COMMA Network

Networking Ministries to Muslims in North America

  • HOME
  • Calendar-of-Events
  • CONTACT US
  • LINKS
  • About
    • COMMA FAQS
    • Contact Us
    • History of COMMA
    • COMMA Local Groups
  • Join
  • Donate
  • Resources
    • Ministry Resources
      • Books
        • Muslim Evangelism
        • Testimonies
      • Jesus Film DVD’s
      • Bibles
      • World Relief Resources
      • Tracts
      • Recursos en Espanol
      • Farsi Language Resources
      • Prayer
    • Online Resources
      • Booklets
      • Other Online Resources
    • Muslim Ministry DVD’s
    • Training Centers / Programs
  • Approaches
    • 7 Approaches to Muslims
    • Testimonies
    • Islam in North America
    • Campus Ministry
    • Ministry of Hospitality
    • Muslim Women
    • Keys To The Iranian Heart
    • Sharing Christ
      • African American Muslims
      • Does Goodness Live In You?
  • Editorials
  • Articles

Basu: City council candidate fled tribal hatred in homeland to face a different kind here By Rekha Basu

August 22, 2017 By Stacy Scott

Tweet

As folks began gathering in Des Moines’ Cowles Commons on Monday to denounce the racist hatred that turned fatal in Charlottesville, a tall man moved about handing out candles and occasional hugs. Event organizer Connie Ryan of the Iowa Interfaith Alliance welcomed people and, to cheers, thanked 26-year-old Abshir Omar. If anyone has had to face hatred up close, Omar has.

He lost his father to tribal violence in the early 1990s in his native Somalia, just months before Omar was born. A civil war forced his mother to take four children and flee as refugees, first to Kenya and later to Seattle.

Read the full article here:  

Register NOW for COMMA 2017 

Filed Under: Social Media Tagged With: Basu, hatred, homeland, interfaith

Search

About Us

  • What is COMMA
    • COMMA Local Groups
  • COMMA FAQS
  • History of COMMA
  • How to Join COMMA
  • How to Donate to COMMA
  • Contact Us

Resources

  • Books
  • Testimonial Books
  • Evangelism Books
  • Booklets
    • Recursos en Espanol
  • Jesus Film DVD’s
  • Tracts
  • World Relief Resources
  • Farsi Language Resources
  • Bibles
  • Prayer
  • Muslim Ministry DVD’s
  • Other Online Resources
  • Training Centers / Programs
  • Lausanne Recommendations

COMMA

COMMA is a coalition of Christian agencies that network together to reach and disciple Muslims in North America.

COMMA exists to

  • Network
  • Equip
  • Teach

Recent posts

  • How Muslims, Often Misunderstood, Are Thriving in America
  • America’s Next Generation Of Muslims Insists On Crafting Its Own Story
  • Failed Missionaries and “But God…”

Resources

  • Books
  • Testimonial Books
  • Evangelism Books
  • Booklets
    • Recursos en Espanol
  • Jesus Film DVD’s
  • Tracts
  • World Relief Resources
  • Farsi Language Resources
  • Bibles
  • Prayer
  • Muslim Ministry DVD’s
  • Other Online Resources
  • Training Centers / Programs
  • Lausanne Recommendations

Approaches to Muslims

  • Campus Ministry
  • Approaches to Muslims
  • Keys To The Iranian Heart
  • Ministry of Hospitality
  • Muslim Women
  • Sharing Christ
  • Sharing Christ to African American Muslims

Categories

  • American Islam
  • Apologetics
  • Asylum
  • Believer from a Muslim Background
  • Burka
  • Community
  • Conferences
  • Converts
  • Demographics
  • Diaspora
  • Discipleship
  • Donation
  • Evangelism
  • Folk Islam
  • History
  • Holidays
  • Hospitality
  • Immigrant
  • immigration
  • Insider Movement
  • Interfaith dialog
  • Iran
  • Islamophobia
  • Mosque
  • Nation of Islam
  • Persecuted Church
  • Politics
  • Prayer
  • Radical Islam
  • Refugees
  • Second Generation
  • Shari'a
  • Social Media
  • Terrorism
  • Testimony
  • Theology
  • Uncategorized
  • Women