Participants and instructors make pinwheels while learning about wind and other renewable energy sources during the "Our Deen is Green!" program held at Peirce Mill in Washington, D.C., on April 25. Green Muslims is a D.C.-based nonprofit organization that engages communities in spiritually-inspired environmental education, reflection, and action. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
Colin Christopher is Executive Director of Green Muslims, which was founded in 2007 and recently attained status as a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization. “Our mission at Green Muslims is Muslims living in the environmental spirit of Islam,” Christopher said. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
Ailya Gillani, a high school student from Sterling, Va., and a participant in Green Muslims’ “Our Deen is Green!” program, poses at home with her mother, Nighat Nasim, and father, Syed Abid Gillani. “I could say that the environment does have a big influence in our religion, and vice-versa," Gillani said. (Photo by Will Parson/Chesapeake Bay Program)
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Thank you for helping the Cheapeake Bay out a lot. This means so much to me. I do find lots of trash on my little privet beach everyday. Now since I know there is some one helping the Bay.
I had no idea this organization exists and I am a Muslim and I work constantly with the Chesapeake Bay Network through my job as well as my personal interests in water quality. How fantastic - I love this story, can't wait to find out more about this organization!
Thank You for your work and words. The timing of this post may not win some hearts to the Chesapeake Bay but it does give readers a chance to reflect on the human environment they are creating for themselves.
Thank you!
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