Featuring MWA Member Khadijah Rivera of Tampa, FloridaIn addition to being a member of Muslimah Writers Alliance (MWA), Khadijah Rivera is also President of Piedad, a women's group at the Islamic Society of Tampa Bay Area Mosque that represents a growing group in the American Islamic Community: Hispanic Muslims. In a Tampa Times, February 9, 2008 article, Khadijah told reporter Sherri Day, "Islam is not a religion of Arabs," said Rivera, who happens to be Puerto Rican. "It may have started as a religion of the Arabs. But we're just regular people, and we're not all Arab." (story here)
Photo (Tampa Times): Khadijah Rivera talks with Silvia Nagi, right, at the Eid Al-Adha carnival in Tampa on Dec. 19. The Latin Muslims meet at least monthly.
Salam Sister Aishah,
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Shima
Assalaamu alaikum,
ReplyDeleteAs a puertorican muslimah,I love to hear and try to get to know any hispanic muslimahs.Just to have someone of your own background whom you can relate to is very comforting...