by Wendy Díaz, Hablamos Islam, Inc. | Sep 9, 2019 | Blog
One of the Muslim driven initiatives for Puerto Rico relief is the Three Puerto Rican Imams Project, under the leadership of Imam Abdullah Daniel Hernandez, Imam Wesley “Abu Sumayyah” Lebrón, and Imam Jose “Yusuf” Rios. Rios, from Cleveland, Ohio, has been Muslim for...
by Wendy Díaz, Hablamos Islam, Inc. | Sep 9, 2019 | Blog
(An edited version of this article appeared in the Jan/Feb 2018 issue of Islamic Horizons Magazine: https://issuu.com/isnacreative/docs/ih_january-february_18) La mezquita de Vega Alta or the Vega Alta Mosque is an iconic site for Puerto Rican Muslims. Nestled on a...
by Wendy Díaz, Hablamos Islam, Inc. | Jun 17, 2019 | Blog
The devastation left by Hurricane’s Maria and Irma are still very much apparent on the island of Puerto Rico which was battered by violent winds of up to 155mph and experienced very heavy rain fall. This was the strongest storm to hit the island in a hundred years and...
by Wendy Díaz, Hablamos Islam, Inc. | Jun 17, 2019 | Blog
The 3 Imams Project arrived in Puerto Rico today and the project was blessed immediately. We had rented a mini van and upon arriving to the car rental they informed us that they did not have a van available, but that they could give us a SUV. We told them, “We will...
by Wendy Díaz, Hablamos Islam, Inc. | Jun 17, 2019 | Blog
Disappointed, pained, hurt, heartbroken, concerned, frustrated, helpless, desperate, angry, and powerless; these are just some of the words that Puerto Ricans living in the United States use to describe how they feel about the events unfolding on the island in the...
