 Hi everybody, I'm Bhatia from the MCC community in Pleasanton and About the message what my neighbors should know about us as Muslims is that we are not very different from anyone else in the society and therefore we don't have any prejudice against any group and So and we should all I think we should Get all on board to support interface dialogues to get to To get to know each other better in future. Have a great day Hi, I'm a physician and I see lots of patients in my office most a lot of physicians and nurses know me And I usually don't wear hijab just couple of days a Scholar was visiting my office. So in his respect I wore the hijab and When the lot of patients and other my colleagues saw me in hijab for the first few seconds, nobody didn't recognize me and then I could I was getting looks that made me quite uncomfortable and I was kind of amazed is People come to a physician when they trust him and they're really appreciative of my work most of the time and I Lot of people really care about me But that just piece of cloth on my head really I felt change their perception of me and I just want to let everybody know Just the way a person dresses or they appear should not change your perception of that person It's the same person under that scarf Asalaamu alaikum. My name is Asif Kidwai. I'm living Pleasanton, California I've been in the United States for over 30 years. It has been a great experience Particularly getting to know people from different races and religions Which is something which I did not have the opportunity to do while I was back in my home country so in terms of interfaith work, I think the greatest interfaith work is when you interact with people and They get to know you and you get to know them and that's how you get to know each other and That in my opinion is a good way of doing interfaith work. Thank you Asalaamu alaikum. My name is Ayra and I wear this hijab to school and I'm proud of it Asalaamu alaikum. My name is Basel Rizwan from MCC East Bay in Pleasanton, California One thing I want our neighbors to know about us is we're normal people We're not some lunatic animals that you know, just come to your house or come into your neighborhood We're just trying to do our thing. We're going in the same schools We're trying to get the same opportunities as everyone else who came to this country I'm trying to build on that same bond of love unity hope and freedom as everyone else You know get to know one of us talk to one of us. Don't just go online on Facebook or Anywhere else and start commenting away, you know actually get to talk to one of us The worst that can happen is we'll invite you over for some dinner. Thank you Hello guys, I'm Arsene. I'm from Germany, but I'm actually Turkish. I'm here as an exchange student in California The question is what do you want your neighbors to know about you? So in my opinion, we are all humans. So my neighbors can knock on my door whenever you want So we are very peaceful And we have always good food so you can come out come by whenever you want Hi, I'm Georgia I'd like my neighbors to know that even though I'm converting to Islam I'm still the same person. Maybe the better person, but I'm still the same person That's what I'd like my neighbors to know No one experience changed like how I see my neighbors, but I think Just doing neighborly things, you know going to their house and asking for eggs or milk when you're out and you need something for Baking doing kind of neighborly Things having people over for dinner, even though they may be a very different beliefs. I think that that's been an experience That's changed the way I think about my neighbors Assalamu Alaikum, my name is Adil Rizwan from MCC East Bay And I think interfaith work is important because It brings the community together and it helps the communities bond I'm dr. Nazir Ahmed. I'm a space scientist by training. I built most of the Hubble Space Telescope So if you ask me what it is that I want my neighbors to know about me, we are American Like everybody else we are here to serve because the Quran commands us to serve Mahalakul Jinn of Al-Insila, Le'abudon, I created not beings of fire and beings of energy except to serve it Secondly, we're here to do good Good to the community good to the people good to the neighbors. We're just like everybody else We have children who go to schools who play the same games and When things are tough we are here to defend the country like everybody else now having said that We stand up for morals. In other words, what is right is right. We speak of the truth We pray we fast We give charity and these are tenets of all faiths We are like the Christians and the Jews when it comes to we're giving charity or prayer and Reaching out to other people and we have the institution of Hajj. So putting it all together. There is nothing great In terms of distinction Between Muslims and non-Muslims. We are like any other American and We are here to serve to participate and build a strong vibrant inclusive America Asalaamu alaikum. My name is Idris and I'm a Muslim What I find important about interfaith work is that there are a lot of misconceptions of people from very faiths have when looking On to other religions for example a lot of people don't know that us Muslims believe in the same time Let's face this immature God that Abraham Isaac Noah and Jacob believed in what I also find important about interfaith work is that it brings people from various faiths together and establish good communication and relations within our communities and Living at a time of secularization and market religion I wouldn't be surprised in the near future if there was legislation attacking religious liberty And this is why we should work together to free you know for the common good I'd like my neighbors to know that we all kind of have the same core values We all really truly want to be good to our neighbors. We want to raise good kids we want to live near good schools and We all basically want to take care of each other as a community I think because a lot of groups interfaith groups are kind of insular We may not necessarily know that we have the same core values, but we do When I first moved to my neighborhood One of the first things I did was to actually go to each of our neighbors with like a little welcome basket Sort of welcoming welcoming us to their neighborhood just so that way they can get to know us Not just as the Muslim neighbors, but just as neighbors who like to have fun neighbors with kids Neighbors with kids that like to play with their kids and just to let them know that we're part of the larger community Assalamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuhu. My name is Nishad and I've been I live in Dublin, California What do I want my neighbors to know about to me my name? I? Followed the religion Islam and I consider it to be the one of the best religions in this entire world Whatever the media has been portraying about Islam is not exactly right Islam is a religion of peace and Our prophet salallahu alaihi wasallam has always taught us the same Assalamu alaikum warahmatullahi wabarakatuhu. My name is Uzma Kosser and I've been in the California for last year since last year But yeah, when I came here, I was very new and but my neighbors were really good They supported me and during Ramadan I went out and shared some dates with them and some a few notes about Ramadan What is Ramadan with them and they were really good? They were really keen to know about what's going on. What is Ramadan and what would what we are doing during this month so some of them went ahead and searched it on the net and found out some information about it and they thanked me for that and it was really nice experience for me and It was really wonderful, and I was really happy that they are so supportive Regardless of the times that we are in nowadays And how everybody is looking down upon us about the Muslims and Islam, but It's really happy to know that on the neighborhood that I mean It's really nice and supportive Salams that's readings of peace from us to all of you I just wanted to let all my neighbors know that I'm just like a regular mom that you see in the neighborhood Who has kids in soccer teams and baseball teams? I run around all over town go to go to work in the morning Try to do work with PTA and volunteer work for the community I've worked for our city department have many good friends come and meet me have a cup of tea with me Thank you