Posted by Nabil Echchaibi on Monday, November 30, 2009
Here is a video from Ta'Leef Collective, an independent Muslim organization in the San Francisco Bay area, which grew out of a Zaytuna Institute outreach program to help converts to Islam and Muslim youth. The video describes their outreach initiatives in California and raises some interesting and rarely-addressed issues regarding the support provided after someone converts to Islam. This is from their mission statement, "Ta’leef Collective primarily serves seekers actively interested in
Islam and converts to the faith, assisting them in realizing a
sustainable conversion to and practice of Islam, and a healthy, gradual
integration into our greater Muslim community. Ta’leef Collective also
strives to reengage the growing number of disenfranchised and often
marginalized Muslim young adults."
I was born and raised in Morocco. My research focuses on the intersections between Islam, Arab popular culture and the media. I'm currently an assistant professor in the School of Journalism at the University of Colorado-Boulder.