In Suburban New Orleans, Local Clergy Urge Interfaith Dialogue Amid Trump's 'Broken' Immigration Order
On Thursday, local leaders and residents gathered at a Muslim school in Kenner, Louisiana, a suburb of New Orleans, to speak out against President Trump’s now suspended immigration ban, which barred nationals from seven Muslim-majority countries in the Middle East and Africa, including Syria, from entering the U.S. “As Muslims we care for this nation and its citizens just as much as anyone else,” said Imam Abdullah Hakim to a room filled with members of the Muslim, Christian, and Jewish communities, and more.
The interfaith event, held in the gym of the gated and police protected Islamic School of Greater New Orleans, was packed with people dressed in everything from hospital scrubs to army uniforms; some women wore kippot, others wore hijabs.