Personal Narrative: What Confines Me

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What defines me the most? Is it my race, ethnicity, ideology, religion or my intellectual heritage? My ethnicity and race speak to where I come from, alongside the cultures of my parents and my ancestors. However, they say a little about the person I am, without defining me intellectually. In essence, my religion gives voice to my identity and a true sense of my personality.
Islam provides me with a solid grounding in the principles of life. More than a religion, it’s a comprehensive way of life. It teaches righteousness, love, patience, tolerance and forgiveness. In Minnesota, home to a large Muslim population, we promote the human values that Islam comes to emphasize such as: peace, equality, justice, mercy, and compassion. In my community,

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