The Border Mosque Immigrant & Refugee Bail Fund - We have heard the stories of hundreds of Muslims locked up in detention centers around the US, help us bail them out

The Global Muslim Life Weekly #6

The Border Mosque Immigrant & Refugee Bail Fund - We have heard the stories of hundreds of Muslims locked up in detention centers around the US, help us bail them out

For over a year now the Border Mosque has joined our friends from the Border Church at Friendship Park on the US/ Mexico Border for monthly prayer services with separated families. In this short time, we have built what we believe is one of the most important Muslim / Christian relationships in the world where our communities don’t just meet together we have our ceremonies together.

In the midst of this global pandemic, we believe it is as important as ever for us to continue building this relationship between Christian and Muslim communities as much of the political and religious rhetoric of the moment will continue to divide us.

In 2020 our plan was to begin to focus on working to get our Sisters and Brothers free from immigrant detention centers around the US, working with Believers Bailout. Of course with the COVID 19 virus, this situation has become even more dire, as there have been several deaths at these facilities. According to our research inside immigrant detention centers, there are hundreds of Muslim asylum seekers who are being held in some cases for years.

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