Khadijah Rivera (1950 – November 22, 2009) founded the first organization,
PIEDAD, for Latinas of the Islamic faith in 1988. She was a
Puerto Rican Muslim convert from Roman Catholicism. She was married to an Egyptian Muslim. Khadijah Rivera was involved in some two dozen social causes. She encouraged members to become active in their
mosques
A mosque (; from ar, مَسْجِد, masjid, ; literally "place of ritual prostration"), also called masjid, is a place of prayer for Muslims. Mosques are usually covered buildings, but can be any place where prayers ( sujud) are performed, i ...
. During her life, she was a social activist and community worker. She taught at a local Tampa Bay school. She was a coordinator of
Project Downtown Tampa, a project that helps the homeless and needy. In summer 2009, she began working at CAIR's Tampa office.
Rivera died on November 22, 2009. She was a mother of five children.
A brief biography of Khadijah Rivera is featured in "Latino Muslims: Our Journeys to Islam."
See also
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Latino Muslims
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Black Muslims
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Islam in the United States
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Latin American Muslims
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Latino American Dawah Organization
The Latino American Dawah Organization (LADO) is a grassroots organization founded in September 1997 by a handful of Latino converts to Islam in New York City. The idea began with Samantha Sanchez who then recruited the help of Juan Alvarado and S ...
References
External links
PIEDAD Website
Converts to Sunni Islam from Roman Catholicism
American Sunni Muslims
American former Christians
1950 births
2009 deaths
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