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. 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.[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

A brief biography of Khadijah Rivera is featured in "Latino Muslims: Our Journeys to Islam."[9]

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References

  1. ↑ Yasmin Essa (2010-03-01). "Interview with LADO / Piedad". MBMuslima Magazine. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
  2. ↑ "IN MEMORIAM: Khadijah Rivera ?-2009". The American Muslim (TAM). 2009-12-01. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
  3. ↑ "Heart of the Community, Khadijah Rivera (1950-2009)". Islamic Horizons. 2010-03-01. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
  4. ↑ "FAQ's About PIEDAD". Piedad.info. Retrieved 2017-01-02.
  5. ↑ Morales, Harold Daniel (2012). Latino Muslim by Design. University of California, Riverside. ISBN 9781267729910. Retrieved 2017-01-07.
  6. ↑ Curtis, Edward E. IV (2010). Encyclopedia of Muslim-American History. Infobase Publishing. ISBN 9781438130408. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  7. ↑ Smith, Jane I. (1999). Islam in America. Columbia University Press. ISBN 9780231500395. Retrieved 2017-01-15.
  8. ↑ Haddad, Yvonne Yazbeck, Jane I. Smith (1994). Muslim Communities in North America. SUNY Press. ISBN 9780791420195. Retrieved 2017-01-15.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  9. ↑ Galvan, Juan, ed. (2017). Latino Muslims: Our Journeys to Islam. LatinoMuslims.net. ISBN 9781530007349. Retrieved 15 January 2018.


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