One of the challenges of working in prisons across the entire country is that every state has its own rules and regulations. Having access to phone calls is a way to ensure we are getting through.

A Christian chaplain reaches out to Tayba, requesting services for the Muslim community in his prison. This simple act of reaching out sparked a chain of events that led to something truly remarkable.

There is a complex of women’s prisons out in the middle of nowhere in Texas. The nearest mosque is hours away.

No books, no teachers, no programs. No access to a Muslim community. Yet despite that, there are people coming to Islam and holding on to their deen in these remote communities.

Nadir, a determined student who had experienced incarceration, has made remarkable progress since our initial conversation before his release in 2019.

Ramadan is a month of drawing near to Allah and purifying the self.

But what does that actually entail?

Wali struggled in free society. He has the courage to ask for help, and when he did, we did all that we could to help.