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May 3, 2024 | 
newsbreak.com | Jenan Mohajir
To my children, my dearest loves, Over the past several months of horror and tragedy for the Palestinian American community , you have asked me many questions for which I do not have answers. I always endeavor to give you the most honest and complete answers that I can – I owe that to you, for the Palestinian community is your community.
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Apr 18, 2024 | 
podcasts.apple.com | Jenan Mohajir |Rebecca Russo |Noah Silverman |Keisha Dutes |Eboo Patel |Manny Faces
Jenan Mohajir and Rebecca Russo, both Vice Presidents at Interfaith America, narrate their personal stories and the friendship they insist on maintaining in the face of ongoing devastating news from Israel/Palestine.
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Apr 18, 2024 | podcasts.apple.com | Jenan Mohajir |Rebecca Russo |Noah Silverman |Keisha Dutes |Eboo Patel |Manny Faces
Jenan Mohajir and Rebecca Russo, both Vice Presidents at Interfaith America, narrate their personal stories and the friendship they insist on maintaining in the face of ongoing devastating news from Israel/Palestine.
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Oct 24, 2023 | 
interfaithamerica.org | Jenan Mohajir |Rebecca Russo |Allie Vroegop
(RNS) — We are two senior leaders at a national interfaith organization, Interfaith America, who have deep personal connections to the tragic situation in Israel and Gaza and profoundly differ in our analysis of the situation. Yet, it has also become clear where we do agree — on the importance of seeing each other and each other’s people as fully human.
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Oct 20, 2023 | 
religionnews.com | Rebecca Russo |Jenan Mohajir
(RNS) — We are two senior leaders at a national interfaith organization, Interfaith America, who have deep personal connections to the tragic situation in Israel and Gaza and profoundly differ in our analysis of the situation. Yet, it has also become clear where we do agree — on the importance of seeing each other and each other’s people as fully human.
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Jul 5, 2023 | 
interfaithamerica.org | Jenan Mohajir
Sayyeda Mirza is a natural bridge-builder who understands how to navigate the complex and beautiful intersections of race and religion. She is the type of leader who brings an infectious optimism in tackling some of the hardest questions of our time. Mirza also identifies as a devout American Muslim, with ethnic roots in Iran, Pakistan and India. These places, literally and figuratively, have shaped her vision for a strategic and soulful approach to her work in philanthropy.
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Mar 24, 2023 | 
interfaithamerica.org | Jenan Mohajir |Allie Vroegop
With the birth of the new moon, Muslim communities around the world began the month of Ramadan at sundown on Wednesday, March 22. Many of us have physically and spiritually prepared for the religious commitments that come with every Ramadan: fasting from pre-dawn to sunset, giving charity, congregating with community for worship, and turning inward for sacred rejuvenation. The beauty of Ramadan for the American Muslim community lies in the diversity of observance.
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Mar 22, 2023 | 
interfaithamerica.org | Silma Suba |Jenan Mohajir |Allie Vroegop
This week, millions of Muslims around the world will begin fasting for Ramadan. Ramadan is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. It is the month when the Angel Gabriel visited the Prophet Muhammad to reveal the first verses of the Quran. It is a sacred month in which Muslims seek spiritual rejuvenation through many acts of worship, the most prominent of them being fasting. For the next 29-30 days, Muslims around the world will fast from before sunrise to sunset.
