Stories of Some of the Early “Latino” Muslims (Part 2)

Rahim Ocasio’s speech on the history of Alianza Islamica at LALMA‘s Ramadan event in Los Angeles, CA on May 19, 2019.

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…

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.

“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.

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…

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,…