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Be Yourself. Be Muslim.

Advocacy. Inclusion. Social Justice.

INCULCATING A CULTURE ROOTED IN HUMAN RIGHTS THROUGH PUBLIC EDUCATION, ADVOCACY AND THE ARTS

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From 2007 to Today: 18 Years of Bold, Compassionate Faith

Since our founding 19 years ago, we've always woven the arts into our advocacy and public educational programming. Moving forward, we will be focusing more on nurturing an American Muslim culture through our Silver Thread Collective. Recently, we partnered with Rising Tides Films for a Salon Luncheon that brought together Muslims from across the entertainment industry in community. Check out the art projects we've supported here.

Looking ahead, save the date: June 6th at 7:30 pm for Silver Thread's first Gala, which will showcase MPV's grantees.

 
 
Be Yourself. Be Muslim.

OUR MISSION

Our mission is to inculcate a culture rooted in human rights through public education, advocacy, and the arts

“I follow the Way of Love, and where Love's caravan takes its path, there is my religion, my faith.”

— Ibn Al-'Arabi

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THE LATEST AT MPV

Below are just a few highlights of what the MPV community has been up to over the past few months. For a full update about MPV’s activities, we encourage you to check out our monthly newsletters.

THE UNLIKELY SOCIAL JUSTICE WARRIOR

In her recently published memoir, “An Unlikely Social Justice Warrior: Making My Life Count As A Muslim Feminist”, MPV’s President, Ani Zonneveld, shares her journey confronting invisible lines drawn by religion, gender, and race—all in pursuit of truth and justice.

APRIL PRESIDENTS NOTE

In the President Note from MPV’s April Newsletter, Founder and President, Ani Zonneveld, highlights the range of advocacy work - from international conferences on the anti-rights movement to workshops at the UN to domestic panels on Islamophobia - that the MPV team has been engaging in throughout the early months of 2026.

INCLUSIVE ISLAM CURRICULUM

The Inclusive Islam Curriculum for Children is now available for purchase! The IIC combines inclusive Islamic values, domains of early learning, and universal human rights values to help your child nurture a Muslim identity that is rooted in compassion and human rights values.

 

YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

Donations to MPV help with our various initiatives and needs!

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I am a 16 year old from the Bay Area in California. About a month ago I was having a really hard time coming to terms with my sexuality and I was terrified because I had been raised thinking it is haram to be a bisexual muslim. I've spent the last year trying to deny who I am just because of what I've been taught......Then I stumbled upon your website. I read the article "Is There Room in Islam for Lesbian, Gay Bisexual, and Transgender Muslims?" and I cannot thank you enough for providing it. The night that I read it, it felt like I finally had a place in this world. I have been feeling conflicted for so long, but that article helped me realize that my existence is not a sin.

Jazakum Allaho Khairan for what you are doing for Islam and Muslims...

This is a message to thank Ani for the speech she gave at CCMW. Her speech gave me and others a new hope and perspective. It has given me confidence to deal with bigoted hostilities within my community and I was even able to implement her advice in conversation with my cab driver while heading to the airport. I was able to approach his anger about the lgbtq inclusive school curriculum with empathy and patience and was even able to use Islam and the prophet to both set his mind at ease and empower him to see the humanity of marginalized communities such as the lgbtq+ community and guided him even see the value of protecting them.

"I became a muslim more than 20 years ago and have looked for other muslims ever since who could be proud to call themselves feminist, LGBTQ allies and otherwise progressive people. I have always seen Islam as the most progressive religion with a central, simple message that Allah loves all people and that we should seek to do the same. What you have accomplished over the years is very inspirational and important to me and so many others. Thank you!"

RE: MPV's Open Letter to Hamlin University: "God, thank you guys for saying something. I have watched this intensely idiotic story unfolding over the last few weeks wondering where are the voices of Muslims like me who are horrified by the censorship in 'our' name. Truly we are lost as a community if we now feel that art commissioned by Muslims and made by Muslims hundreds of years ago is now somehow too haram to even show to non-Muslims. Insanity. Thanks for being a voice of reason."

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