World Religions in Greater Boston: Home

On Friday, March 26, 2010, Pluralism Project Director Dr. Diana L. Eck and a panel of youth representatives from various religious traditions participated in Billerica Memorial High School’s E Pluribus Unum Day. After Dr. Eck’s keynote presentation on pluralism in America and the religious diversity of Greater Boston, panelists reflected on common misconceptions about their faith, the relationship between their faith and interreligious understanding in a pluralist society, and concluded by offering wisdom from each of their traditions for an audience of graduating high school seniors. Panelists included Alexis Gewertz (Jewish), former Pluralism Project research associate and current program associate at Combined Jewish Philanthropies; Harvard College Students Jessamin Birdsall (Christian) and Na’eel Cajee (Muslim); Inderpreet Singh, a member of the local Sikh community; Ajahn Mangkone Sananikone, a Buddhist monk from Wat Buddhabhavana in Westford, MA; Prof. Jason Giannetti from Regis College in Weston, MA representing Hinduism; and PJ Andrews (Baha’i), Pluralism Project research associate. This event was organized by the Billerica Public Schools and Billerica CARES. 

New Muslim Cool Screening and Q&A with Film Subject Hamza Pérez

On October 10, 2009, the Pluralism Project co-sponsored a screening of New Muslim Cool at the Sackler Museum at Harvard University.  Directed by Jennifer Maytorena Taylor, this film tells the true life story of Hamza Pérez, a Puerto Rican American hip hop artist who converted to Islam at age 21. Before the screening, the Sackler Museum offered extended hours for the special exhibit, Sacred Spaces: The World of Dervishes, Fakirs and Sufis. After the film, Hamza Pérez answered questions from the nearly 300 students, faculty, staff, religious leaders, and community members in attendance. Dr. Diana L. Eck, director of the Pluralism Project; Ray Williams, director of Education, Harvard Art Museums and Pluralism Project Affiliate; and Dr. Ali Asani, associate director of the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Islamic Studies Program also offered their reflections on the film. This event was co-sponsored by the Pluralism Project, the Harvard Art Museum, and Cooperative Metropolitan Ministries, with Active Voice, the Center for the Study of World Religions, the Harvard Foundation, the Harvard Islamic Society, the Hiphop Archive at Harvard University, the Islam in the West Program, the Muslim American Society Boston Chapter, the Outreach Center at the Center for Middle Eastern Studies, and the Prince Alwaleed bin Talal Islamic Studies Program. Photos by Zachary Ugolnik.

This slideshow features images from the inaugural celebration of the Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center (ISBCC).

On Saturday June 9, 2007 the Islamic Society of Boston (ISB) and the Muslim American Society (MAS) organized a day-long celebration surrounding the capping of the minaret at the ISB Mosque and Cultural Center in Roxbury, Massachusetts.

A slideshow featuring a range of Muslim centers and events in Greater Boston.