October 17, 2021 This week many Muslims in the US and around the world are celebrating the Mawlid or birthday of the Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him. Sunnis will observe the Mawlid beginning on the evening of Monday, October 18th, while Shi‘a will commemorate… Read More
The Lingering Impact of 9/11, 20 years later
This opinion originally appeared in Medium. By Nisa Sheikh, Programs Manager August 16, 2021 My first day of 8th grade fell on 9/11/2001. I was starting the school year a couple of days late. My parents had gotten an exception from my principal because we were on a… Read More
Do Not Cause Harm and Do Not Reciprocate Harm: Reflections on 9/11 from a Muslim American
This opinion originally appeared in Medium. By Zachary Markwith, Education Director August 16, 2021 The Prophet Muhammad instructed, “Do not cause harm and do not reciprocate harm.” Applied to the September 11th attacks, the first part of this saying clearly condemns the merciless acts that killed nearly… Read More
Reaffirming the Values that Guide Our Work
By Maha Elgenaidi, founder and Chief Innovation Officer March 23, 2021 In the past several days, we have learned that ING’s participation at a recent California Department of Education board meeting —where the adoption of a model ethnic studies curriculum, the first of its kind in the nation, was approved… Read More
ING founder Maha Elgenaidi’s comments at the California State Board of Education on the model curriculum on ethnic studies
By Maha Elgenaidi, founder and Chief Innovation Officer March 18, 2021 Good morning. Thank you State Superintendent Thurmond for the invitation to speak with you all today. Based on AB 2016, we are very happy to see the first version of the ethnic studies model curriculum being voted on today. This… Read More
Liberals Should Listen to Muslim Voices Instead of Those Who Speak for Them
By Maha Elgenaidi, founder and Chief Innovation Officer February 19, 2021 Islamophobia is essentially an instrument of colonialism; an instrument that was used historically to subjugate the colonized by portraying them as barbarians or primitives needing civilizing, or in the present day, to suppress Muslim populations in various ways including… Read More
Black Muslim History is American History
By Rahimeh Ramezany, Program Manager “And among the signs of God is the creation of the heavens and the earth and the diversity of your languages and colors. Indeed, in that are signs for those who know.” (Qur’an 49:13) Greetings of peace, On May 25, 2020 an African American man… Read More
Providing Generation Z the Structure to Discuss Faith
By Tabassum Haleem, CEO February 5, 2021 Teachers are in the privileged position of being trend watchers, historians and even agents for social change. Year after year, they work with a different cohort of students for an entire semester, maybe even a year. They have a front row seat to… Read More
Virtuous Activism: Friday Reflection for ISNA
By Maha Elgenaidi, founder and Chief Innovation Officer January 22, 2021 This speech was delivered online to audiences at the Islamic Society of North America (ISNA) on Friday, January 22nd, 2021. View the recording on YouTube. Bism Allah ar-Rahman ar-raheem. In the name of God, the Compassionate,… Read More