By Jorge “Fabel” Pabon aka Brother Shukriy As salaamu alaikum wa rahmatullahi wa barakatu, Alianza Islamica helped form the Muslim I am today. After embracing Islam in August of 1989, I began to mosque hop (going from one mosque to another) in an effort to find my rightful place in an Islamic community. My journey…
Pioneers of the Latin American Muslims Conversion to Islam in North America By Al-Hajj Yusuf Abdul Rahman Padilla-Alvarez February 2016 An early review of the beginnings of the first conversions of Puerto Ricans from the Latin American dispensation in North America into the religion of Islam from Newark, New Jersey. My name is Al-Hajj Yusuf…
Rahim Ocasio’s speech on the history of Alianza Islamica at LALMA‘s Ramadan event in Los Angeles, CA on May 19, 2019.
Student interviews Rahim Ocasio for a report about Alianza Islamica in 2018.
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…
Saturday, November 9, 2019 at 6 PM – 9 PM Zakat Foundation – 7421 W 100th Pl, Bridgeview, Illinois 60455 Join Ojalá Foundation for an evening of authentic halal Latino foods as we listen to the amazing history of the first Latino Islamic Center and community in America from it’s co-founder Ramon Rahim Ocasio. All…
