What we say in private matters more than public performances of tolerance.

Source: Want to Stop Islamophobia? Talk To Your Fellow Christians | Sojourners

(RNS) – The Brooklyn Historical Society's new digital archive of 50 interviews with local Muslims can help "change the narrative" surrounding American Muslims, oral historian Zaheer Ali said.

Source: Brooklyn Muslims document their past and present in new oral history project - Religion News Service

Ever since 9/11, American Muslims have struggled with whether they should stay under the radar or assert their identity. Despite the discrimination that has risen to the surface since that terrible day, their ranks in the U.S. have grown substantially, and there are twice as many mosques operating today as there were in 2000. Yet the majority of those new sanctuaries have burrowed into existing buildings – former churches, synagogues, movie theaters, and storefronts.

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The Bread and Salt Between Us,

Source: The First Thanksgiving - The New York Times

(RNS) — If Congress is guilty of maintaining outdated policies that infringe on religious freedoms, how can Americans expect to change these discriminatory policies in everyday life?

Source: Welcome Muslim congresswomen by dropping ban on headwear - Religion News Service

“We wish to respond to evil with good, as our faith instructs us,” the campaign reads.

Source: Muslims Raise $125K For Pittsburgh Synagogue Victims – The Forward

There's a nationwide wave of Muslim politicians running for office this election cycle.

Source: American Muslim Politicians: A New Generation on the Campaign Trail | Religion & Politics

Three women of Christian, Jewish and Islamic faiths spoke Sunday in Teaneck about welcoming a stranger.

Source: In Teaneck NJ, a conversation about welcoming strangers

School food inclusivity rally (@safest) We as faith leaders are most privileged to cooperate on a project that will benefit our respective communities. For far too long, students who follow religious dietary guidelines have found their public school cafeteria lacks sufficient accommodation in the food offered. Typically students who require a kosher or halal meal have very limited options in school lunch offerings, often choosing to eat nothing. At this time in history, with persistent and growing incidents of discrimination based on religious and racial animus, New York City...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — The head covering is among the most identifiable elements of Muslim women’s dress and most likely to be portrayed as drab and restrictive to the Western eye. But a new exhibition in San Francisco shows that the covering used by some Muslim women can be a bright yellow head wrap or a loose drape of rose; a black silk and lace scarf by Dolce & Gabbana; or a hood attached to a knee-length dress.

Source: San Francisco museum shows off modern Muslim women's fashion

While working with a Mennonite Disaster Relief team in Texas following Hurricane Harvey last summer, project director Doug Reesor was approached by a group of volunteers.

Source: Community Mennonite Church to host fundraiser to aid Islamic Community Center of Lancaster | Faith + Values | lancasteronline.com

The Peace and Integration Council of North America hosts demystifying Islam events "to put the record straight" about the religion. Displays on the Quran and the contributions of Muslims strive to show Islam as a religion of peace.

Source: S.C. interfaith group turns ignorance, hate into opportunities for connection - CSMonitor.com

Six years ago, local children’s author Jane Zalben was in line at Brooklyn’s classic Sahadi’s purchasing ingredients for Rosh Hashanah while a woman wearing a hijab stood in line next to her. Zalben marveled at the experience – how a Middle Eastern grocer could provide food specialties for two distinct religions. Her newly published picture […]

Source: Local children's author takes on interfaith themes with latest picture book - The Island Now...