Tayseer Seminary Student Interviews Rahim Ocasio
Student interviews Rahim Ocasio for a report about Alianza Islamica in 2018.
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Muslim History Tour NYC Facebook page: This 1985 article in Islamic Horizons highlights a presentation on Latinx people in Islam at the Museo del Barrio in East Harlem. At this time, a diverse Latino-led community was beginning in the Barrio known as Alianza Islamica, which started in 1987 with a journal of the same name….