by Wendy Díaz, Hablamos Islam, Inc. | Sep 9, 2019 | Blog
The 3 Puerto Rican Imams Project is a long-term endeavor that seeks to provide solutions to the needs of the people of Puerto Rico. In its initial planning stages, it was meant to be an outreach-driven initiative to provide educational and social services to the...
by Wendy Díaz, Hablamos Islam, Inc. | Sep 9, 2019 | Blog
Puerto Rico is a self-governing commonwealth in association with the United States. It is not a state of the union, but it has been under the control of the United States since it was annexed in 1898, at the end of the Spanish-American War. The chief of state is the...
by Wendy Díaz, Hablamos Islam, Inc. | Sep 9, 2019 | Blog
September 6 The eye of Hurricane Irma passes over the north of San Juan, Puerto Rico with heavy rain and 100-mile-per-hour wind gusts. 4 people are killed, 2/3 of Islanders are left without electricity, and 34 percent of the population lose access to clean water....
by Imam Daniel Abdullah Hernández | Sep 9, 2019 | Blog
The Three Puerto Rican Imams strive to build a multifaceted coalition based on the universal principles of solidarity, love, humanity, mercy, collaboration, and service. In unity with the beautiful people of Puerto Rico, the Three Puerto Rican Imams are joining their...
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...
