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Saleem S
This interview is with Saleem S, a retired postal worker and Air Force veteran living in Longview, TX. Saleem tells about his childhood, describing his family dynamics, the places he lived, and being Baptist in his youth. He talks about travel and…
Tags: Baptists, Black Americans, Black Lives Matter, California, Conversion, Converts, Culture shock, Family dynamics, Gender, Hajj, Hajjis, Imams, Islam, Islamophobia, Mental health, Moving, Muslims, Nation of Islam, Police violence, Prejudice, Race, Religious leadership, Segregation, Travel, Turkey, TX - Longview, US Military, Veterans
Isa P
This interview is with Imam Isa P, a Latino Muslim leader with IslamInSpanish. Isa talks about growing up in New York City and Houston, the popular culture of his youth, and being involved in criminal activity as a teen. He tells the story of wanting…
Tags: Belonging, Brand Lane Islamic Center, Catholicism, Community, Conversion, Converts, Crime, Family dynamics, First-generation Americans, Imams, Incarceration, Islam, IslamInSpanish, IslamInSpanish Centro Islamico, Latino Muslims, Muslims, New York, Popular culture, Salvadorian-Americans, Social justice, TX - Alief, TX - Houston, TX - Sugar Land
