Exploring What It's Like To Be Muslim And Latino

Exploring What It's Like To Be Muslim And Latino
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Wesley Lebron (center), also known as AbdurRazzaq Abu Sumayyah sits on the couch with his 13-year-old daughter Sumayyah (right) after having dinner with his mother, Teresa Torres and his mother’s husband Edwin in New Jersey on a weekly visit to the grandmother’s house.

Wesley Lebron (center), also known as AbdurRazzaq Abu Sumayyah sits on the couch with his 13-year-old daughter Sumayyah (right) after having dinner with his mother, Teresa Torres and his mother’s husband Edwin in New Jersey on a weekly visit to the grandmother’s house.

Federica Valabrega

Latinos are the fastest growing group in Islam in the United States. This week, we look at the complexity of being part of two groups that are often targeted for very different reasons. We trace the history of Islam in the U.S., the challenges of leaving your family’s religion and moving to a new one, and facing a world that refuses to accept that these two identities can co-exist.

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