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Displaying the Diversity of Muslims: Perspectives on a Controversy Over an Image of a Prophet
January 18, 2023 Photo Courtesy: www.maydan.com By Dr. Henry Millstein, Content Manager (Bio), Ameena Jandali, Content Manager (Bio), and Dr. Zachary Markwith, Deputy Director (Bio) This article originally appeared in the online publication… Read More
What Teachers Should Know About Prayer in Schools: Considerations After the SCOTUS Kennedy v. Bremerton School District Ruling
Hannah Santos, Religious Freedom Program Coordinator at Freedom Forum (Bio) and Zachary Markwith, Education Director at Islamic Networks Group (Bio) October 11, 2022 On June 27, 2022, the United States Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in favor of a high school football coach,… 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 because… 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
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