St. Louis has become a central location in the United States for diverse immigrant populations including Muslims, Asians, Hispanics and Africans. It is home to the second largest Bosnian population outside of Europe. Faizan Syed is director of CAIR in Missouri, one of 38 chapters of the organization across the United States.

“This historic Iftar was an amazing opportunity for people of other faiths, community leaders, also Muslims of diversity to come together to share in the breaking of the fast meal. I want to be honest with you, since I’ve been in St. Louis we’ve done events with the immigrant community and with the African American brothers and sisters. I think this is the first event where we actually came together in a meaningful way,” said Mr. Syed.

“I’ve been to events where Pakistanis or Indians will invite one Black brother to come and speak and that’s nothing,” he said. “This was really powerful, and I hope that this type of true collaboration will continue in the future.”

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