Building the Global Muslim Future - Connecting the Diaspora of Hearts

Over the last year we have had our lives turned upside down and we have no real idea when or if things will go back to what we used to consider to be “normal.” Blessings we took for granted like simply going outside, our daily work and outings, praying at the Mosque, Friday prayers, they are gone for now. We pray for this disease to be eradicated and taken from our lives, we pray for healing for all those who are suffering, and for ease for families who have lost loved ones around the world, Ameen. There is no greater example of how little control we have of this world and how interconnected our lives are beyond the barriers and borders placed around us.

These are some of the most difficult times that most of us have ever lived through. The uncertainty of these times should create empathy in our lives in imagining what it is like for the millions around the world who have had their lives uprooted by war and disease.

It should also be a reminder that as people of faith our lives are rooted in our belief and love of God, we must turn to Him with absolute humility and prayer in this moment. We should also reflect on the reality that if this world as it was is unacceptable to our creator, then what type of world should we create that is more in balance with our teachings?

BUILDING OUR GLOBAL MUSLIM FUTURE - CONNECTING THE DIASPORA OF HEARTS

In this time of the COVID-19 virus it is more important than ever that Muslim communities are able to connect with each other around the world and learn best practices from each other in times of crisis. With this in mind we are organizing a series of symposia with global Muslim institutions, thinkers, religious scholars, medical professionals, artists, and people making social impact around the world. The first symposium, "Building our Global Muslim Future - Connecting the Diaspora of Hearts” with 20 speakers from around the world.  

MUSLIM WELLNESS & RAMADAN

Part of the shocking nature of this moment for Muslims around the world is that we are locked in our homes in what is our most social month where we are at dinners, and the Mosque nearly every night of this month. As we build out rapid response research and programming in response to the COVID 19 pandemic we are looking at mutual aid programs being built at the Mosque level in the United States and around the world. We are also producing a set of content to connect our community in unique ways in this month.

UMMAH BUILDERS

At this time of great global crisis we want to talk to the future builders about how to transform our world. Ummah Builders is beginning as a live show hosted by Dustin Craun, the founder of the Center for Global Muslim Life, featuring scholars, artists, entrepreneurs, and change makers from around the world who are creating communities through social movements, companies, institutions, and art. Over the next year we plan to turn this into a series of short films highlighting these leaders.

MUSLIM HEALERS & FRONTLINERS

In the United States alone there are more than 50,000 Muslim doctors, with hundreds of thousands of Muslim health professionals in Western countries. There is also a historical and emerging field of Muslim wellness that mixes traditional Islamic knowledge with Western and at times Chinese medicine. In this live series we talk to Muslim health professionals and healers from around the world about the Muslim response to the COVID 19 pandemic, and how Prophetic healing is evolving in the twenty-first century.