Timeline September 1997 Latino American Dawah Organization (LADO) is founded to promote Islam among Latinos in the United States. October 1997 LADO begins to formalize its mission statement and the means for accomplishing its mission. October 1997 LADO selects “¡A su LADO!” as its slogan. October 1997 LADO establishes first LADO website. October 1997 LADO establishes first LADO online newsletter. 1998-2000 LADO makes alliances with organizations on a local level. January 2001 LADO initiates Latino Muslim Census. July 2001 LADO attends the 2nd Annual Latino Muslim Conference. July 2001 LADO is endorsed by ISNA and ICNA. August 2001 LADO is
Read MoreBy Juan Alvarado Spanish surnames (and place names) that come from Arabic surnames and origins.Do you have Arab lineage? This list originally began just for fun. The list soon took a life of its own. It became a bit of an obsession. As I learned more Arabic, I saw and heard the same words I grew up with in Spanish. Some people of Hispanic descent, who first learn about the history of Moorish Spain, look upon the bearer of this history with incredulity. Apart from showing pictures, what more proof could you give? This is my language — a language
Read MoreBy Juan Alvarado This is an interesting list of surnames commonly seen among people of Hispanic descent and among the people of Spain. Juan Galvan sent me this list (most of), which is attributable to Francisco Rodriguez. I have been personally working on my own list of Spanish names, place names, and words, some of which I have interspersed within this list. Many of the names he listed I had also found, so there are many commonalities within our studies. There is also some divergence. Wherever there are names in disagreement, I have placed the name and/or word I think
Read MoreWhat is Millati Islami? Millati Islami is a 12-step self-help program based on the Al-Qur’an and Sunnah of the Prophet Muhammad (PBUH). Millati Islami is a fellowship of people joined together on “The Path of Peace.” We look to Allah (God) to guide us on Millati Islami, which means the Path of Peace. Millati Islami is designed to help combat the disease of addictions, such as to drugs/alcohol, violence, anger, or food. These addictions are only a few that have taken a firm place in society and have caused a great increase in the prison population. As recovering addicts, we
Read MoreBy Dawud Burgess Many have written and talked about what it is like to live inside a prison. Nonetheless, a great number of these authors have never lived in one of these institutions, or even seen the inside. While numerous letters have been written about prisons, and many theories abound on what the prison experience is like, very few of us know first hand what it is like to live inside a prison cell. Very few prisoners talk about the things they saw in that place. To understand what it means to be a Muslim while doing time, or what
Read MoreBy Juan Galvan –Juan: I am from time to time asked about Latino Muslim prisoners. Unfortunately, not much information is available about Latino Muslim prisoners. I have exchanged letters with various Latino Muslim prisoners. I want to share with you letters by a Latino Muslim prisoner from New Mexico. After finding my address in a Muslim magazine, Joe Segura sent me the following letter. September 20, 2002 Peace be upon you,My name is Joe Segura. I am a Mexican-Muslim from New Mexico. I am doing time in prison for things I’ve done wrong in my past. Thanks to Allah. He
Read MoreBy Daniel Denton Friday, March 24 2006 Assalamu Aleikum brothers and sisters, Alhamdulillah. Today I had an opportunity to go to one of the correctional facilities here in California, and I witnessed something that I have NEVER witnessed before. And, if I did not believe in Allah’s Greatness, I would have sworn that what I was witnessing was an optical illusion. It was the brothers’ post Eid celebration, and there were about forty brothers in attendance. As I was waiting in the chapel, I noticed African American brothers coming in, and then a few “brown” or Chicano brothers started coming.
Read MoreBy Tariq Nelson http://MuslimMatters.org/2007/05/14 May 14th, 2007 Alhamdulillah, after much planning and preparation, last Saturday we had the Spanish language open house event “Hispanic Muslim Day” at Dar Al Hijrah with our guest speaker Muhammad Isa Garcia from Argentina – who is a graduate of Um Al Qura University in Makkah. Alhamdulillah, the community was behind the event and we had several Hispanic Muslims (as well as Muslims that are not of Hispanic descent) to bring their family members and friends to the masjid to learn about Islam and break the barriers. I feel this event was a very important
Read MoreBy Najwa Awad http://www.readingislam.com/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=1180421294682& pagename=Zone-English-Discover_Islam%2FDIELayout The Beauty of Family in Islam In the late morning of May 12, 2007, Muslims and non-Muslims, Hispanics and non-Hispanics gathered at Dar Al Hijrah Islamic Center in northern Virginia for an extraordinary event. It was the first ever Hispanic Muslim Day. People of various ages, ethnicities, and religions gathered for a day of meaningful and insightful dialogue. Although the event was specifically geared toward the Hispanic community, organizers of the event were successful in fostering a friendly environment and welcoming all to participate and contribute to the open discussion. Introduction to Basic Beliefs During
Read More“Goodness and evil are not equal. Repel evil with what is better. Then that person with whom there was hatred, may become your intimate friend!”- Qur’an 41:34. “Nay — whoever submits his whole self, to God and is a doer of good — he will get his reward with his Lord; on such shall be no fear nor shall they grieve.” – Qur’an 2:112. The Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) said, “The believers, in their love, mercy and kindness to one another are like a body: if any part of it is ill, the whole body shares its sleeplessness and fever.” –
Read MoreBy neQiniso Abdullah “Jesus is God’s only son,”The Christians still insist.But how could such a thing be done;No mates for Him exist! Don’t they know that with this claimThey say that God’s a male,Who needs a son to bear His name,As if His life could fail! Those who choose to speculateAnd assign to God a sex,Reduce Him to man’s carnal stateAnd jeopardize their necks! But any who place on God this lieShould rightly fear His wrath.His lofty throne is far too highAbove man’s sensual path. Now, if a farmer timely sowsA seed in fertile land,Would we consider that which growsTo
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