Personally, I do not support these initiatives at all. And this is coming from someone who converted to Islam some 30 years ago. Ramadan is a sacred time in which we are called upon to increase our acts of worship and draw closer to the Creator. Focusing on these publicity stunts is not conducive to this lofty goal. To be honest, I don't even like these open houses that the mosques host on occasion as I don't see any real purpose that they serve. Does anyone actually become Muslim? The answer is no. We have our place of worship and they have their place of worship and this is how it should remain. I don't want the Mosque to be a place for all of these political events to be taking place which ends up being divisive in nature. Some people will like it and other people will not and conflicts will break out within the Masjid.
Personally, I do not support these initiatives at all. And this is coming from someone who converted to Islam some 30 years ago. Ramadan is a sacred time in which we are called upon to increase our acts of worship and draw closer to the Creator. Focusing on these publicity stunts is not conducive to this lofty goal. To be honest, I don't even like these open houses that the mosques host on occasion as I don't see any real purpose that they serve. Does anyone actually become Muslim? The answer is no. We have our place of worship and they have their place of worship and this is how it should remain. I don't want the Mosque to be a place for all of these political events to be taking place which ends up being divisive in nature. Some people will like it and other people will not and conflicts will break out within the Masjid.
Did they rescind this policy? https://isgh.org/isgh-participation-in-political-iftars/