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Be Yourself. Be Muslim.
 

Advocacy. Inclusion. Social Justice.

Creating a Culture Rooted in Human Rights in Muslim Societies.

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

 
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Lately with mpV

Now more than ever, the work of Muslims for Progressive Values is needed, both within the United States and across the world. In the first few months of 2025, we’ve been busy responding to this need both at the community level and international level. From community iftars in Los Angeles and Boston to #CSW69 / Beijing +30 in New York City, the MPV community is as committed as ever to inculcating a culture rooted in human rights. Want to get involved in MPV events near you?

 

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.

MPV WITH KENDRA CORDOVA

Thanks to our Board Member, Kendra Cordova, MPV will now be releasing regular videos highlighting Progressive Islam and how these progressive values can be applied in the real world. Subscribe to the playlist here for regular updates about new videos!

WOMEN IMAMS CONFERENCE

In February 2024, a collection of women imams, including MPV’s Founder and President Ani Zonneveld, gathered in Brussels to discuss the key challenges facing female imams and Muslim leaders and possible strategies to address these challenges. You can read the recently released report on the conference here!

FROM THE BLOG

MPV’s most recent blog post features the President’s Note from MPV’s February newsletter written by President and Founder, Ani Zonneveld. In this piece, Ani takes a look at the burgeoning alliance between the Christian Right and conservative Muslims in the US and the dangers this alliance poses to democracy and basic human rights.

 

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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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