The Students of the Salam Academy – Envisioning Islam in America
The students interviewed Muslims in Albuquerque and they found that the interviewees want:
- More compassion and brotherhood among Muslims
- More understanding and stronger ties between Muslims through community participation
- More unity among different cultures, ethnicities and nationalities
- People of different cultures to talk more with each other using better ways of communication
- Both brothers and sisters to go beyond cultural restraints – and reach out more to the different cultures and ethnicities through knowledge
- They want a stronger Ummah, which means:
- More Muslims praying in the masjid
- More Muslims attending Jumu'ah and Fajr prayers
- Eids becoming national holidays
- And the Adhan proclaimed out loud
- To have more converts
- To have a bigger new mosque in a better location
- To have better fund raising – although money is not everything…
- …People to volunteer more
- Interviewees wanted greater emphasis on education
- To have more activities at the masjid for kids
- To have Qur'an classes
- To have better Muslim education for the youth and an improved Muslim school
- To have, in summary, “a Muslim community that is a better environment for kids”
- More understanding between Muslims and non-Muslims
- More Unity,
- More Cooperation,
- & More Organization,
