I have read in the Bible, (as you may also have read in the Koran), that Solomon’s temple in Jerusalem was built with cedar wood, from trees in Lebanon.

In Canada, I have read, there’s a TV sitcom, named, “Little Mosque on the Prairie.”

Best wishes,

And ICCP is great, because you can see it from the highway.

I’ve just discovered your blog and love it!

Keep up the amazing work!

salaams.

While we definitely shouldn’t segregate masaajid by race like churches are in this country, I’d like to present another argument: much of our community is made up of immigrants or the children of immigrants. Being American, if I were to go live abroad, I would naturally stick to people who speak English and are from my background (not due to race, but because it is natural to stick to people who come from the same type of background as you and speak your language).

So to me it makes complete sense that immigrants group together based on communities that they’re from, and then masaajid spring up. I don’t see it as a problem, mainly because I understand this is normal and ALSO because it is, inshaAllaah, very temporary. I do not see this as a problem at all with the generation of Muslims born and raised in America. We have, Alhumdulillaah, no problem with making friends/relating to other Muslims of different races, because we speak English together and come from a common American culture.

Anyway my point is that we should understand where the separation of immigrant populations come from a sociological perspective, but also realize that Alhumdulillaah this is something that studies on race relations show only last a couple of generations before it fizzles out

Glad I found it thanks to the CNN story.

Jim Velde
Tucson AZ

Your blog is awesome.I’ve been following your story since your 1st day journey.

Best regards,
Nabil,Malaysia

ps: your blog is awesome it so interesting to learn about muslims in remote places like arizona and N.Mexico. Its sad that in these places ethnic masjids are popping up, I understand where it comes from but what muslims need to realize that as long as they put their culture first and their religion second…The Anti-muslim haters will always have the upper hand.