Source: news.wjct.org --- Sunday, April 29, 2018
Yunique walks around her Brooklyn neighborhood in stylish, loose clothing that skims over her body and a gray shawl that's delicately draped around a Baseball cap. It's not evident right away that she is dressed modestly because she is Muslim. The only giveaway of her faith might be if she decides to share her last name with you: Saafir, which means ambassador in Arabic. She is 28 years old, born in Jamaica and now at home in Brooklyn. Saafir was first introduced to Islam when her mother converted to the Nation of Islam in Jamaica. She remembers being intrigued by how, all of the sudden, her mother seemed happier than ever before by going to the mosque in St. Catherine, Jamaica. One day, her mother sat her down to talk about her love for her newfound faith and invited her to come to the mosque with her if she wanted to. Yunique Saafir felt the pull to convert to Islam when she learned about the faith’s emphasis on racial and gender equality. Credit: Samra Habib/PRI Saafir decided to ...
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