Muslims for Progressive Values-Atlanta

08/29/2024

It's our 17th birthday! Because MPV is progressive, we don't get funding from traditional Muslim foundations, and most secular foundations shun anything with "Muslim", we therefore rely on our supporters to carry the oversized weight on our backs.

07/10/2024

June was a very busy month for MPV and its chapters. We are super excited about the relaunching of MPV-Chicago, and the musical event the Muslim Musical Mosaic Project. Read the newsletter for updates and upcoming events for July!

06/01/2024

Our political dissent against America’s complicit in the human rights violations in Gaza and West Bank is being curtailed by the bill H.R.6408 and S.4136 requiring the IRS to strip non-profits of their status if deemed to be supporting "terrorism".

05/05/2024

For many years now I have been wanting to create a celebrative musical event, something that reflects our progressive and inclusive values, and something that can be produced as an Eid event. The first step of the Mosaic Project has arrived!

04/26/2024

PAY ATTENTION EVERYONE. The House passed this bill H.R.6408 basically allowing the banning of non-profits who speak up for Palestinian causes. It has now gone through to the Senate S.4136 - A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to terminate the tax-exempt status of terrorist supporting organizations. Just so you know it is already illigal to support terrorists orgs. Just so you know what this is REALLY about, watch who's speaking at the Ways&Means committe hearing. You get the picture. It is alarming how this was not reported in the media at all. Please share!
Hearing:

04/09/2024

A video greeting for Happy Eid.

04/01/2024

Lu Fuki: "Often the Black American voice is left out in the conversation regarding Muslim traditions in the United States and and I applaud MPV for using this project to highlight the significant contributions of Black American Muslim jazz musicians."

03/05/2024

I see a group of protestors carrying a long paper block with the names of innocent humans killed in less than 30 days. I shed a tear. Seconds later, I find myself sobbing and a shiver passes through my body as if someone is pouring my blood out.

02/05/2024

As we approach International Day of Zero Tolerance for FGM, I have been reflecting on an experimental research we funded two years ago with a small group of men in Kenya to ask the question, “Do you prefer be intimate with a cut or uncut woman?”

Who Cares About FGM, Right?

01/04/2024

So instead of asking me, “Do you condemn Hamas?”, ask yourself, “What can I do to bring peace, not just for myself but for my neighbor too”.

New Year, Free Palestine

12/03/2023

Years ago was a given a book titled "La Jihad delle Donne", Italian for "Women's Jihad". The book featured a few Muslim women and the work we do in Islam. I was featured in a chapter about female imamship and the advocacy work I do. Upon seeing the cover, the Pope told a colleague "yes, we need this change". In this article he is quoted: "Pope Francis asks theologians to ‘demasculinize’ the church". https://religionnews.com/2023/11/30/pope-francis-asks-theologians-to-demasculinize-the-church/?fbclid=IwAR3-ZRbssJ6MMeEg8CXTM0rhtVH3UX6j7fS5RGpdva9yeay6Wt_7fQyzxHo

11/27/2023

Never Again...?
Every year on December 9th, an International Day of Commemoration and Dignity of the Victims of the Crime of Genocide and of the Prevention of this Crime is commemorated...Well, where are you all now?

Never Again?