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MPV Newsletter

May 2024

President's Note

Phase I of the Muslim Musical Mosaic Project is Here!

For many years now I have been wanting to create a celebrative musical event, something that reflects our progressive and
inclusive values, and something that can be produced as an Eid event. The first step to fulfilling that vision is to anchor
it in our musical history, the music the enslaved Muslims brought to America, gnawa, which then led to blues, country and
jazz.

Phase I of the Muslim Musical Mosaic: MPV will be putting on a “live” event, a hybrid of a panel discussion of that history
and musical performances to illustrate it, but, with a twist!

Speakers and performers:

Professor Mark Levine (University of California, Irvine), Lu Fuki, Alfred Madian, Farah Mitha, Tazeen Ayub, Aiman Khan, and
Ani Zonneveld

RSVP Here! ( [link removed] )

This project was made possible with support from California Humanities, a non-profit partner of the National Endowment for
the Humanities. Visit ( [link removed] )www.calhum.org ( [link removed] ) for more information.

Additional funding from generous MPV donors. We love you! To add your support to the project, we invite you to make a
donation here. ( [link removed] )

On May 20th, MPV is teaming up with women-led synagogues in hosting the Parent’s Circle, Palestinian and Israeli parents who
have lost a child/ren to the conflict. Please see the details below.

To catch up, last month I was interviewed by the Unreasonable podcast. Please check out the long form interview here ( [link removed] ). I also spoke at Americans United for the Separation of Religion and State
annual Religious Freedom Summit. My presentation was titled “When the Religious Right Come Together”, where I presented
evidence of the Muslim Right’s partnership with the Christian Right around LGBTQIA+ issues.

On May 14, I will be presenting a paper of our initiative #ImamsForShe at the Global Women Rights in Islam Conference In
Yogyakarta, Indonesia.

The conference is co-organized by Muhammadiyah Society, Faith to Action Network and al-Azhar University, which will also
publish the papers presented. I am super excited about this as our work is catching on in the conservative circles.

Onward and upward…

Ani Zonneveld

President & Founder

 

National Updates

Statement in solidarity with student protests for Gaza

MPV is proud to join 218 other signatories to stand in solidarity with the student protests and encampments for Gaza and
condemn the university crackdowns.

The full statement is available to read below.

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National Updates

Unit 2 Is Here!

We are excited to announce that Unit 2 of Muslims for Progressive Values' Progressive Islam Curriculum is now available for
download on our website. Unit 2, Foundations and Principles of Progressive Islam, is the most recent unit of our 8 part
curriculum designed to increase accessibility to information about Progressive Islam.

We invite you to download Unit 1 and Unit 2 of the curriculum today!

Download Here ( [link removed] )

 

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MPV LA

Muslim Musical Mosaic Project

June 30, 5 - 6:30 pm | Phase I of the Muslim Musical Mosaic Project, MPV's latest Advocacy Through The Arts program, is
finally here! This is a free event open to all but registration is required. Please register here. ( [link removed] )

Event Details ( [link removed] )

 

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National Updates

Grief in the Middle East

Hosted by Keeping It Sacred & Muslims for Progressive Values: Hear from those living with Grief in the Middle East as we
invite members of the Parents' Circle and Nefesh to share reflections on their experiences as parents who have lost children
in violence.

Please join us on May 20th at 9 AM PT / 12 PM ET for this healing event.

RSVP Here ( [link removed] )

 

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Chapter Updates

MPV DC

MPV-DC members had a great time celebrating Eid at a member's home in Maryland. Interested in getting involved with the MPV
DC Chapter? Learn more below!

Chapter Info ( [link removed] )

 

Chapter Events

MPV San Francisco

In late April and the first week of May, members will be attending the premiere and showings of Returning to Haifa, a short
story by Ghassan Kanafani; adapted for the stage by Naomi Wallace and Ismail Khalidi, and directed by Samer Al-Saber.

MPV SF Bay ( [link removed] ) is also working on restarting regular meetings for the chapter. The
tentative plan is to have alternate weekly online and in-person meetings. Any input on format and content is welcome.

Join MPV San Francisco ( [link removed] )

 

Chapter Updates

MPV San Francisco

Members of MPV San Francisco gathered at dinner to mark Eid ul Fitr at Bab al Yemen restaurant in Oakland. Members have also
been active in their communities as the events in Gaza and Palestine have continued to be center stage for all. From Santa
Cruz to Stanford, and from Berkeley to San Francisco, as well as online, members have been engaging with protests, sober
meditation, support efforts, and boycotts.

Muslims in the Bay Area mourned the loss of Imam Abu Qadir Al-Amin, a pillar of the community. Imam Al-Amin was a former
death row inmate who benefitted from the Innocence Project and becoming a pioneer in supporting others, as an Imam, a
scholar, and an activist. It is in Love we are made, in Love we disappear, as Director Emeritus, Imam Philip Tuley reminds us
all.

 

MPV in the Media

Podcast: What About Progressive Islam? | I was a Teenage Fundamentalist. An Exvangelical Podcast | March 18, 2024

Listen Here ( [link removed] )

100+ Rights Groups Alarmed by Rising Hindu Supremacy in the US | The Wire | March 24, 2024

Read Here ( [link removed] )

125+ Groups Urge Support for Adeel Mangi’s Confirmation, Condemn Baseless and Bigoted Attacks | The Leadership Conference for
Civil and Human Rights | April 2, 2024

Read Here ( [link removed] )

Americans United for Separation of Church and State Hosts 2024 Summit for Religious Freedom | Good Faith Media | April 17,
2024

Read Here ( [link removed] )

Podcast: Muslims for Progressive Values, Melting Hate to Love | Voices of Unity | April 20, 2024

Listen Here ( [link removed] )

 

MPV Store

New Piece Available!

From Mike Mohamed Ghouse, MPV’s Interfaith Marriage Officiant and the Founder and President of the Center for Pluralism,
reflections on what makes an individual a Muslim and what defines the religion, Islam, that they practice.

Now available for purchase on MPV’s website store.

Purchase Here! ( [link removed] )

 

Support MPV

The Muslim Musical Mosaic Project

Not able to make it to the Muslim Musical Mosaic ( [link removed] )
event at the end of June but still want to offer your support from afar? Consider donating ( [link removed] ) to our Mosaic fundraiser to support the
project.

Support the Mosaic Project! ( [link removed] )

 

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