Rahim Ocasio’s recent speech
Rahim Ocasio’s speech on the history of Alianza Islamica
at LALMA‘s Ramadan event in Los Angeles, CA on May 19, 2019.
Rahim Ocasio’s speech on the history of Alianza Islamica
at LALMA‘s Ramadan event in Los Angeles, CA on May 19, 2019.
By Yahya Figueroa Intellectual fads and cultural truism are very hard to detect. These false trends often have a grain of truth but the final product is distorted truths and fabulous falsehoods. The larger society has in so many ways lost its mind morally and intellectually. Our minority groups are usually in the rear but…
Recently, I pared the Islamic section of an old cemetery. My father is there. It is a beautiful peaceful place with hundreds maybe thousands of Muslim tombstones. Some simple, others ornate yet each one has a quick synopsis of a life. They all have a few Qura’n versus, some have a crescent and star, and…
Assalaam alaykum, The video below documents a landmark event in the history of El Barrio (Spanish Harlem) and the Latino Muslim story in the United States. It was Alianza Islamica’s attempt to publicly showcase an expression of Muslim culture that was distinctly Latino and accurately reflected our contemporary cultural reality: sights, sounds, music, songs, verse,…
By Yahya Figueroa Abdul-Latif Director, Alianza Islamica What was Andalusia? Islam has come full circle in the west today. Daily we hear of various horrible events atrocities unfairly attributed to the noble Quran and Blessed Prophet (PBUH). The insane terrorists and Islamophobic media and politicians share the same distorted propaganda against our faith. A full…
RAMON FRANCISCO OCASIO MARCH 14TH, 2016 11:51 AM On January 30, 2016, Muslims and non-Muslims alike gathered in Houston, Texas, for the most highly anticipated event of the season: the grand opening of IslamInSpanish’s Centro Islamico, a new nexus to bring Islam to Latinos. Bright, sunny, nearly cloudless skies graced the sizable throng, most seated under…
By Yahya Abdul Latif Figueroa Director, Alianza Islamica Beginnings and starting points are always difficult to determine and become obscured in the pages of bygone days. How and when movements and ideas bloom is never easy to pinpoint. Historical studies of the same period rarely agree on key issues. Nonetheless, the following lines hope to…