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How to find belonging within your own religious community

I have been going to the same mosque for eight years but I still feel like an outsider because I am from the wrong country and practice differently than the majority community there.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The isolation of discovering that shared faith does not automatically create acceptance when cultural and national differences create hierarchies within immigrant communities.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Belonging for immigrants and refugees?”

If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.