Staff Insights

What employers and educators need to know about the last 10 days of Ramadan, which are followed by the Muslim holiday, Eid ul-Fitr

By Maha Elgenaidi, Executive Director (Bio) March 28, 2024 Educators and employers, the last 10 days of Ramadan and the Muslim holiday marking the end of Ramadan, Eid ul-Fitr (Festival of Breaking the Fast) are fast approaching. Here’s what you need to know and what might… Read More

Best Practices for Employees and Students in the Context of Current Events in Gaza and Israel

By Maha Elgenaidi, Founder & Executive Director (Bio) February 20, 2024 Since the October 7th attack by Hamas in Israel, my organization (ING) has had dozens of requests for our trainings on Islamophobia, or both Islamophobia and antisemitism together by our Muslim-Jewish panels, which we’ve delivered… Read More

Anti-Muslim versus Anti-Palestinian Bigotry

By Maha Elgenaidi, Founder & Executive Director (Bio) February 20, 2024 When delivering trainings on anti-Muslim bigotry (sometimes referred to as Islamophobia) for schools and workplaces in all fields, I’ve come across institutional leaders who are conflating anti-Muslim and anti-Palestinian bigotry. Both result in prejudice, which… Read More

U.S. Department of Education Conference
on Religious Inclusion

July 13, 2023 To register for the US Department of Education conference, visit here. To: Dr. Miguel Cardona, Secretary of the U.S. Department of Education; Melissa Rogers, Special Assistant to the President, Domestic Policy Council & Executive Director of the White House Office of Faith-based & Neighborhood Partnerships;… Read More

As an Egyptian American, I am Embarrassed

By Maha Elgenaidi, Founder & Executive Director (bio) May 17, 2023 Cleopatra on Netflix (Photo Courtesy: Netflix) A new Netflix documentary Queen Cleopatra featuring the Black British actress Adele James as the legendary queen has ignited an uproar in Egypt… Read More

Hate in School Settings

May 4, 2023 The following remarks were delivered by Maha Elgenaidi on May 2, 2023, at a White House Listening Session on Islamophobia hosted by Second Gentleman Douglas Emhoff, White House Domestic Policy Advisor Ambassador Susan Rice, Deputy Homeland Security Advisor Joshua Geltzer, and Office of Public Engagement Director Stephen… Read More

Keynote Address at the 12th Annual Jim McEntee Scholarship Fundraiser on April 27, 2023

April 27, 2023 Jim McEntee (1931-2004) Remembering Jim McEntee Author: Maha Elgenaidi Tonight, we’re here to celebrate Jim McEntee’s legacy of struggle for human rights and of compassion for all that was deeply rooted in his religious faith. Born in 1931, in the midst… Read More

Displaying the Diversity of Muslims: Perspectives on a Controversy Over an Image of a Prophet

January 18, 2023 Photo Courtesy: www.maydan.com By Dr. Henry Millstein, Content Manager (Bio), Ameena Jandali, Content Manager (Bio), and Dr. Zachary Markwith, Deputy Director (Bio) This article originally appeared in the online publication… Read More

What Teachers Should Know About Prayer in Schools: Considerations After the SCOTUS Kennedy v. Bremerton School District Ruling

Hannah Santos, Religious Freedom Program Coordinator at Freedom Forum (Bio) and Zachary Markwith, Education Director at Islamic Networks Group (Bio) October 11, 2022 On June 27, 2022, the United States Supreme Court ruled 6-3 in favor of a high school football coach,… Read More

Recent Supreme Court Rulings Undermine Religious Freedoms in America

ING Interfaith Speakers Bureau July 5, 2022 Two recent Supreme Court decisions undermine the First Amendment and religious freedom in the United States. The first was Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization which overturned Roe v. Wade and the second was Kennedy v. Bremerton School District which allows… Read More