By Justin CoxAmerican ObserverMarch 31, 2010 Just across the Hudson River from the Twin Towers, on the Stevens Institute of Technology campus where he studied engineering, he watched in clear view plumes of smoke billow from gaping openings where the planes just hit. All at once, he was overcome by the realization of life’s fragility. […]

By Krystal DeJesusBeing Latino and Muslim BlogDecember 4, 2010 With the hustle and bustle of a vibrant Latino community around them a small group of Muslims sit in a cramped room inside their Union City, NJ mosque brainstorming ways to reach out to their Latino neighbors for the annual Hispanic Muslim Day event. How will […]

Kentucky GrantsJune 2010 US Congress in 1968 for the Primary time designated the week of September 15 as National Hispanic Heritage Week. But in 1988 that was amended to make it a whole month, Thus at the moment Hispanic Heritage Month runs from September 15 via October 15. Possessing this type of a month seems […]

By Giulia LasagniMedill Reports – ChicagoMay 27, 2010 Every Sunday morning, a group of women meets at the Mosque Foundation in Bridgeview to study the Quran. They are Muslim, of course, but also Latinas. Most of them converted to Islam after growing unhappy with aspects of Catholicism and they found a new identity in being […]

By Abby LeeThe Daily CougarApril 23, 2010 A former Latino gang member told a story to a group of UH students Tuesday of how converting to Islam saved his life, and he described why Latinos are more likely to convert to Islam. As part of Islam Awareness Week, the Muslim Student Association welcomed Mujahid Fletcher, […]

By Carolina MedellinThe MinaretApril 15, 2010 Last Friday before going to the mosque I stopped to buy some groceries. I was wearing a headscarf and talking to a friend on the phone in Spanish. When I hung up, a lady came to me and said, “It’s surprising, I didn’t know they spoke Spanish in Saudi […]

By Mariam Al-KalbySouthern California InFocusJuly 25, 2010 When most people think of Muslims, the stereotype is a hijab or turban-garbed Arab, and many are surprised when a Muslim woman starts speaking Spanish or has an at-length conversation with another Muslim Spanish-speaking person. Othman Solorio, a Mexican export manager living in California, knows all too well […]

By Justin JacobsJewish ChronicleOctober 15, 2010 Hamza Perez is a bold man, but a shy performer. In fact, the Brooklyn-born Pittsburgher, who had been performing as a rapper in the city, just hung up his lyricist microphone for good — he’d prefer to keep his writing personal. And as for music, well, he told The […]

By Dina Temple-RastonNational Public Radio (NPR)December 9, 2010 The FBI arrested Antonio Martinez, a 21-year-old Muslim convert, Wednesday and charged him with plotting to blow up a military recruitment center. There are two things about this case that make it particularly interesting to counterterrorism officials. The first is that Martinez appears to have been radicalized […]

By Michael JohnsonLas Cruces Sun-NewsJune 9, 2010 LAS CRUCES – Daisy Maldonado doesn’t particularly like it when people make assumptions about her. Maldonado, a student at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces, grew up in El Paso and enjoys many things young college students do these days, such as hanging out with friends, going […]