“Latino Muslims: Our Journeys to Islam” Did you know you can read the first part of the book for free? That’s right, you can read the short bios of Khadijah Rivera, Ibrahim Gonzalez, and Benjamin Perez for free on your web browser. Check it out at Amazon.com.
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
