https://religionsmn.carleton.edu/files/original/d0495e1a827d2764287cbf900a3b0e78.mp3 f9aa57432927de5fca468d44dd5afced Sound A resource primarily intended to be heard. Examples include a music playback file format, an audio compact disc, and recorded speech or sounds. Transcription Any written text transcribed from a sound In actuality, I was dissuaded from coming to Masjid An-Nur. I was a very new Muslim and people were trying to teach me information about Islam, and telling me where to go to learn it, and one individual said, “You know, I wouldn’t go to Masjid An-Nur, you probably want to stay away from there,” and I was like, “really, why?” and he used a term that I was unfamiliar with, often Muslims throw out a lot of Arabic terms that for a new Muslim can be confusing, and he was like, “their aqidah is off.” And I was like, “Oh, their aqidah is off,” I was like, “I don’t want my aqidah to be off.” Whatever that was. As I learned more about Islam, I learned that your aqidah is the way you practice this way of life. It’s the way you practice Islam. It’s the way you understand it, the way it’s taught to you, you know, it’s this whole, and now that I understand more about Islam and the world as I’ve matured, everybody’s aqidah is off, you know, everybody has their level of practice and there are some good in the way they do it, and some bad in they way they do it. There’s some right in the way they do it, and there’s some that they’re mistaken about. So eventually I started to learn all the good things they were doing here, they were doing a lot of things that mosques were not, like other mosques were very closed to the community surrounding them, they were not open to the non-Muslim community that surrounded them, just because I don’t know if it was the language barrier or cultural barriers, or what. But this was. They had a food shelf. They had volunteer activities. They had field trips for the youth, they had a youth program. It was just so many things, and they welcomed those who were Muslim and those who were not. And so eventually I just migrated here and I felt more comfortable here than I felt at any other mosque that I went to in the Twin Cities. And so I just kind of eventually - this is where I’ve been ever since then. Duration Length of time involved (seconds, minutes, hours, days, class periods, etc.) 1:59 Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource What brought you to Masjid An-Nur. Valerie Shirley interview Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context MAN_WhyMasjidAn-Nur.mp3 Subject The topic of the resource Masjid An-Nur, Islam Description An account of the resource They were doing a lot of things that other mosques were not. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Shantrice King Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived N/A Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available Religion Department (Carleton College) Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 6/5/2012 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Sound Type The nature or genre of the resource .mp3 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Minneapolis, MN Islam