NYC Latino Muslims, Alianza Islamica, ASWAD at MIB

By Ibrahim A Aziz (Imam/Chaplain)) Retired I am writing the following few lines in a spirit of reconciliation, religious understanding and good will.  The other evening I happened upon your CBN show and you once again presented your extremist views on Islam and attempted to malign my faith and falsely accuse Muslims in general, rather…

This lecture shines a light on the problem of racism in the American Muslim community. Its primary focus is on the ways Arabs and Indo-Pakistanis discriminate against Black and Latino Muslims. The examples cited reveal the stark reality of Muslim discrimination and the need for frank and open dialogue. As with most things noxious, prejudice…

By Rahim Ocasio Assalamu Alaykum wa Rahmatullah This is a recap of the two day event and my assessment of this historic event. Muhammad Isa Garcia, el argentino who recently translated the Qur’an into Spanish, gave a video introduction from Colombia where he currently resides. Abdullah Danny Hernandez gave the English intro, primarily inspirational, centering…

WOR Radio’s Hispanic New York program hosted by Alda Sholianos. Brother Rahim Ocasio and Sister Maryam Figueroa Vasquez are among those who participated. WOR Radio, Part 1 aired December 8th, 1991. WOR Radio, Part 2 aired December 15th, 1991.

Student interviews Rahim Ocasio for a report about Alianza Islamica in 2018.

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….