Help a disabled brother or sister
Imam Zaid Shakir gave a speech at 2007 ISNA where be started off discussing the sad fact tha he discovered many deaf brothers and sisters were leaving islam because they had trouble connecting with the community or being accepted. I’ve heard that blind Muslims have difficulties of their own, such as the difficulty of getting around and using a seeing eye dog to get to a masjid. He made a great point of encouraging us all to help our disabled brothers and sisters, of any sort of disability. He even had a sign language interpreter translate his speech for the audience and asked people to consider learning it to help their fellow Muslim.
Also, he didn’t mention it, but there’s a serious problem with a lack of wheelchair accessable masajid, at least in New York city. I understand the cash crunches islamic centers have (if they only have a little money, I’m sure they’ll spend it on better Wudu areas or parking or child nurseries) but we should consider it. Can’t governments give grant money or something?
